The Province is providing $150,000 to support a neighbourhood kitchen that will provide nutritious meals and be a forum for seniors to showcase their wealth of knowledge in preparing food.

The Wildfire Management Branch has issued a road restriction order for forest service roads near the Raft River wildfire, which is burning about 20 kilometres northeast of Clearwater. The restrictions will take effect at 4 p.m. on Wednesday, May 13, 2015.

Effective at noon on Friday, May 15, 2015, the size of open fires will be restricted throughout the Kamloops Fire Centre to help prevent human-caused wildfires and protect the public.

Two new traffic signals went into operation Thursday in Dufferin at the Copperhead Drive Interchange on the Trans-Canada Highway.

Two new web cams are now operational on Highway 5 to give drivers a real-time update of traffic volumes on river crossings in Kamloops.

Wildfire Management Branch personnel will be conducting a series of small burns north of Merritt off the Coquihalla Highway, between Thursday, April 30 and Tuesday, May 5, 2015.

Effective at noon on May 15, 2015, the size of open fires will be restricted in most of the Kamloops Fire Centre to help prevent human-caused wildfires and protect the public.