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SD73 to implement two-week long spring break starting this fall
The Kamloops-Thompson School District will be implementing a two-week long spring break starting this fall. The move, which was agreed to by the school district, the Kamloops Thompson Teachers' Associ...
Jul 05, 2021 Students at Arthur Stevenson Elementary School in Kamloops. (Photo via SD73)
Petition urging City of Kamloops to improve emergency access in and out of Juniper Ridge
There is an online petition to get the City Of Kamloops to construct a second road in and out of Juniper Ridge, which would help in the case of an emergency. A fire on Canada Day near the subdivision ...
Jul 05, 2021 A line up of vehicles trying to evacuate on July 1, 2021. (Photo via John Cantelo)
RCMP put out call for any missing persons report related to tragic Lytton wildfire
After the devastating fire that destroyed almost all of Lytton, RCMP say there are no active missing person files, although it suspects that could change. At least two people died when most of the vil...
Jul 04, 2021 Structures destroyed by wildfire are seen in Lytton, B.C., on Thursday, July 1, 2021. (Photo via Darryl Dyck/The Canadian Press)
Donations pour in for evacuees fleeing wildfires near Kamloops
In a not-surprising show of solidarity by people in the Kamloops area, donations have poured in over recent days for wildfire evacuees. Tk'emlps te Secwpemc has welcomed evacuees to camp at The Arbour...
Jul 04, 2021
UPDATE: Six more properties evacuated near Sparks Lake fire; 119 new evacuation alerts
UPDATED: 1:05 p.m. The Thompson-Nicola Regional District has evacuated six more homes because of the Sparks Lake wildfire and put more than 100 others on evacuation alert. The new order came into plac...
Jul 04, 2021
Air quality continues to decline in Kamloops area from wildfire smoke
While wildfire smoke has been in the Kamloops area for several days, the air quality has declined more significantly this weekend. The Air Quality Health Index in Kamloops was raised to 10+ on Saturda...
Jul 04, 2021
UPDATE: Strawberry Hill wildfire now five hectares and out of control
UPDATED: 1:45 p.m. (Photo: Twitter @ykadoug) The fire burning on Strawberry Hill in Kamloops is now estimated to be five hectares in size, and is out of control. The BCC Wildfire Service gave that upd...
Jul 04, 2021
Two wildfires near Lytton merge into one; local residents still asked to stay away from town
Two "fires of note" in the Fraser Canyon near Lytton have merged into one fire, according to the BC Wildfire Service, although fire activity is said to be less severe than days earlier. Those are the ...
Jul 03, 2021
Kamloops East interface fire under control, KFR says
Kamloops firefighters say the Kamloops East interface fire in Juniper and Valleyview is under control as of this morning. "We are very happy with what we are seeing right now," Fire Chief Steve Robins...
Jul 03, 2021
Tourism Kamloops collecting donations for wildfire evacuees
With hundreds of properties in the Thompson-Nicola Regional District on evacuation order, Tourism Kamloops is trying to collect donations for evacuees. "With the current wildfires happening in the sur...
Jul 03, 2021
