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Kamloops City Council to consider sanctions linked to Code of Conduct investigation report
Kamloops City Council says it will release a "complete or redacted copy" of an investigation report that came about after a recent Code of Conduct investigation. In a statement Thursday, City Councill...
Nov 09, 2023
Blazers drop 7-3 decision to Portland Winterhawks
The Kamloops Blazers struck first but they were unable to build on it, falling 7-3 to the Portland Winterhawks Wednesday night. The loss snapped a three-game home winning streak for the Blazers, who r...
Nov 08, 2023 Connor Levis, Dylan Sydor, and Fraser Minten celebrate a goal against the Portland Winterhawks on Nov. 8, 2023. (Photo via Allen Douglas)
Kamloops council walks back decision to increase 2024 water rates by 25 per cent
Kamloops City staff are going back to the drawing board to come up with ways to soften a planned 25 per cent increase to water rates next year. The increase, which was tentatively approved at the Oct....
Nov 08, 2023
Kamloops soliciting feedback on proposed Lansdowne Street multi-use pathway
The City of Kamloops is soliciting feedback on its plans to add a multi-use pathway along Lansdowne Street between Second and Sixth Avenues in conjunction with a planned sewer main upgrade next year. ...
Nov 08, 2023 Photo via City of Kamloops
Swifties 'manifest' with candles and chants, for opportunity to buy Vancouver tickets
Taylor Swift fans will try just about anything to boost their odds of getting tickets to her Vancouver concerts, including "manifesting" visions of pre-sale codes in their email inbox. Ticketmaster wa...
Nov 08, 2023
B.C. tables legislation to encourage communities to build homes near transit hubs
The British Columbia government has introduced legislation it estimates could provide up to 100,000 new homes near designated transit areas over the next decade. The government says the proposed legis...
Nov 08, 2023 The Lansdowne Transit Exchange in downtown Kamloops. (Photo via Google Maps)
Salvation Army hoping to raise $240K during annual kettle campaign in Kamloops
The Salvation Army is looking to raise $240,000 through its annual kettle campaign in Kamloops, which kicks off at City Hall next Wednesday, November 15. Major Orest Goyak says all of the money raised...
Nov 08, 2023 Photo via Salvation Army
BC Housing-funded multi-family building could rise in North Kamloops
Kamloops City Council has given tentative approval to a proposal to rezone two properties at Tranquille Road and Valhalla Drive, where a new BC Housing-funded multi-family building could rise. The pro...
Nov 07, 2023 A look at the two properties along Tranquille Road where a proposed multi-family building could rise. (Photo via Google Maps)
Demolition work at Northbridge Hotel in Kamloops to resume once Telus antennas come down
Demolition work on the former Northbridge Hotel in Kamloops will continue once Telus has moved its antennas that are currently on the roof of the building. That is according to the City's Capital Proj...
Nov 07, 2023 A look at the Telus antennas atop a boarded up Northbridge Hotel in Kamloops as of Sept. 2023. (Photo via Google Maps)
SD73 donates $5,000 to Coquitlam School District after fire at Hazel Trembath Elementary
The Kamloops-Thompson School District will donate $5,000 towards Hazel Trembath Elementary School in Port Coquitlam, which was destroyed in a fire last month. Trustee John O'Fee, who is chair of the S...
Nov 07, 2023 A look at the damage at Hazel Trembath Elementary School in Port Coquitlam as seen on Oct. 14, 2023. (Photo via Brad West/Twitter)
