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TNRD EOC activated as Sunday floods impact at least 20 Savona homes
The Thompson-Nicola Regional District says no injuries have been reported but at least 20 homes in the Savona area were impacted by floods caused by Sunday's thunderstorm. The regional district's emer...
Jul 01, 2024 Flood damage in Savona caused by the thunderstorm on June 30. (Photo submitted)
Clearwater ER to be closed for 13 hours this Canada Day weekend
The emergency room at the Dr. Helmcken Memorial Hospital in Clearwater will be closed for 13 hours over the Canada Day long weekend due to a lack of nurses. Interior Health says the ER - which is usua...
Jun 29, 2024 Dr. Helmcken Memorial Hospital in Clearwater/via Interior Health
Work to rehabilitate former Kamloops Indian Residential School building beginning
Tk'emlps te Secwepemc is beginning work to rehabilitate the former Kamloops Indian Residential School building. It says the goal of the endeavor is to renovate the red brick building so it can better ...
Jun 28, 2024 The Kamloops Indian Residential School building/via Tk'emlups
B.C. Review Board lets child killer Schoenborn keep eligibility for 28-day leave
The British Columbia Review Board has ruled that Allan Schoenborn, who killed his three children in 2008, will keep his eligibility for up to 28 days of unescorted leave from a Metro Vancouver psychia...
Jun 28, 2024 Mug shot/artist court rendering of Merritt child killer Allen Schoenborn/via Dave Teixeira
B.C. finishes merging health-profession colleges in plan for better oversight
British Columbia's government has amalgamated 11 health-professional colleges into two, setting the foundation for what it says is stronger oversight. Health Minister Adrian Dix says merging the colle...
Jun 28, 2024 B.C. Health Minister Adrian Dix. (Photo via BC Government)
Kamloops soccer dome renovations to begin next month
Nearly four months of work to renovate the Kamloops Soccer Dome on Tk'emlps te Secwepemc is expected to get underway next week. It comes as the City of Kamloops approved a loan to the Kamloops Youth S...
Jun 28, 2024 Interior of the Kamloops Soccer Dome. (Photo via Kamloops Youth Soccer Association)
BC United taps TNRD Director Mike Grenier as Cariboo-Chilcotin candidate
BC United has tapped Mike Grenier to be its candidate in the Cariboo-Chilcotin riding in this fall's provincial election. Grenier, the Thompson-Nicola Regional District's Area J director, replaces Lor...
Jun 28, 2024
B.C. homes and businesses to be eligible for rebates for rooftop solar systems
British Columbia's public power utility says for the first time it will provide rebates for the installation of rooftop solar and battery storage systems for residents and businesses. BC Hydro says in...
Jun 27, 2024
RCMP looking for suspect after elderly couple scammed out of thousands of dollars
Kamloops RCMP are asking for help in identifying a woman who is suspected of defrauding an elderly couple out of thousands of dollars earlier this month. Police say they couple were contacted by a man...
Jun 26, 2024
RCMP say 'complex' investigation into school bus crash in Lac La Hache will take months
BC RCMP say a 67-year-old man from the Cariboo region was killed in Friday's school bus crash near Lac La Hache that sent several people to hospital with varying injuries. While witnesses on scene say...
Jun 26, 2024
