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Snow Storm
Calgary man drives strangers 8 hours to Kamloops to be home for Christmas
When Trevor Williams heard a staff member from a car rental company quote a Lower…
Vernon rescuers walk seven hours to find hikers lost in Monashee Provincial Park
Rescuers hiked for seven hours through the night before finding two hikers that had become…
iN VIDEO: Laugh, cringe or scratch your head at these Vancouverites dealing with snow
The snowstorms that hit B.C. Interior cities left many with cars that wouldn't start, deep…
Money flows as the snow flies in Kelowna
KELOWNA – City crews and contractors are hitting the streets for some serious snow removal,…
2015 TOP STORIES: Big storms, drought, flood and fire
THOMPSON-OKANAGAN – The year began with a snow storm and ended with a heavy snowfall,…
Kelowna hopes to end year without ‘significant snow event’
CENTRAL OKANAGAN - About half of Kelowna’s civic workers will be off the job over the holidays but snow removal crews won’t be amongst them. “Yes, it’s all hands on deck if needed,” public works manager Darryl Astofooroff says. “It’s looking good though, nothing much in the forecast." The city has gotten off lightly so...
Kamloops Airport cleaning up after storm
KAMLOOPS - There were nine flight cancellations at the airport Sunday and Monday but the break in the storm means flights are back to normal and crews have been able to start cleanup on additional taxiways. A total of 35 centimetres fell at Kamloops Airport over the course of the storm and airport manager Fred...
Winter storm shuts down highways
BACK TO SEASONAL NORMALS BY END OF DAY THOMPSON-OKANAGAN - A winter storm warning is over for much of the Southern Interior, but it has left toppled trees, black ice and high avalanche risk in its wake. A winter storm warning remains in place for the Shuswap and regions north and east of the Shuswap,...
IN TWEETS: How the heavy snowfall is affecting Kamloops
KAMLOOPS - Schools are closed, transit buses are delayed, garbage pickup is slow going and only a few side streets will likely be plowed before mid-week. Yes, it’s a snow day in Kamloops. The city has been running snow-clearing equipment 24 hours and Public Works Director Jen Fretz says they have even hired contractors to...
Travel advisories in effect for highways
THOMPSON-OKANAGAN - Heavy snowfall is limiting visibility on several Interior highways leading Drive B.C. to put out a travel advisory for both Highway 5 and Highway 97C. The Coquihalla Highway between Merritt and Kamloops and the Okanagan Connector both have travel advisories as of 8:30 a.m. Drive B.C. asks travellers to consider alternate plans or...