Merritt's mayor dangles airport lands to keep Edison Motors in city
The mayor of Merritt says new overtures are being offered to Edison Motors to try to keep the electric-hybrid logging truck manufacturer from leaving the city -- including the possibility of a home on municipal-owned land. Mike Goetz says while he's been acting as a facilitator between Edison and local land owners to f...
Apr 30, 2024
Province to demolish buildings in downtown Kamloops to make way for housing
The BC Government plans to demolish a number of its buildings at the intersection of Fifth Avenue and Columbia Street in downtown Kamloops. Work to demolish the buildings at 515 and 527 Columbia Street is expected to begin around June 25 and be done by September 25, according to an Invitation to Tender issued Monday. &...
Apr 30, 2024
Province eyeing rental housing development at Northbridge Hotel property in Kamloops
The B.C. government has identified the site of the former Northbridge Hotel in Kamloops as a potential location for new rental homes as part of its $3-billion BC Builds program. The move means the property at 377 Tranquille Road - which is owned by the City of Kamloops - could eventually become the site of new rental h...
Apr 30, 2024
B.C.'s request for changes to decriminalization pilot being reviewed
It is too early to draw conclusions about drug decriminalization, the federal addictions and mental health minister suggested Monday, after British Columbia asked Ottawa to scale back its pilot project to help curb concerns over public drug use. In her first public remarks since B.C. made its request, Ya'ara Saks noted...
Apr 29, 2024
SILGA taking place this week in Kamloops
Local leaders from across the Southern Interior are descending on Kamloops for this year's annual SILGA session. Around 200 officials and representatives from 37 municipalities and regional districts throughout the Southern Interior will be in Kamloops until Friday to take part in the Southern Interior Local Government...
Apr 29, 2024
RCMP say two taken to hospital after Monday morning incident on Lac Le Jeune Road
RCMP say two people were taken to hospital after a disturbance at a house on the western outskirts of Kamloops, not too far from where the Trans-Canada and the Coquihalla meet. Kamloops RCMP spokesperson Cpl. Crystal Evelyn says they were called to the 1600-block of Lac Le Jeune Road around 7:45 a.m., April 29, after a...
Apr 29, 2024
Cigarettes with health warnings could nudge smokers to butt out: researchers
Cigarettes with health warnings printed directly on them are being sold in some parts of Canada, making it the first country to adopt the regulation aimed at encouraging people to kick the habit or keep them from taking it up in the first place. Manufacturers are required, by Tuesday, to ensure that warnings about harm...
Apr 29, 2024
Kamloops asking to be included in future federal housing announcements after recent snub
The City of Kamloops is reaching out to Federal Housing Minister, Sean Fraser, asking that the City be considered for any future funding that is connected to housing initiatives. Councillor Kelly Hall says the letter comes following Kamloops' unsuccessful application for $15.6 million from the $4.4 billion Housing Acce...
Apr 29, 2024
Kamloops councillor behind local drug use restrictions welcomes provincial re-think
A vocal advocate for limiting public drug consumption in Kamloops is lauding the move by the BC government to roll-back a key concern of decriminalization. Responding to the announcement that the BC government intends to ask Health Canada to recriminalize public drug use, Kamloops Councillor Katie Neustaeter suggests i...
Apr 29, 2024
Drug user advocates concerned about B.C.'s decriminalization exception request
Advocates for drug users are raising concerns about British Columbia's request for Health Canada to empower police to step in when they see illicit drug use in public spaces, saying it may be a step backward in the fight against the deadly opioid crisis. Brittany Graham, the executive director of the Vancouver Area Net...
Apr 28, 2024