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Ottawa approves British Columbia's request to scale back drug decriminalization pilot
Public drug use became illegal in British Columbia once again on Tuesday, after the federal government granted the province's request to scale back its drug decriminalization pilot. The change represe...
May 07, 2024 Minister of Mental Health and Addictions Ya'ara Saks speaks in the Foyer of the House of Commons on May 7, 2024. (Photo via Spencer Colby/The Canadian Press)
Municipal Adviser identifies Kamloops Mayor as 'root cause' of dysfunction at City Hall
A scathing report from the Municipal Adviser to Kamloops Council has identified Mayor Reid Hamer-Jackson as the root cause of the dysfunction at City Hall. Former Abbotsford Mayor Henry Braun - who wa...
May 07, 2024 Henry Braun delivering his municipal advisor report to Kamloops Council on May 7, 2024. (Photo via Brett Mineer)
Kamloops Mounties looking for suspect after Monday shooting at Ramada Hotel
Kamloops RCMP are looking for a suspect after a Monday afternoon shooting at the Ramada Hotel on Columbia Street, the latest targeted shooting in the city over the past several days. Mounties confirme...
May 07, 2024 Photo via Kamloops RCMP
RCMP swarm Kamloops Ramada hotel after Monday shooting
Radio NL has learned that one person was taken to Royal Inland Hospital after a shooting in the vicinity of the Ramada Hotel on Columbia Street in Kamloops. Details about the incident - and the condit...
May 06, 2024 Kamloops RCMP at the Ramada on Columbia Street. (Photo contributed)
Dix says Province won't reimburse Merritt for series of ER shutdowns
B.C.'s health minister says the Province will not reimburse the City of Merritt the $90,000 it is asking for to compensate for closures of the Nicola Valley Hospital's emergency room last year. Adrian...
May 06, 2024 Photo showing the Merritt ER closed in October, 2023/via Mike Goetz
Kamloops RCMP investigate third shooting in three days
RCMP are investigating the third shooting in as many days in Kamloops, though they say no injures have been reported in any of the incidents. Police say they were called to the 800-block of Sudbury Av...
May 04, 2024
B.C. library co-op seals leak after hacker obtained data, demanded ransom
A hacker demanded ransom money after obtaining data from a server used by libraries throughout British Columbia, but a system manager who responded to the incident says the leak was limited and the is...
May 03, 2024
Blazers prospect Tommy Lafrenière named co-MVP in CSSHL U18 Division
Kamloops Blazers prospect Tommy Lafrenire has been named a co-MVP in the Canadian Sport School Hockey League (CSSHL) U18 Prep division. Lafrenire, the Blazers' eighth round pick in the 2022 WHL Prospe...
May 03, 2024 Blazers forward Tommy Lafreniere in action against the Victoria Royals on Sept. 15, 2024. (Photo via Allen Douglas)
Mustard Seed closing West Victoria Street dayroom in July
The Mustard Seed in Kamloops will be closing its dayroom on West Victoria Street at the end of July. CEO James Gardiner says after July 31, services like counselling, advocacy, and access to nurses, w...
May 03, 2024
Province appoints mediator to try to end ongoing strike at Hudson's Bay in Kamloops
B.C.'s Labour Minister Harry Bains has appointed a special mediator to try to end a five-month long labour dispute at the Hudson's Bay in Kamloops. The province says David Schaub will be tasked with t...
May 03, 2024 Workers at the Hudson's Bay in Kamloops picket the entrance to the store inside Aberdeen Mall. (Photo via United Steelworkers Local 1-417)
