Barbara Roden

The winding Loon Lake Road can be a challenging one for drivers, especially in winter. (Photo credit: Google maps)

Plow truck driver saves motorist in distress along Loon Lake Road

It’s the second time that Grant Gray has come to the aid of a driver who has gone off the road

The winding Loon Lake Road can be a challenging one for drivers, especially in winter. (Photo credit: Google maps)
A map shows the proposed new riding boundaries and configurations in southern B.C., including the new riding of Kamloops-Thompson-Nicola, which stretches from Lytton and Lillooet in the south and west to Clinton and Clearwater in the north. (Photo credit: Federal Electoral Boundaries Commission)

Changes proposed for new Kamloops-Thompson-Nicola riding

Riding will include communities from Lytton and Lillooet to Clinton and Clearwater

A map shows the proposed new riding boundaries and configurations in southern B.C., including the new riding of Kamloops-Thompson-Nicola, which stretches from Lytton and Lillooet in the south and west to Clinton and Clearwater in the north. (Photo credit: Federal Electoral Boundaries Commission)
An Aboriginal Patient Navigator is now available at the Ashcroft Urgent and Primary Care Centre. (Photo credit: Barbara Roden)

Aboriginal Patient Navigator now available at Ashcroft Urgent and Primary Care Centre

APNs help Indigenous patients and their families access health care supports and services

An Aboriginal Patient Navigator is now available at the Ashcroft Urgent and Primary Care Centre. (Photo credit: Barbara Roden)
(front row, from l): Hon. Col Al De Genova, founder and president of the Honour House Society; Ashcroft and District Lions Club president Sue Peters; Ashcroft Travel Centre Tim Hortons manager Starla Dixon; and Rob Farrer, director of the National Police Federation’s Benevloent Foundation at the start of the third Guns and Hoses charity hockey game on Jan. 21. (Photo credit: Barbara Roden)

Veterans’ retreat Honour Ranch big winner after first responder charity hockey game

‘Guns and Hoses’ game raised more than $10,000 for Honour Ranch near Ashcroft

(front row, from l): Hon. Col Al De Genova, founder and president of the Honour House Society; Ashcroft and District Lions Club president Sue Peters; Ashcroft Travel Centre Tim Hortons manager Starla Dixon; and Rob Farrer, director of the National Police Federation’s Benevloent Foundation at the start of the third Guns and Hoses charity hockey game on Jan. 21. (Photo credit: Barbara Roden)
The Osprey Ranch sign, which was swept away by flooding near Spences Bridge in November 2021, takes a well-deserved rest after being found near Gibsons on the Sunhine Coast in January 2023, only a little the worse for wear after its long journey. (Photo credit: Submitted)

Ranch sign swept away near Spences Bridge in 2021 floods found after 350 km journey

Sign lost during November 2021 flooding on Highway 8 recovered on Sunshine Coast 14 months later

The Osprey Ranch sign, which was swept away by flooding near Spences Bridge in November 2021, takes a well-deserved rest after being found near Gibsons on the Sunhine Coast in January 2023, only a little the worse for wear after its long journey. (Photo credit: Submitted)
The long-gone Sumallo Lodge on Highway 3 east of Hope, which played a role in the Hope Slide tragedy in January 1965, as seen in a photolog from July 21, 1966. (Photo credit: Ministry of Transportation)

Vintage video logs of B.C.’s highways a vivid trip back in time

‘Photologs’ were created in 1966, and are a window on a long-vanished world

The long-gone Sumallo Lodge on Highway 3 east of Hope, which played a role in the Hope Slide tragedy in January 1965, as seen in a photolog from July 21, 1966. (Photo credit: Ministry of Transportation)
The Thompson-Nicola Regional Library, in partnership with Riversong Guitars of Kamloops, has launched a free Ukulele Lending Program through all its branches. (Photo credit: TNRL file photo)

Free Ukulele Lending Program now available at all Thompson-Nicola libraries

Program is similar to wildly successful Guitar Lending Program launched earlier this year

The Thompson-Nicola Regional Library, in partnership with Riversong Guitars of Kamloops, has launched a free Ukulele Lending Program through all its branches. (Photo credit: TNRL file photo)
The Urgent and Primary Care Centre at the Ashcroft Hospital and Health Site is piloting a ‘Virtual Doctor’ program through May 2023. (Photo credit: Journal files)

Interior Health ‘virtual doctor’ pilot program may spread to other communities

Program will run in Ashcroft through May 2023 and is the only one of its kind in the province

The Urgent and Primary Care Centre at the Ashcroft Hospital and Health Site is piloting a ‘Virtual Doctor’ program through May 2023. (Photo credit: Journal files)
This is what the roads will soon look like. Are you prepared? (Photo credit: ICBC)

Are you a winter driving warrior?

What kind of winter driver are you? Take this quiz and find out!

This is what the roads will soon look like. Are you prepared? (Photo credit: ICBC)
A travel advisory is in effect for 36.2km of Highway 97 between Hills Frontage Road and Big Bar Road north of Cache Creek. (Photo credit: Google Maps)

Travel advisory on Highway 97 between Cache Creek and Clinton area

Drivers advised to avoid area due to compact ice and extremely slippery conditions

A travel advisory is in effect for 36.2km of Highway 97 between Hills Frontage Road and Big Bar Road north of Cache Creek. (Photo credit: Google Maps)
A new Urgent and Primary Care Centre, which will be open seven days a week from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m., has opened at the Ashcroft Hospital and Community Health Care Centre site. (Photo credit: <em>Journal</em> files)

Ashcroft Urgent and Primary Care Centre now open seven days a week

Centre will operate alongside existing medical clinic and provide team-based primary care services

A new Urgent and Primary Care Centre, which will be open seven days a week from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m., has opened at the Ashcroft Hospital and Community Health Care Centre site. (Photo credit: <em>Journal</em> files)
A second Ashcroft resident in severe medical distress living within half-a-block of the ambulance station has had to wait nearly 30 minutes for an ambulance to arrive, and has not survived. (Photo credit: Ashcroft <em>Journal</em> file photo)

B.C. man dies within sight of ambulance station with no paramedics available

Second time in less than a month no ambulance available in Ashcroft for person in medical distress

A second Ashcroft resident in severe medical distress living within half-a-block of the ambulance station has had to wait nearly 30 minutes for an ambulance to arrive, and has not survived. (Photo credit: Ashcroft <em>Journal</em> file photo)
If only all highways looked like this, all the time, all summer long. (Photo credit: Pixabay)

Summer road trip sanity

Summer road trips will provide you with lots of happy memories. You just have to survive them first.

If only all highways looked like this, all the time, all summer long. (Photo credit: Pixabay)
The long-gone Sumallo Lodge on Highway 3 east of Hope, which played a role in the Hope Slide tragedy in January 1965, as seen in a photolog from July 21, 1966. (Photo credit: Ministry of Transportation)

Vintage video logs of B.C.’s highways a vivid trip back in time

‘Photologs’ were created in 1966, and are a window on a long-vanished world

The long-gone Sumallo Lodge on Highway 3 east of Hope, which played a role in the Hope Slide tragedy in January 1965, as seen in a photolog from July 21, 1966. (Photo credit: Ministry of Transportation)
New Thompson-Nicola Film Commissioner Terri Hadwin. (Photo credit: LinkedIn)

New TNRD film commissioner hitting the road to showcase the region

Terri Hadwin has extensive experience in the TNRD and its arts scene

New Thompson-Nicola Film Commissioner Terri Hadwin. (Photo credit: LinkedIn)
Fire near Hat Creek Road south of Ashcroft near Highway 1. (Photo credit: Brandi Lynn Zirk)

Firefighters respond to two grass fires west of Highway 1 near Ashcroft

The fires, near Hat Creek Road started after thunderstorm rolled through

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Fire near Hat Creek Road south of Ashcroft near Highway 1. (Photo credit: Brandi Lynn Zirk)
Joel Anstett, with his dog Apollo, shows some of the injuries he suffered while fighting off a bobcat that was attacking Apollo in the back yard of their Ashcroft home on July 20. (Photo credit: Submitted)

B.C. man injured protecting dog from backyard bobcat attack

‘I think anyone else would have done the same thing’ says Joel Anstett after frightening encounter

Joel Anstett, with his dog Apollo, shows some of the injuries he suffered while fighting off a bobcat that was attacking Apollo in the back yard of their Ashcroft home on July 20. (Photo credit: Submitted)
Chad Goldney (l) and Olivia Hughes with Sunshine and her new puppies on June 23, 2022. (Photo credit: Submitted)

Puppy love: Lytton wildfire crew gets paws-itively delightful surprise

Puppies with a powerful connection to Lytton firefighters make special appearance at base camp

Chad Goldney (l) and Olivia Hughes with Sunshine and her new puppies on June 23, 2022. (Photo credit: Submitted)
The fire viewed from the north up the Fraser River. (BC Wildfire Service photo)

Crews move to protect heritage park as wildfire near Lytton grows to over 2,000 hectares

Fire is burning through difficult terrain and threatening Stein Valley Nlaka’pamux Heritage Park

The fire viewed from the north up the Fraser River. (BC Wildfire Service photo)
Campfires are still allowed (where permitted), but Category 2 open fires and some other activities are being prohibited in the Kamloops Fire Centre as of July 15. (Photo credit: Black Press files)

Kamloops Fire Centre prohibits Category 2 fires as of July 15

Campfires are not being prohibited at this time

Campfires are still allowed (where permitted), but Category 2 open fires and some other activities are being prohibited in the Kamloops Fire Centre as of July 15. (Photo credit: Black Press files)