On a Thursday afternoon just before the year closed, a crash on Hillside Way in Kamloops, just north of the Trans-Canada Highway, drew Kamloops Fire Rescue to the scene and partly shut the road near the Highway 1 onramp. Such moments arrive without warning and leave a community waiting on a few plain facts: whether anyone was hurt, how the collision happened, and when traffic will move again. Those answers were still unsettled when the report went out, and what remains is the quiet uncertainty that follows any sudden disruption to an ordinary afternoon.
Kamloops Fire Rescue Responds to Afternoon Crash on Hillside Way Near Trans-Canada Highway
It is unknown whether anyone was injured in the crash.
It is not known whether anyone was hurt.
Mark
What do we actually know about the Hillside Way crash?
Mimi
Not much. It happened around 1 p.m. Thursday, just north of the Trans-Canada Highway, and Kamloops Fire Rescue attended. Part of the road was blocked.
Luke
And that's about all. Injuries are unknown. No cause, no vehicle count.
Mark
Why is it worth reporting, then?
Mimi
It's near a highway onramp, so people drive through there. Closures matter to them, even when the details are thin.
Luke
Worth saying, though: nothing here tells us how long the road stayed closed. Any talk of delays is inference.
Mark
The rest of the roundup is quite different in tone.
Mimi
Yes. Landfill fees, COVID numbers, a fundraiser that nearly doubled its goal. It's an ordinary day in a city.
Luke
The COVID figure is worth care. 152 cases is the count of positive tests in the health area, so it reflects who got tested.
Mark
And the tuition complaint?
Mimi
It's a dispute, not a finding. Jones makes claims, the ministry denies them, and the tribunal has only ordered documents so far.
O Pulso
- A collision at about 1 p.m. on Hillside Way, just north of Highway 1, sent emergency crews rushing to the scene.
- Part of the road was closed near the Highway 1 onramp, pushing traffic into a tight and uncertain detour.
- Fire Rescue crews are working the scene, but whether anyone was injured remains unknown.
- Commuters are bracing for delays, with the reopening time still undetermined as the afternoon wears on.
On a Thursday afternoon just before the year closed, a crash on Hillside Way in Kamloops, just north of the Trans-Canada Highway, drew Kamloops Fire Rescue to the scene and partly shut the road near the Highway 1 onramp. Such moments arrive without warning and leave a community waiting on a few plain facts: whether anyone was hurt, how the collision happened, and when traffic will move again. Those answers were still unsettled when the report went out, and what remains is the quiet uncertainty that follows any sudden disruption to an ordinary afternoon.
Kamloops Fire Rescue crews were on Hillside Way on Thursday afternoon, near the onramp to the Trans-Canada Highway, after a crash closed part of the road. The collision happened around 1 p.m., just north of Highway 1, and a photo from Castanet's Sydney Chisholm shows emergency crews at the scene.
It is not yet known whether anyone was hurt. The report does not say how many vehicles were involved, what caused the crash, or when the road would reopen. Those details were not available at publication.
The crash arrived in the middle of a busy local news day on December 30, 2021. Among the other stories: the city announced new landfill rates for the new year, with mattress fees temporarily rising to $20 per unit, and COVID-19 cases in the Kamloops area remained more than 110 per cent above late November levels. For the driver and passengers on Hillside Way, though, the only question that mattered that afternoon was whether anyone had been injured.
Kamloops Fire Rescue crews were at Hillside Way on Thursday afternoon, near the onramp to the Trans-Canada Highway, after a crash that closed off part of the road. The collision happened at about 1 p.m., just north of Highway 1, and a photo from Castanet's Sydney Chisholm shows emergency crews at the scene.
It is not known whether anyone was hurt. The reporting does not say how many vehicles were involved, what caused the crash, or when the road reopened. Those details were not available when the report was published.
The crash was one item in a busy local news day in Kamloops on Dec. 30, 2021. A few others from the same roundup give a sense of what else was happening around the city.
The City of Kamloops announced a new rate structure at its landfills, starting in the new year. Household garbage fees at Mission Flats Landfill and the Kamloops Resource Recovery Centre will not change. Rates will rise for unseparated demolition, land clearing and construction waste, for clean fill, and for materials containing asbestos, which need special handling. Rates for wood waste and asphalt roofing at the Resource Recovery Centre will fall, to encourage people to bring those materials there. Mattress and box spring fees will temporarily go up to $20 per unit, to keep the local recycling program self-sustaining until the province regulates mattress recycling over the next four years. The city receives more than 10,000 mattresses and box springs a year. The changes follow a new solid waste and recyclables bylaw, and reflect higher operating costs since fees were last raised in 2015.
On COVID-19, the BC Centre for Disease Control reported 152 positive tests in the Kamloops local health area between Dec. 19 and Dec. 25, down slightly from 158 the week before. Both figures are more than 110 per cent above late November, when the area recorded 75 new cases in a week. Sun Peaks Ski Resort said Wednesday it could see "operational impacts" in the coming days because of Omicron. It said confirmed cases were limited but many people were self-isolating. It also said it expected only minimal disruption. The resort had earlier warned guests about a COVID-positive worker in a customer-facing role at Sunburst Lodge on Dec. 17 and Dec. 19.
Elsewhere, a Thompson Rivers University law professor, Craig Jones, filed a B.C. Human Rights Tribunal complaint against the Ministry of Advanced Education. He argues the funding model for TRU's law program discriminates against South Asian students. TRU lists first-year domestic law tuition at $21,734, compared with about $13,150 at UBC and $10,370 at UVic. The ministry denies any inequity, saying TRU designed its own program and said it was not seeking government funding. On Dec. 2 the tribunal ordered TRU to produce documents, expected by the end of December.
And a high school student, Cassie McNutt, had raised $19,173 for Kamloops Hospice against a $10,000 goal, with donations of items accepted until Dec. 31. For the crash on Hillside Way, the open question is whether anyone was injured.
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