Logan Stankoven wins AHL's Most Outstanding Rookie award
Kamloops native Logan Stankoven has been named the American Hockey League's Most Outstanding Rookie for 2023-24 season. The former Blazers captain is the latest winner of the Dudley (Red) Garrett Memorial Award, which is voted on by players, coaches, and media throughout the AHL. It's the latest accolade for the 21-yea...
Apr 25, 2024
Kamloops moving ahead with 9.55 per cent property tax increase in 2024
The City of Kamloops is moving ahead with a 9.55 per cent property tax increase in 2024. City Councillors have begun the process to approve the tax rate bylaw, which will set the mill rates for the various property classes in Kamloops. "When we look at the proposed mill rates compared from 2023 to 2024, that 9.55 ...
Apr 25, 2024
Birch Islanders to vote for local fire protection in mid-September
Dozens of property owners in the North Thompson community of Birch Island will be asked to decide whether they want to pay for local fire protection in mid-September. The Thompson Nicola Regional District is moving forward with a referendum on September 14th to officially ask 131 property owners in Birch Island if they...
Apr 25, 2024
Federal minister makes two stops in region connected to Indigenous fire losses
The federal government was making the rounds Wednesday as part of housing announcements connected to wildfire rebuilds on Indigenous territory in the region. Federal Indigenous Services Minister Patty Hadju was on-hand along side Kukpi7 James Tomma on the Squilax Nation on Wednesday afternoon, where a new subdivision h...
Apr 24, 2024
TNRD, CUPE ratify new two-year agreement with 11.75 per cent wage increase
The Thompson-Nicola Regional District has ratified a new two-year collective agreement with CUPE Local 900, that will give unionized employees an 11.75 per cent wage increase. It is similar to the agreement reached between CUPE and the City of Kamloops, with the roughly 50 TNRD staffers who are represented by CUPE gett...
Apr 24, 2024
Unionized Kamloops employees to get 12 per cent wage increase over two years
Kamloops municipal employees will be getting a 12 per cent wage increase over the next two years. The City of Kamloops and CUPE Local 900 say they have ratified a new two-year collective agreement, retroactive to Jan. 1 of this year. CUPE staff at the City of Kamloops will be getting a 4 per cent raise in 2024 and 2025...
Apr 24, 2024
Kamloops Councillors say 1,300 pounds of garbage picked up during first-ever clean the beach event
Kamloops City Councillors say it was a successful first edition of its Clean the Beach Day initiative this past Sunday. Councillor Mike O'Reilly - who put forward the idea of a beach clean up last September - says the roughly 130 attendees collected about 1,300 pounds of garbage from city-owned beaches near Riverside P...
Apr 24, 2024
Five-month ban on large fires to take effect across Kamloops Fire Centre next week
The BC Wildfire Service has announced a five-month ban on large fires across the Kamloops Fire Centre, that will take effect next Friday, May 3. With fire season off to an early start, the ban on Category 3 fires will run until Oct. 11, covering the area that runs from Blue River in the north to the U.S. border, and fr...
Apr 24, 2024
City says second permanent road to Juniper Ridge won't be ready until at least 2026
The City of Kamloops says work to build a second permanent access route to the Juniper Ridge neighbourhood has been delayed by at least a year to 2026. The second permanent route connecting Qu'Appelle Boulevard and Rose Hill Road was expected to be open in 2025, but the City's Development Director Marvin Kwiatkowski sa...
Apr 24, 2024
New mausoleum space to become available in Kamloops next month
Those looking to inter their loved ones in a mausoleum in Kamloops are going to get another opportunity to do so starting next month. Parks Manager Jeff Putnam has confirmed space at the now-named Mountain Vista Mausoleum at Hillside Cemetery will be available for purchase on May 15th. Pricing for crypts -- 360 in tota...
Apr 24, 2024