James Peters

KAMLOOPS — Teri Patterson, evacuated from her home about 20 kilometres southwest of Clinton since July 23, said the Emergency Support Services Active Reception Centre on McArthur Island has been a haven during a time of distress.

KAMLOOPS — The heat and smoke will get more intense in the days ahead as the Kamloops area enters the heart of wildfire season.

KAMLOOPS — Provincial officials say there is no need for a B.C.-wide state of emergency due to wildfires at this time, despite calls from the MLA in the South Cariboo and the opposition B.C. Conservatives.

BOSTON BAR, B.C. — Nearly three weeks after a raging wildfire forced them to flee their homes, residents of Boston Bar are free to return.

VERNON, B.C. — One of the main routes connecting Kamloops to the Okanagan Valley has reopened.

CLINTON, B.C. — The Thompson-Nicola Regional District (TNRD) has enacted a pair of new evacuation alerts in the South Cariboo as the wildfire picture evolves.

KAMLOOPS — Real estate activity was muted in a smoky Kamloops July.

KAMLOOPS — A former Kamloops man imprisoned for killing his pregnant girlfriend has had his day parole extended, four months after it was briefly suspended.

IN ANOTHER SUMMER lost to wildfires and smoke, life can sometimes feel kind of hopeless.

EVERY YEAR AROUND THIS TIME, Statistics Canada releases its overview of criminal activity across the country, measuring it with something called the Crime Severity Index.