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Kamloopsians being urged to take precautions against wildfire smoke
The Sparks Lake wildfire, burning near Red Lake, northwest of Kamloops is leading to smoky skies in the area today. It was one of 22 fires that started in the province yesterday though some of those w...
Jun 29, 2021
Kamloops-area sports being postponed because of record-breaking heat
Kamloops is known to get pretty hot in the summer but this week has stretched even the most tolerable. Local sports in the city are seeing postponements and cancellations. The Kamloops Youth Soccer As...
Jun 29, 2021
Hours expanded at Sandman 'cooling' Centre starting today
The City of Kamloops has expanded the hours of its cooling centre downtown until later in the evening. Community Development Manager Carmin Mazzotta says it will be open from 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. at the ...
Jun 29, 2021 Public entrance to the Sandman Center in downtown Kamloops, which has previously been used as a cooling center during heat protocols/via Victor Kaisar
Alpine snow melt during heat wave leads to high streamflow advisory for North Thompson River
While soaring temperatures have led to a high-to-extreme fire risk for most of B.C., the flood risk has also risen in many areas because of rapid alpine snow melt, including the North Thompson. A high...
Jun 29, 2021
UPDATE: Sparks Lake fire grows to 2,300 hectares; evacuation orders, new alerts in place
UPDATED: 10:35 p.m. In an update late Tuesday night, the BC Wildfire Service says the Sparks Lake wildfire has grown again, to 2,300 hectares in size. That is triple the previous size estimate of 750 ...
Jun 29, 2021 Sparks Lake Fire on June 29. Photo via BC Wildfire Service
UPDATE: Sparks Lake wildfire 100 hectares; nine properties on evacuation alert
UPDATED: The Sparks Lake wildfire northwest of Kamloops has now grown to 100 hectares and has forced nine properties to be put on evacuation alert. Six of the properties on evacuation alert are on Tra...
Jun 28, 2021
Scorching temperatures prompts City of Kamloops to suspend some road projects, reduce landfill hours
The City of Kamloops has announced some changes to its operations this week because of the heat wave in the area. Civic Operations Director, Jen Fretz, says some major construction projects - on Tranq...
Jun 28, 2021
Playgrounds empty, buses parked, as Kamloops-area kids mark end of 2020-21 school year with record-breaking heat
For the most part, playgrounds across Kamloops were empty today - and they're expected to be empty tomorrow as well - because of the ongoing heatwave with a number of school officials keeping kids ins...
Jun 28, 2021
Amid continuing heat wave, province-wide campfire ban be implemented on June 30
The BC Wildfire Service is bringing in a campfire ban across the province effective noon on Wednesday, June 30. It comes amid an historic, unprecedented heat wave in the province which has brought a r...
Jun 28, 2021
Scotch Creek man killed in targeted Shuswap shooting
RCMP now say one person was killed in a targeted shooting in Scotch Creek last week, as a suspect remains outstanding. The shooting happened on Friday, at about 5:45 a.m., in the 4100-block of Squilax...
Jun 28, 2021 John Vance. (Photo via Chase RCMP)
