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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....

UPDATE: Wildfire at Cooney Bay near Kamloops is out

KAMLOOPS – It took fire crews over nine hours to extinguish a human-caused wildfire burning near Cooney Bay on Kamloops Lake west of the city yesterday. A plume of smoke could be seen rising from the area as ten firefighters from Kamloops Fire Rescue and a crew of 3 from B.C. Wildfire worked to put...

Tragedy and success for rescuers on busy Monday

KAMLOOPS - After two months with only a few calls for service local search and rescue members were called out on three separate searches Monday, including one requiring a rope team to recover the body of Barriere man from a rolled SUV. Kamloops Search Manager Alan Hobler says they were first called out shortly after...