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Kamloops native Joe Hicketts signs two-year contract with Minnesota Wild
You can add another Kamloops connection to the Minnesota Wild organization. Kamloops native Joe Hicketts has signed a two year, $1.5 million two-way contract with the Wild as free agency got underway ...
Jul 28, 2021 Photo via NHL
Pilot suffers minor injuries after plane crash into Kamloops Lake
A man made away with only minor injuries after his plane crashed into Kamloops Lake this morning. Kamloops RCMP say a CN Rail worker noticed the downed plane near Frederick Road, on the north end of t...
Jul 28, 2021
BC Lions end Kamloops training camp early because of smoky skies
The BC Lions have had enough of the smoke in Kamloops and are pulling the plug on their 2021 training camp a couple days earlier than planned. They're heading back to the practice facility in Surrey m...
Jul 28, 2021 Smoky skies during the BC Lion's 2021 Training Camp in Kamloops. (Photo via BC Lions)
White Rock Lake Fire near Westwold now estimated to be 20,000 hectares in size
The White Rock Lake wildfire near Westwold is now an estimated 20,000 hectares, according to the BC Wildfire Service. Fire Information Officer, Mike McCulley, says it has been a challenging few days f...
Jul 28, 2021 Aerial View of White Rock Lake Fire on July 20. Photo via BC Wildfire Service
Kamloops cyclist Catharine Pendrel calls time on Olympic career
Kamloops cyclist Catharine Pendrel is calling time on an Olympic career after her most recent effort at the Tokyo games, six months after giving birth to her daughter, Dara. Pendrel finished 18th out ...
Jul 28, 2021
Chase woman facing charges after Oct 2020 shooting at Hospitality Inn
A 38-year-old woman from Chase is facing charges after an investigation into a shooting on Columbia Street West last fall. RCMP say Jennifer Lindsay Manuel is charged with possession of a restricted f...
Jul 27, 2021
White Rock Lake Fire evacuation alert expanded to include Monte Creek and Falkland area properties
The Thompson-Nicola Regional District has issued an evacuation alert for 277 properties southeast of Kamloops and in the Monte Creek area because of the White Rock Lake wildfire. It says the fire pose...
Jul 27, 2021
More highway closures between Logan Lake and Ashcroft possible because of Tremont Creek wildfire
A heads up if you're planning to travel on Highway 97C from Logan Lake towards Ashcroft - the highway could be closed again at a moment's notice because of the Tremont Creek wildfire. BC Wildfire Serv...
Jul 27, 2021 The Tremont Creek wildfire east of Ashcroft on July 22, 2021. (BC Wildfire Service)
Evacuation order for Walhachin downgraded; alert for Thompson River Estates, Semlin Valley rescinded
A significant update for Wahlachin-area properties impacted by the Tremont Creek wildfire as the Thompson-Nicola Regional District has downgraded an evacuation order to an evacuation alert. In all, 60...
Jul 26, 2021
Nicola Valley man pleads guilty after setting fire to Merritt area churches in 2019
A Nicola Valley man accused of setting fire to several Merritt-area churches in early 2019 has pleaded guilty. "On July 23, 2021, August David Caprian pleaded guilty to three counts of arson and one c...
Jul 26, 2021
