Ashcroft News

iN PHOTOS: B.C. wildfire rips through Ashcroft mobile home park
CACHE CREEK – The Ashcroft Reserve wildfire has left total destruction behind in the Boston…

How people in Kamloops are trying to make life a little easier for wildfire evacuees
KAMLOOPS – The organizers of a local comedy festival, a grocery store, a Lower Mainland…

Kamloops businesses stepping up to help wildfire evacuees
KAMLOOPS – The business community in Kamloops is rallying around evacuees displaced from the wildfires…

UPDATE: Evacuation orders for Cache Creek as Ashcroft wildfire approaches
ASHCROFT – A rapidly developing 700-hectare wildfire is burning about two kilometres from the village…

Fiery crash closes Trans Canada near Spences Bridge
ASHCROFT– The Trans Canada Highway was temporarily closed this morning after a crash between a…

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…

Lack of venting system behind fatal carbon monoxide leak near Ashcroft: B.C. Safety Authority
VENABLES VALLEY – The cause of carbon monoxide exposure that left a family of four…

No ER in Ashcroft on Easter Weekend
ASHCROFT – A lack of doctors have forced an Easter long weekend closure of the…

UPDATE: Coroner says foul play ruled out in deaths of Venables Valley family
VENABLES VALLEY – The B.C. Coroners Service says foul play has been ruled out in…
Four people found dead in home south of Ashcroft; RCMP investigating
VENABLES VALLEY – RCMP along with the B.C. Coroners Service are investigating the deaths of…

Water warning in Ashcroft area downgraded
KAMLOOPS – A health alert for the Ashcroft area has been downgraded. The Interior Health…

Local artists get a Hollywood nod as Merritt mural hits the big screen
MERRITT – There’s a local connection to a new movie that premieres next month in…

Water advisory for residents near Ashcroft after train derailment
ASHCROFT – More than 24 hours after a train derailed near Ashcroft, Interior Health has…

No ER in Ashcroft on Christmas Eve morning
ASHCROFT – Lack of staff availability has prompted a temporary closure of the emergency room…

UPDATE: Ed Gyoba was out of options for dealing with nephew before he was killed, wife says
KAMLOOPS — Shane Takeshi Gyoba was ‘broken’ in the years leading up to his uncle’s…