Lytton
UPDATE: Cisco Road fire now 35 per cent contained, evacuation order downgraded
LYTTON – A week-old wildfire near Lytton has grown to nearly 1,900 hectares but is…
UPDATE: Wildfire near Lytton now 50 per cent contained; residents to start returning home
UPDATE: 2:20 p.m., Friday, Sept. 2 The South Spencer Road fire is now 50 per…
UPDATE: Progress made on South Spencer Road fire near Lytton
UPDATE: 5:15 p.m., Thursday, Sept. 1 Media release from B.C. Wildfire: LYTTON – Due to…
Gaining ground on Cisco Road wildfire
LYTTON – Crews have managed to create a perimeter around much of the Cisco Road…
Wildfire near Lytton now 75 per cent contained, evacuation alerts rescinded
LYTTON – A wildfire burning near Lytton is now 75 per cent contained and the…
UPDATE: Aggressive Lytton wildfire now 300 hectares, believed to be human caused
UPDATE: 7:30 p.m., Wednesday, Aug. 31 The size of the South Spencer Road fire has…
UPDATE: Fire near Lytton that reduced Highway 1 to one lane now contained
KAMLOOPS – Highway 1 south of Lytton is down to a single lane as a…
Enhanced health services coming to rural Interior Health communities
THOMPSON-OKANAGAN – A program offering paramedicine to rural residents around the province is expanding to…
Bringing the heat: Records fall around the province
THOMPSON-OKANAGAN – Temperatures soared above seasonal normals yesterday, setting new records and capping off the…
VIDEO: How we deal with rock slides in B.C.
LYTTON - A rock slide on Highway 12 between Lytton and Lillooet on the weekend shut down the highway, but with a little drilling and blasting crews were able to reopen the roadway Monday. The rock slide was discovered Sunday, Dec. 13, and by Monday afternoon a single lane had opened to alternating traffic. By...
UPDATE: Highway 12 near Lytton reopens following rock slide
MERRITT – The highway between Lytton and Lillooett has reopened after a rock slide closed the route on Sunday. Highway 12 reopened to single lane, alternating traffic about 10 kilometres north of Lytton this afternoon, Dec. 14, according to Drive B.C. The highway is expected to be fully open by 5 p.m. A geotechnical assessment was...
Events to celebrate the long weekend near Kamloops
KAMLOOPS - This long weekend is dominated by biking enthusiasts and agricultural events, but it’s also the last weekend to squeeze in some time with the family before the kids go back to school. For those camping this long weekend you can finally enjoy campfires after the ban was lifted in the Kamloops Fire Centre...
Band financials for neighbouring Kamloops areas
KAMLOOPS – The July 29 due date has passed for First Nations to submit reports on financials including chief and council salary, remuneration and expenses as part of the First Nation Financial Transparency Act. So far, InfoNews has reported on the numbers for bands near Osoyoos, Enderby, Vernon and Kamloops. Numbers for the Penticton Band have...
‘Sheer brutality’ earns killer who stabbed friend 12 years
RECEIVES SAME SENTENCE AS LAST TRIAL KAMLOOPS - A convicted killer could be back out in the community in roughly five years’ time after he was handed his sentence today, June 30, for his 'sheer brutality' in the 2008 murder of a Lytton man. Kamloops Supreme Court Justice Dev Dley handed Cory Bird, 27, the...
Crews holding line on Cisco Road fire near Lytton
LYTTON - The large fire south of Lytton remains active as crews use controlled burns to help further contain the blaze. The fire, mapped at 1,270 ha this weekend, has not grown significantly over the last couple of days and remains at roughly 20 per cent contained. Controlled burn operations are taking place to the...