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Thompson River
Okanagan and Thompson rivers proving deadlier than lakes this year
This year, the Thompson-Okanagan has experienced a fairly unusual trend of more people drowning in…
High water decimates nature trail at B.C. Wildlife Park
KAMLOOPS – Aggressive, high, creek water has completely eroded and closed a nature trail at…
UPDATE: RCMP dive team recovers woman’s body from Thompson River near Ashcroft
KAMLOOPS – A woman's body was recovered from a submerged pickup truck in the Thompson…
Record snow melt keeps river levels a month ahead of schedule
THOMPSON-OKANAGAN – An extremely warm spring has led to record snow melt in the high…
Wildlife tragedy: Miscommunication prolongs suffering of fawn injured in dog attack
KAMLOOPS – Alison Villeneuve was enjoying the last days of summer when she witnessed an attack the mere mention of which brings her to tears. She was kayaking near Cooney Bay, a small inlet on the Thompson River west of Kamloops, on Sept. 22 when she heard a noise she can only describe as screaming....
Seasonal flooding unlikely this year
THOMPSON-OKANAGAN - If the lack of snow, even at alpine levels, is any indication, we could be in for a very dry year. The River Forecast Centre is reporting all but two snow basins are below normal as of March 1. The North and South Thompson basins are near-normal at 96 per cent and 91...
Snow basins still high, flood threat low
THOMPSON-OKANAGAN - Recent snow basin numbers show there is a lot more snow than normal in much of our region even though rivers have begun receding throughout the rest of the province. The North Thompson snow basin now sits at a near normal 101 per cent though the South Thompson sits at 126 per cent....
Heat coming your way this weekend
THOMPSON-OKANAGAN — Get your sunscreen ready: the cool, wet week has a reprieve in store for us with higher temperatures for a water park or beach this weekend. Today highs will reach near normals of 21 C to 23 C across the region with a 30-40 per cent chance of thundershowers or storms this afternoon...