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UPDATED: The Sparks Lake wildfire has ballooned today to 20,000 hectares in size. The fire has forced 163 properties to be put on evacuation order and about 250 others on alert within the Thompson Nic...

A big day for Terry Gordon, who was the big winner in the 2021 Kamloops Y Dream Home lottery. Gordon won the grand prize house on Elston Drive in Westsyde valued at $719,100. "Together, we've operated...

Kamloops RCMP say they have responded to six sudden deaths since Friday when the heatwave began. In a statement, Sgt. Darren Michels says that number is double when compared to the same time period la...

Homes are being evacuated near the community of Pavilion, north of Lillooet, because of a wildfire that has quickly grown to 5,000 hectares. The McKay Creek fire broke out late Tuesday afternoon and a...

The mayor of Kamloops is asking people to be careful as we are in "unchartered territory" when it comes to extreme temperatures. Ken Christian made those comments during the mayor's report at City Cou...

Ahead of campfires being banned across B.C. on Wednesday, many campgrounds in the Kamloops area are dousing them early. NL News spoke to five different campground operators who all said nobody was hav...

As unprecedented high temperatures continued to grip British Columbia Tuesday, the BC Coroners Service reported at least 233 "sudden deaths" over a four-day period. According to the service, 130 death...

As part of the Kamloops-Thompson School district's review of catchment areas across the city, the board has voted to move ahead with the reopening of Ralph Bell Elementary in Valleyview. It was indica...

He's now working for the team he grew up cheering for. Kamloops native Ty Robinson has accepted a job with the CFL's Saskatchewan Roughriders as an Assistant Equipment Manager. The 23 year-old leaves ...

The BC Coroners Service says there were another 160 people across the province who died because of a suspect drug overdose in May. It was the fifteenth consecutive month where there have been more tha...