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UPDATE: Coldstream Creek fire near Ashcroft grows, evacuation alert issued
ASHCROFT - B.C. Wildfire crews are battling an aggressive lightning-caused wildfire south of Ashcroft today and locals are now on evacuation alert. The fire was called in around 1 p.m. this afternoon, July 20, and quickly grew to 120 hectares. By 6 p.m. the fire had grown to 600 ha. Properties on North Road, Landon...
General Grants feeling the fall out from Emterra strike
KAMLOOPS – The recycling is piling up in Kamloops as the Emterra Environmental strike enters its fifth week. While people have been asked to store what they can, the balconies and garages of residents are no competition for the influx General Grants in Sahali is currently seeing. “I had 26 pallets, and they left four...
First wife testifies in trial of former Vernon cop charged with child porn
KELOWNA – The first wife of a former Vernon RCMP officer charged with child porn described him as a confrontational man who often raised his voice. Jennifer Fisher and Ryan Hampton’s marriage officially ended in 2011, the same year he married his accuser, Valerie Little. Little, herself a member of the RCMP, told police she...
Petition calls for improvements on stretch of highway where Clearwater couple died
CLEARWATER - Following multiple crashes along a portion of the Yellowhead Highway, including two that resulted in people having to be airlifted to Royal Inland Hospital last week, locals are asking for more safety measures to be implemented along the highway. Three days ago, Hettie Buck created an online petition to call on the Ministry...
Severe thunderstorm watch issued for North Thompson
KAMLOOPS - After a night of heavy lightning and rolling thunder through much of the region, the North Thompson is under a severe thunderstorm watch. Environment Canada says conditions are favourable for the development of dangerous thunderstorms in the area just north of Kamloops. Storms could bring damaging wind gusts, damaging hail and heavy rain....
Another mail theft in Kamloops; suspects caught
KAMLOOPS - There were several reports of community mailboxes being tampered with last week and now RCMP are investigating another one, this time in the Batchelor Heights area. Const. Jason Epp with Kamloops RCMP says they were called to a report of people breaking into mailboxes at Batchelor Hills Drive and Grasslands Boulevard around 7:30...
Pedestrian struck in Sun Peaks hit and run this weekend
SUN PEAKS – A pedestrian was struck by a pickup truck that left the scene in Sun Peaks early Sunday morning. A group of three males were walking along Sun Peaks Road around 3 a.m. on Sunday, July 19, when a dark, older model Chevy S-10 pickup truck struck one male in the group, Kamloops...
Sunny week ahead for Kamloops
KAMLOOPS - It was a hot, sunny and stormy weekend across the region and this week is expected to be a bit closer to normal Kamloops summer weather. The mercury hit just below 32 C on Saturday for Slide the City and then 37.2 Celsius Sunday as storms rolled through the region. Environment Canada is...