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Kamloops kids 12 and under to ride BC Transit buses for free starting Sept. 1
Kids in the Kamloops area under the age of 12 will be able to ride the bus for free, starting September 1. In a statement, the B.C. government says it is part of the "Get on Board" initiative on both ...
Aug 09, 2021
City of Kamloops rescinds evacuation alerts, TNRD downgrades orders due to White Rock Lake Fire
The City of Kamloops has rescinded the evacuation alert for the neighbourhoods of Campbell Creek, Dallas, and Barnhartvale. City staff say it comes on the recommendation of the BC Wildfire Service as ...
Aug 07, 2021 A large cloud of smoke seen from the White Rock Lake fire southeast of Kamloops, on August 5, 2021. (Photo by BC Wildfire Service)
George Petel acclaimed as Kamloops-Thompson-Cariboo Liberal candidate
The Federal Liberals have announced their candidate in the Kamloops-Thompson-Cariboo riding as speculation about a fall federal election continues to linger. George Petel, a lawyer, will carry the par...
Aug 07, 2021
City of Kamloops to evaluate emergency reception centre hours after people turned away Thursday night
A number of people ordered evacuated in the Thompson-Nicola Regional District on Thursday night arrived at an evacuation centre in Kamloops to find it closed. The centre at McArthur Island Park is clo...
Aug 06, 2021 McArthur Island
July Mountain wildfire jumps across Coquihalla highway south of Merritt; new evacuation orders issued
The BC Wildfire Service says the July Mountain Fire, south of Merritt, is now burning on both sides of the Coquihalla highway, at an estimated 5,669 hectares in size. Fire Information Officer, Jean St...
Aug 06, 2021 Hwy 5 at Larson Hill, 36 km south of Merritt, looking south.
(Photo via Drive)
Public Safety Minister says firefighters 'nearly paid with their lives' to evacuate people from the White Rock Lake fire
Wildland firefighters "nearly paid with their lives" to evacuate people near the White Rock Lake fire on Thursday night, according to the Public Safety Minister. Mike Farnworth said crews had to go do...
Aug 06, 2021 A home in Monte Lake levelled by the White Rock Lake fire on August 5, 2021.(Photo Monte Lake, BC Community Page)
Fires and drought creating feed supply challenges for BC ranchers
The General Manager of the BC Cattlemen's Association says the feed situation for ranchers has been getting progressively worse as the summer drags on. It is due to a number of factors including droug...
Aug 06, 2021
Contingency plans in place as BC Wildlife Park among Kamloops properties on evacuation alert
The BC Wildlife Park has contingency plans in place should it be ordered to evacuate the nearly 200 animals at the park because of wildfires. General Manager Glenn Grant tells NL News the Kamloops par...
Aug 06, 2021
Local ranchers reportedly told not to fight White Rock Lake fire on day it started, when it was 10 hectares
A rancher near Monte Lake is wondering why locals trained in fighting wildfires weren't allowed to jump on the White Rock Lake fire the day it broke out. Kari Powell and her husband run the Whistling ...
Aug 06, 2021 A burnt-out vehicle in front of a home that has been reduced to ashes on Paxton Valley Road, about 1 km east of Monte Lake and Highway 97. (Photo by Scottie Duncan)
Temporary access granted for Falkland residents to feed livestock, pick up pets
Falkland residents are being given a brief window today to go back home if they have an essential reason, two days after they were ordered to evacuate because of the White Rock Lake wildfire. Those re...
Aug 06, 2021
