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More B.C. wildfire crews heading north to Alaska

KAMLOOPS – A second round of wildfire firefighting resources from B.C. are being deployed in Alaska to help the state battle forest fires. Three rappel crews of three people each, a helicopter operations technician, 10 para-attack firefighters and B.C. Wildfire Management Branch representative left Sunday and arrived this morning, June 22. They are joining an...

Cisco Road wildfire evacuation alert rescinded

LYTTON – The Regional District Emergency Operations Centre has rescinded the evacuation alert for roughly 60 properties near the Cisco Road wildfire near Lytton. The alert was issued at 9 p.m. June 11 for the west side of the Fraser River from the intersection of Lytton Ferry Rd. and South Spencer Rd., south to the...

Scorching temperatures ahead for Thompson-Okanagan

THOMPSON-OKANAGAN – With the official start of summer on Sunday, the weather forecast for the Southern Interior appears ready to cooperate. Penticton and Kelowna can expect a week of sunny, hot weather leading into a possibly record-breaking weekend, according to the meteorologists at Environment Canada. There is a slight chance of showers Monday night, June...

First Nation welcome signs cut down near Kamloops on eve of Aboriginal Day

SAVONA - Investigators with Kamloops Rural RCMP are appealing to the public for information after two signs welcoming people to the Skeetchestn First Nation were cut down the night before National Aboriginal Day on Sunday. The signs, which stood next to the Trans-Canada Highway in the Savona area, were discovered sawed down Sunday morning, June...