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Provincial officials acknowledge wildfire evacuees are being asked to travel great distances
Emergency Management BC is acknowledging that travel distance for many wildfire evacuees has been "longer than normal" this year. Pader Brach with EMBC was asked why people in Spences Bridge with nowh...
Jul 23, 2021 Structures destroyed by wildfire are seen in Lytton, B.C., on Thursday, July 1, 2021. (Photo via Darryl Dyck/The Canadian Press)
New Tk'emlúps te Secwépemc grocery store to open in 2023
A monumental day for Tk'emlps te Secwpemc as the band celebrated the launch of what will eventually become the future Tk'emlps grocery store. In a statement, the band says it will bring fresh food and...
Jul 23, 2021 Photo via Tk’emlúps te Secwépemc
Evacuation orders lifted for Whitecroft; Sun Peaks Resort to fully reopen Saturday
Good news for people living near the Embleton Mountain wildfire as all evacuation orders for Whitecroft have been lifted, while the evacuation alerts for Sun Peaks and Heffley Lake are no more. The Th...
Jul 23, 2021 The Embleton Mountain fire on July 10, 2021. (Photo: Tara Bouvette)
TNRD opens resiliency centre at Northills Mall in Kamloops to support wildfire evacuees
The Thompson-Nicola Regional District has opened a resource centre for wildfire evacuees in Kamloops - with plans to take another on the road. The so-called Resiliency and Recovery Centre located at S...
Jul 22, 2021
Kamloops-area residents being asked to reduce water use by 30 per cent because of drought
British Columbians are being told to reduce their water consumption because of drought and water scarcity that is impacting most of the southern half of the province. The Ministry of Forests, Lands, N...
Jul 22, 2021
Kamloops man facing child pornography charges
A 32-year-old Kamloops man is facing child pornography charges following an 15-month long investigation that dates back to last spring. In a statement, the RCMP say they were contacted by the BC Integ...
Jul 22, 2021
With high of 28.2 C on July 21, Kamloops ends 26 day stretch of temperatures above 30 C
Environment Canada says the daytime high in Kamloops hit 28.2 C yesterday, July 21, ending a stretch of 26 days where the temperature crossed the 30 C mark. "Of course that stretch includes the extrem...
Jul 22, 2021
UPDATE: Spences Bridge evacuated because of Lytton Creek wildfire
UPDATED: 4:15 p.m. The Lytton Creek wildfire is now threatening Spences Bridge to the point where the community has been put on evacuation order. The order came down at noon from the Thompson-Nicola R...
Jul 22, 2021
Business licence for the Loop drop-in centre on Tranquille Road suspended; funding cut
Two months after it was designated a nuisance property, the operator of The Loop says he's been told his business licence has been suspended by the City of Kamloops. "This is an orchestrated, politica...
Jul 22, 2021 Photo via Marlene Armstrong
Kamloops RCMP looking for witnesses after woman sexually assaulted downtown
Kamloops RCMP are looking for witnesses as they search for a suspect in a sexual assault case from this past weekend. Spokesperson Const. Crystal Evelyn says just after midnight on Sunday, July 18, a ...
Jul 22, 2021
