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Police stop arson suspect and suspicious vehicle with 'break-in tools' in evacuated communities
RCMP say officers doing patrols have stopped suspicious people in the past week in evacuation zones, in Lytton and near Merritt. Spokesperson Dawn Roberts told NL News the first incident happened last...
Aug 24, 2021
With Memorial Arena out of commission, Kamloops ice time will be limited this winter
Expect the competition for ice time In Kamloops to ramp up this winter. Availability across the city will be limited with Memorial arena being used as a homeless shelter for an indefinite period of ti...
Aug 24, 2021 Memorial Arena in downtown Kamloops/via Radio NL files
Kamloops council could expand tax exemption boundaries and uses
Kamloops council is mulling over the idea of expanding the revitalization tax exemption, which was introduced in early 2020 to incentivize developers to build certain projects in certain areas. Counci...
Aug 24, 2021
Tobiano, Savona, Loon Lake no longer on evacuation alert
Hundreds of rural properties west of Kamloops were taken off of evacuation alert Monday night. The Thompson-Nicola Regional District downgraded six different evacuation alerts to all clear, affecting ...
Aug 24, 2021
Loved ones of Merritt care homes describe 'chaos' when residents were evacuated to Lower Mainland
Loved ones of care home residents in Merritt say it was "chaos" when those homes had to be evacuated last Monday. One is Ellen Miller, who says her 87-year-old mother, with arthritis, and 93-year-old ...
Aug 23, 2021
More than 200 elective surgeries reportedly cancelled at Royal Inland Hospital due staff shortages
An orthopaedic surgeon at Royal Inland Hospital in Kamloops says in the last two weeks more than 200 surgeries have been cancelled. Dr. Scott Hughes tells NL News the problem goes deeper than a staffi...
Aug 23, 2021
City applies for grant funding to do major upgrades at Brock Arena
A two-year construction project has been proposed to upgrade the Brock Arena in Kamloops. Capital projects manager Darren Crundwell said $12.3 million has been budgeted for the work. The city would ha...
Aug 23, 2021
TNRD takes more than 650 homes off of evacuation order west and north of Merritt
People in Lower Nicola west of Merritt and properties along Highway 97C are being told they can go home this afternoon, after being evacuated five days ago. The order is being downgraded to an alert f...
Aug 20, 2021
This year now third-worst wildfire season on record in B.C. for amount of land burned
This catastrophic wildfire season in B.C. has now become the third-worst on record, when it comes to the amount of land affected. As of 7 p.m. on Thursday night, more than 858,000 hectares of land has...
Aug 20, 2021 The Lytton Creek wildfire in the Village of Lytton on the afternoon it broke out, on June 30, 2021. (Photo submitted)
BC Wildfire Service suggests leaked meeting notes show routine correspondence on wildfire preparation
Notes from a July meeting between BC Wildfire Service managers and forest industry executives appear to show deep concerns about personnel and equipment shortages a full eight days before the province...
Aug 20, 2021 Photo via BC Wildfire Service
