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B.C. government reports deficit of $5.5 billion over past year, during COVID-19 pandemic
Finance Minister Selina Robinson reports the 2020-21 fiscal year deficit was $5.468 billion. Robinson says some sectors of the economy did better than expected during the COVID-19 pandemic. She also s...
Jul 28, 2021
Kamloops woman given DUI while driving with baby in Valleyview
Police took a Kamloops driver off the road this morning who was believed to be driving impaired with a baby in the back seat. Kamloops RCMP Const. Crystal Evelyn says police stopped a vehicle on Vicar...
Jul 23, 2021
B.C. reports 112 new COVID-19 cases, four deaths; highest one-day case count since mid-June
B.C. is reporting more than 100 COVID-19 cases today for the first time in more than a month. There were 112 new cases and four deaths from the virus today. June 18 was the last time B.C. had this man...
Jul 23, 2021
Local leaders in wildfire-affected areas urge people to share factual information only on social media
The area director in Spences Bridge is asking people to stop using their thumbs to start a second firestorm. Steven Rice said people are sharing inaccurate information about wildfires on social media....
Jul 23, 2021 The Tremont Creek wildfire east of Ashcroft on July 22, 2021. (BC Wildfire Service)
Sun Peaks hoping to house wildfire evacuees from Kamloops area
With Sun Peaks reopening and hundreds of empty hotel rooms, the village is hoping to house wildfire evacuees. Mayor Al Raine says hotels have submitted inventories to Emergency Management B.C. "I woul...
Jul 23, 2021
Logan Lake using rooftop sprinklers to protect homes from wildfires
Logan Lake is hoping the rest of B.C. will catch on to a fire protection system it's been using for years. Fire chief Doug Wilson said the District has had a rooftop sprinkler program since 2013. He s...
Jul 23, 2021 Rooftop sprinklers in Logan Lake seen in July 2021.
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)
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)
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
Kamloops council approves affordable housing despite having less parking than required
It won't quite be a paved paradise. Affordable housing on the North Shore has been approved despite not having the minimum parking stalls that the city requires. The apartment at 501 Tranquille Road w...
Jul 22, 2021
