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Pair of developers chosen to begin design work for Kamloops Cancer Centre
B.C.'s Health Minister says plans to build the long-promised Kamloops Cancer Care Centre have taken another step forward with the selection of two companies who will take part in the request for propo...
Jun 17, 2024 Health Minister Adrian Dix flanked by a number of speakers in Kamloops on Feb. 8, 2024. (Photo via Abby Zieverink)
KFR notes continued uptick in FireSmart initiatives despite cooler spring
While its been a slower start to the fire season, it seems many in Kamloops are still reaching out for FireSmart assessments this year, looking to preemptively protect their properties in the event of...
Jun 17, 2024 FireSmart plant/via FireSmart BC
Nursing shortage leads to 25 hour closure of Clearwater emergency room
The emergency department at the Dr. Helmcken Memorial Hospital in Clearwater will be closed for the third time in less than a month because of a lack of nurses. Interior Health says this latest closur...
Jun 15, 2024 Dr. Helmcken Memorial Hospital in Clearwater/via Interior Health
Up to 5cm of snow possible on B.C. mountain highways this Father's Day weekend
People heading to the Lower Mainland for Father's Day weekend are being told to watch for as much as 5 cm of snow on mountain passes in the B.C. Interior. Environment Canada has issued a special weath...
Jun 14, 2024 A look at the Coquihalla Highway by the Surrey Lake Summit on May 18, 2024. (Photo via Sherry Driedger Heitzer/Coquihalla Road Reports (And Area) Facebook)
TRU to publish annual investment statements online citing 'growing public interest'
Thompson Rivers University says it will begin to publicly share details of its investments online "in response to growing public interest in the financial practices of Canadian universities." It says ...
Jun 14, 2024 Thompson Rivers University sign at the east entrance as seen on Oct. 2, 2017. (Photo via TRU)
Federal minister tells B.C. Ottawa continues to back RCMP contract policing
Ottawa will continue to back the RCMP as British Columbia's contract police force that serves many communities even as it moves toward a national force for federal-level crimes, says federal Public Sa...
Jun 14, 2024 Minister of Public Safety Dominic LeBlanc arrives to appear before the Senate Standing Committee on National Security, Defence and Veterans Affairs in Ottawa, on Wednesday, June 12, 2024. (Photo via Patrick Doyle/The Canadian Press)
RCMP seize guns, pair of stolen Ford vehicles from North Kamloops house
RCMP say they seized a pair of stolen Ford vehicles from an address in North Kamloops after reports of a "suspicious occurrence" on Monday mooring. Police say they were called to the house in the 100-...
Jun 13, 2024
Workers at Aspen Planers in Merritt waiting for clarity amid ongoing shutdown
The union that represents workers at the Aspen Planers sawmill in Merritt says they're not sure when - or if - the mill will resume operations. Workers have been off the job since April 25, and Jordan...
Jun 13, 2024 The Aspen Planers mill in Merritt. (Photo via Google Maps)
KFR offering free wood chipping to some Barnhartvale, Pineview residents
Kamloops Fire and Rescue is expanding a free wood chipping program - that is offers in partnership with the City - to include residents in Barnhartvale and Aberdeen Glen Village on Howe Road in Pinevi...
Jun 13, 2024 The aftermath of the fire in the cedar
hedge near the Earls restaurant in Sahali. (Photo via Emily Pearson)
Uber says new B.C. rules will increase costs, Eby says companies can 'suck it up'
Uber says regulation changes for ride-share and delivery workers in British Columbia will drive up costs and reduce demands for local restaurants, but Premier David Eby says complaining companies can ...
Jun 13, 2024 The Uber app. (Photo via Uber)
