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Uber looking to acquire ReRyde's licence as it looks to expand B.C. operations
Uber is hoping second time is a charm as it looks to expand its ridesharing service throughout British Columbia. The company, which is currently not allowed to operate outside the Lower Mainland and F...
Sep 08, 2022 The Uber app. (Photo via Uber)
Workers at Kamloops Sephora first in North America to unionize, UFCW says
Employees at the Sephora store in Kamloops have officially joined the United Food & Commercial Workers Union Local 1518. President Kim Novak says the BC Labour Relations Board has certified an app...
Sep 08, 2022
SD73 to get $1.6 million from B.C.'s back-to-school affordability fund
The Kamloops-Thompson School District will be getting $1.6 million from the provincial government's $60-million back-to-school affordability fund that was announced last week. Superintendent Rhonda Ni...
Sep 07, 2022 The Kamloops-Thompson School District office in Kamloops. (Photo via Bill Cowen)
BCGEU reaches tentative three year deal with BC Government
The BC General Employees Union (BCGEU) says it has reached a tentative three-year agreement with the B.C.'s Public Service Agency, after more than seven months of negotiations and two weeks of job act...
Sep 07, 2022 Photo via BCGEU
Kamloops residents now able to request mail-in ballots for October municipal election
Kamloops residents can now register if they want to vote by mail during October's municipal election. Chief Election Officer, Amanda Passmore, says people have until 3:30 p.m. on Friday, Oct. 14 to ap...
Sep 07, 2022 Kamloops City Hall. (Photo via City of Kamloops)
City of Kamloops to pay for new fence along CP Rail line in Victoria Street West corridor
The City of Kamloops will be picking up the total cost of a project to install a fence and retaining wall adjacent to the CP Rail line in the Victoria Street West corridor. That is according to Capita...
Sep 06, 2022 A look at the CP Rail line through the Victoria Street West corridor in Kamloops. (Photo via Google Maps)
Plenty of excitement, SD73 says, as Ralph Bell Elementary reopens after 12 years
The bell will ring at Ralph Bell Elementary School in Kamloops today after 12 long years. While the K to 7 school in Valleyview was closed in 2010 due to declining enrolment, the Kamloops-Thompson Sch...
Sep 06, 2022 Ralph Bell Elementary School in Valleyview. (Photo via SD73)
Ashcroft ER to be closed Sept. 2 to 4 due to lack of nurses
The emergency department in Ashcroft will be closed this weekend due to a lack of nurses. Interior Health says the Ashcroft ER, which is currently only open from 5 p.m. to 10 p.m. on Friday and 8 a.m....
Sep 02, 2022
Blazers excited about return to 'normal' training camp ahead of Memorial Cup season
The Kamloops Blazers road to the 2023 Memorial Cup is officially underway with a five-day long training camp at Sandman Centre. Head Coach and General Manager, Shaun Clouston, was a guest on the NL Mo...
Sep 02, 2022 Kamloops Blazers Training Camp 2022. (Photo via Jon Keen)
Clearwater mayor optimistic for end of overnight ER closures this Sunday
An overnight emergency room closure at the Dr. Helmcken Memorial Hospital in Clearwater will be extended by one more night, but the Mayor says there is light at the end of the tunnel. "Interior Health...
Sep 02, 2022 Dr. Helmcken Memorial Hospital in Clearwater/via Interior Health
