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Most of Westwold, parts of Monte Lake taken off of evacuation order Friday night
Nearly 250 properties near the White Rock Lake fire, including most of Westwold and some homes in Monte Lake and Paxton Valley, have been taken off of evacuation order, while Highway 97 has fully reop...
Aug 13, 2021
About 60 CAF Air Task Force members in Kamloops to assist with fighting wildfires
Canadian Armed Forces have about 360 personnel in B.C., helping crews fight wildfires. Public Affairs Officer, Lt. Commander Tony Wright, says that includes 100 ground personnel working at the Flat La...
Aug 13, 2021
About 175 firefighters in Logan Lake protecting homes, with community evacuated due to nearby wildfire
Fire crews have travelled from near and far in B.C. to help protect homes in Logan Lake, after the town was evacuated yesterday by the Tremont Creek wildfire. There are about 60 fire engines in the co...
Aug 13, 2021 Logan Lake on August 13, 2021, while the community is under evacuation order. (Photo submitted)
Wildfire evacuee shelter with 100 beds now open at NorKam Secondary, operator says
For any wildfire evacuees looking for a place to stay in Kamloops, there's a 100-bed shelter at the gym at NorKam Secondary. Dina Lambright, the executive director of Out of the Cold which is co-runni...
Aug 13, 2021
About 500 personnel working on White Rock Lake fire; 'thousands' of homes being protected
The B.C. government says 500 personnel are helping fight the massive White Rock Lake wildfire and that some form of structural protection is set up around more than 1,000 homes. Deputy Minister of For...
Aug 12, 2021
All staff in assisted living and long-term care homes will be required to be vaccinated
Those who work in a long-term care home or assisting living home in Kamloops, or anywhere in B.C., will be required to receive a COVID-19 vaccine. Health officials made the announcement on Thursday af...
Aug 12, 2021
Small landscape fire doused on Columbia Street near downtown Kamloops
Kamloops Fire Rescue says a landscape fire on one of the city's main routes has been put out. The fire next to Columbia Street was reported at about 4 p.m., just west of 1st Avenue next to the eastbou...
Aug 11, 2021 A grassfire next to Columbia Street
Sentimental items stolen from truck in Kamloops west end
A heartbreaking theft affecting a Kamloops family. Kamloops RCMP say someone stole a poem from the family's late son, silver bracelets and a medal of honour from a truck in the city's west end, late l...
Aug 11, 2021
Police investigating homicide near Sheridan Lake
Mounties say a 69-year-old man was killed in Sheridan Lake late last week. Members of 100 Mile House RCMP were called on Friday to a home near the community in the southern Cariboo, to reports of a su...
Aug 11, 2021
Controlled burn goes off without a hitch at Tremont Creek fire
Clearer skies in Kamloops made a controlled burn very visible yesterday at the Tremont Creek fire. The smoke could be seen from Kamloops to Cache Creek, and on the Coquihalla Highway. Fire information...
Aug 11, 2021 A controlled burn at the Tremont Creek wildfire on August 10, 2021, as seen from the Coquihalla Highway. (Photo via Jaclynn Bryan)
