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BC Wildfire Service suggests leaked meeting notes show routine correspondence on wildfire preparation
Notes from a July meeting between BC Wildfire Service managers and forest industry executives appear to show deep concerns about personnel and equipment shortages a full eight days before the province...
Aug 20, 2021 Photo via BC Wildfire Service
Barriere taken off of evacuation alert as risk lessens from Sparks Lake wildfire
The community of Barriere is no longer on evacuation alert. Speaking on the NL Moring News, mayor Ward Stamer says the evacuation alert was rescinded as of 8 a.m. thanks to favourable weather that hel...
Aug 20, 2021 Smoke from the Sparks Lake fire as seen from Barriere on Aug 15, 2021. (Photo by Victor Kaisar)
Lower Mainland woman killed in head-on crash west of Kamloops Thursday afternoon
Police say a Burnaby woman was killed yesterday in a head-on crash on the Trans-Canada Highway just west of Kamloops. The accident happened at about 3 p.m. on the highway, near the merge point with Hi...
Aug 20, 2021
Kamloops cops seize drugs, cash, make two arrests after North Shore drug bust
Kamloops RCMP have made two arrests and seized drugs and cash after raiding a suspected drug house on the North Shore. The raid happened on Wednesday at about 4 p.m. at the home on the 100-block of Ye...
Aug 19, 2021
'Serious' crash closes Trans-Canada Highway near Coquihalla turnoff Thursday evening
The Trans-Canada Highway is closed east of the New Afton Mine because of a "serious" crash this afternoon. An accident was first reported in the eastbound lanes at about 3:15 p.m. DriveBC now says the...
Aug 19, 2021
Logan Lake lifts evacuation order from Tremont Creek fire
A week after being ordered to leave because of the risk of the Tremont Creek wildfire, people can now return home to Logan Lake. The District has posted an update saying the order will be downgraded t...
Aug 19, 2021
Kamloops more than doubles new weekly COVID-19 cases for second straight week
There were 121 new COVID-19 cases in the Kamloops local health area last week, as the region continues to see a spike in new cases. The data August 8-14 was released late on Wednesday by the BC Centre...
Aug 19, 2021
More than 400 properties taken off of evacuation alert near White Rock Lake fire
More than 400 properties east of Kamloops near the White Rock Lake wildfire have now been taken off of evacuation alert. The Thompson-Nicola Regional District has given the all-clear for 435 propertie...
Aug 18, 2021
Lytton resident files lawsuit against CN, CP railways after fire that destroyed most of the village
People in Lytton, led by a woman who lost her home, her belongings and her cat in the deadly fire on June 30, are suing CN and CP Rail. Carel Moiseiwitsch filed the civil suit today in BC Supreme Cour...
Aug 18, 2021 The town centre in the Village of Lytton on July 6, 2021, a week after a wildfire tore through town. (Photo by John Horgan)
Logan Lake hopes to lift evacuation order by Thursday
As crews are mopping up in Logan Lake from the Tremont Creek fire, officials say residents should be able to go home by tomorrow. The District of Logan Lake says the goal is to lift the evacuation ord...
Aug 18, 2021 The Tremont Creek wildfire burning directly besides Highway 97D in Logan Lake on Aug 14, 2021. (Photo: Logan Lake Fire Rescue)
