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Former Merritt Mayor Neil Menard passes away
Former Merritt Mayor Neil Menard has died of cancer at the age of 80. Speaking at this afternoon's TNRD Board meeting, current Merritt Mayor Mike Goetz says Menard died on Tuesday. "He invited me over...
Jul 18, 2024
Kamloops moves ahead with plan to get peace officer status for CSOs
Kamloops City Council has taken another step towards its plan of getting peace officer status for Community Service Officers. At Tuesday's meeting, council voted 5-2 to give three readings to a bylaw ...
Jul 18, 2024 A Kamloops Community Services Officer's badge. (Photo via Victor Kaisar)
Kamloops RCMP investigating sudden death in Upper Sahali home
Kamloops RCMP say a woman in medical distress died at a home in Upper Sahali that is known to police, though criminality is not believed to be a factor. Mounties say they were called to the 500-block ...
Jul 18, 2024
'A great day,' Kamloops Councillor hails tentative approval of 630 new housing units
Kamloops City Councillors have tentatively approved 630 housing units as part of four different developments that are at various stages. They gave tentative approval to a 12-storey, 147 unit building ...
Jul 17, 2024 Rendering of the proposed development at 360 Columbia in downtown Kamloops. (Photo via Arup Datta Artchitect/City of Kamloops)
Interior Community Services eyeing construction on new north Kamloops housing building this fall
There could finally be progress on a long standing plan to build a new six-storey affordable housing building in North Kamloops. Announced two years ago - and first presented to city council in May 20...
Jul 17, 2024 Architect's rendering of a proposed 44-unit housing building at 404 Tranquille Road. (Photo via City of Kamloops/Richard Hunter Architect Inc.)
BC Transit making changes to bus fare options in Kamloops in October
BC Transit says it will stop selling sheets of 10 bus tickets, as well as adult, student, and senior monthly passes in Kamloops as of Oct 1. It comes as it launched its new contactless fare payment sy...
Jul 17, 2024 The Umo card (left) and paying a bus fare by scanning a smartphone app. (Photo via BC Transit)
Pair of Kamloops-area communities set new July 16 temperature records
A pair of Kamloops-area communities saw record temperatures for July 16. Preliminary data shows that Blue River set a record of 34.7 C yesterday, breaking the old July 16 record of 34.4 C set in 1970,...
Jul 17, 2024
Mandatory water restrictions issued for Spences Bridge Community Water System
The Thompson-Nicola Regional District and the Cook's Ferry Indian Band are bringing in new water restrictions on the Spences Bridge Community Water System, effective immediately. It says the restricti...
Jul 16, 2024 Automatic lawn watering sprinkler head/via Lawn Doctor
Kamloops going back to afternoon council meetings
If you're hoping to attend Kamloops council meetings, you'll be able to sleep in a little longer as the meetings will go back to 1:30 p.m. start times. Councillor Stephen Karpuk says the three month t...
Jul 16, 2024
RCMP, daughter of late Merritt city councillor killed in hit and run renewing plea for information
The daughter of Claire Newman is adding her voice to a plea from Valemount RCMP as they continue to try and solve the hit and run death of the former Merritt City Councillor. Mounties say there have b...
Jul 16, 2024
