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B.C. drug use advocates warn decriminalization change may cause more drug deaths
Health Canada's decision to allow British Columbia to again prohibit the use of illicit drugs in most public spaces will cause more deaths, the executive director of the Vancouver Area Network of Drug...
May 08, 2024 Person preparing to use drugs in public/via GlobalBC
Kamloops RCMP issue warning after recent uptick in local violence
Kamloops RCMP are warning people in the community about an increased risk to public safety after the recent uptick in violence linked to an organized crime conflict. The warning, issued Wednesday, com...
May 08, 2024 25-year-old Justin Christopher Hunt (left) and 40-year-old Cameron Ronald Cole. (Photo via Kamloops RCMP)
Kamloops council 'committed' to implementing municipal adviser's recommendations
Kamloops City Councillors say they are committed to making headway on the recommendations laid of by municipal adviser Henry Braun. The report laid out 13 recommendations for all nine members of counc...
May 08, 2024 Henry Braun delivering his municipal advisor report to Kamloops Council on May 7, 2024. (Photo via Brett Mineer)
Blazers draft two California natives in 2024 U.S. Priority Draft
The Kamloops Blazers picked a pair of players who were born in California during Wednesday morning's U.S. Prospects Draft. The Blazers took forward Eli Tverdovsky - son of former NHL defenseman Oleg T...
May 08, 2024
Upper Nicola Band halts construction on new community centre after discovery of human remains
The Upper Nicola Band near Merritt has halted construction on the nqiemix Quilchena Community Centre after finding human remains. Details are not clear, but the band says it has reached out to the RCM...
May 08, 2024 A rendering of the Quilchena Community Centre in Upper Nicola. (Photo via Michael Green Architecture and Lubor Trubka Associate Architects)
ICBC announces $110 vehicle rebate, rate increases on hold until 2026
Most British Columbia drivers will get a vehicle insurance rebate of $110 this year and basic renewal rates will remain frozen until at least March 2026. The Crown-owned Insurance Corporation of B.C. ...
May 08, 2024
London Drugs president says sorry for cyber breach, no evidence customer data taken
The president of London Drugs has issued a letter apologizing for a cybersecurity incident that forced the company to close stores for more than a week, but he says there's no evidence customer databa...
May 08, 2024 London Drugs sign in Vancouver/via Ethan Cairns, the Canadian Press
New housing units at former Northbridge Hotel in Kamloops could be ready by 2026
If all goes well, construction on a new housing development at the site of the former Northbridge Hotel in Kamloops could begin next spring, and be done by 2026. David Freeman, the City of Kamloops' R...
May 08, 2024 A look at demolition work on the Northbridge Hotel in Kamloops as seen on Apr. 21, 2024. (Photo via Victor Kaisar)
RCMP seize grey Honda Civic believed to be linked to shooting at Ramada Hotel
Kamloops RCMP say they have seized a grey Honda Civic that may be connected to Monday afternoon's shooting at the Ramada Hotel. Mounties say the vehicle was found abandoned on Ord Road around 12:35 a....
May 07, 2024 Photo via Kamloops RCMP
BC Coroners report eight more toxic drug deaths in Kamloops
New data from the BC Coroners Service shows that another eight Kamloops residents died due to toxic drugs in the month of March. That takes the total in Kamloops this year to 28 people - an average of...
May 07, 2024 Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA)
