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KFR bans fireworks this Canada Day because of lingering drought conditions
There will be no fireworks over the Canada Day long weekend in Kamloops this year because of lingering drought conditions. Kamloops Fire Rescue Assistant Chief Scott Johnson says they will not be issu...
Jun 19, 2024 Crowd watching fireworks/via 123rf
Kamloops to reapply for Housing Accelerator Fund after earlier rejection
The City of Kamloops is still waiting for more details about the federal government's $400-million top up to the Housing Accelerator Fund, as it prepares to reapply for money. Development Director Mar...
Jun 19, 2024 Housing project under construction/via crushblog.ca
WorkSafeBC moving to cut risks for construction cranes after fatal accidents
British Columbia's worker safety agency is moving to address "gaps" in construction crane safety after recent accidents, including fatalities. WorkSafeBC says in a statement that it developed safety p...
Jun 18, 2024 A collapsed construction crane rests on a building in Kelowna on July 12, 2021. (Photo via Alistair Waters/The Canadian Press)
FCM lobbying higher levels of government for new municipal funding model
The Federation of Canadian Municipalities, which speaks on behalf of municipalities across the country, is calling on higher levels of government to commit to a new municipal funding model, arguing th...
Jun 18, 2024 Photo via Federation of Canadian Municipalities
Lansdowne Street detours to end next week as construction moves further east
The City of Kamloops says a temporary traffic detour on Lansdowne Street between 1st and 2nd Avenue is expected to end on Friday next week, June 28. That is when Extreme Excavating is scheduled to be ...
Jun 18, 2024 Traffic turning onto 2nd Avenue to avoid the worksite on Lansdowne Street between 1st and 2nd Avenue.
Police say no criminality suspected in death of man inside North Kamloops home
RCMP say criminality was not a factor in the death of a man who was found "with serious injuries" inside a North Kamloops home earlier this month. Police say they were called to a house on the 600-blo...
Jun 18, 2024
B.C. launches new fund to support disaster risk reduction and climate adaptation projects
The B.C. government says it is launching a new funding program that will support disaster risk reduction and climate adaptation projects in the province. It says the Disaster Resilience and Innovation...
Jun 18, 2024 Flooding on Quartz Road in Cache Creek beside the fire station on May 1, 2023. (Photo via Cache Cree Fire Department)
SD73 reports large funding shortfall for facility upgrades, replacements
The Kamloops-Thompson School District says it'll need around $183 million over the next five years if it is to keep up with its infrastructure goals. SD73 Secretary-Treasurer Trina Cassidy says that f...
Jun 18, 2024 The Kamloops-Thompson School District office in Kamloops. (Photo via Bill Cowen)
Fines for illegal hunting and fishing more than double in B.C.
Fines for illegal hunting and fishing in British Columbia are more than doubling as the province cracks down on offences against wildlife. The Ministry of Water, Land and Resource Stewardship says the...
Jun 17, 2024
Cool air mass over southern B.C. brings in record-breaking low temperatures
Environment Canada says an unseasonable cool air mass over southern B.C. has broken minimum temperature records, including one dating back about 70 years. The forecaster says temperatures fell to 4 de...
Jun 17, 2024 A rainbow can been seen over where the Fraser and Thompson rivers meet in Lytton on Oct. 18, 2023. (Photo via Marissa Tiel/The Canadian Press)
