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Seniors Tin Cup petition for pension reform poised to move to next stage
Ahead of the Saturday deadline, a petition by a grass-roots movement to try to help low-income seniors across Canada appears to have more than enough signatures to move to the next step. The Tin-Cup m...
Sep 13, 2024 Tin Cup protester/via seniorstincup.org
Kamloops developers suggests Tranquille corridor revitalization now in full-swing
A leading developer on the North Shore of Kamloops is suggesting that the revitalization of the Tranquille corridor is now in full-swing. Joshua Knaak with Arpa Investments points to the redevelopment...
Sep 13, 2024
Son charged in 2023 slaying of Kamloops woman
A 35-year-old Kamloops man has been charged in the 2023 death of his mother whose body was found near her Westsyde-area home nine days after she was last seen. RCMP say Brandon Jeremiah Donovan was ar...
Sep 13, 2024
Former WolfPack Athletic Director Ken Olynyk to be inducted into Canada West Hall of Fame
Longtime Thompson Rivers University WolfPack Athletic Director Ken Olynyk will be enshrined into the Canada West Hall of Fame. Olynyk joined the UCC Sun Demons in 2003 and oversaw a pair of transition...
Sep 12, 2024 Ken Olynyk. (Photo via TRU WolfPack)
B.C. signs national pharmacare deal with Ottawa, promises to expand drug coverage
British Columbia has become the first province in Canada to sign a pharmacare agreement with the federal government that would help the province fund hormone replacement therapy and diabetes expenses....
Sep 12, 2024 B.C. Health Minister Adrian Dix, left, and Federal Health Minister Mark Holland shake hands during a news conference, in Vancouver. (Photo via Darryl Dyck/The Canadian Press)
B.C. to scrap consumer carbon tax if federal government drops legal requirement: Eby
A re-elected NDP government would scrap British Columbia's long-standing carbon tax and shift the burden to "big polluters" if the federal government dropped its requirement for the law, Premier David...
Sep 12, 2024 Premier David Eby speaks during a B.C. NDP campaign event in Vancouver, on June. 20, 2024. (Photo via Ethan Cairns/The Canadian Press)
Kamloops approves zoning change for proposed Ord Road housing development
Plans to build a 180 unit, three-building project at 2550 Ord Road have cleared a public hearing, despite some opposition from residents and organizations, who were concerned about the impacts to ratt...
Sep 12, 2024 Signboard at the location of a proposed 180 unit housing development at 2550 Ord Road. (Photo via Victor Kaisar)
Kamloops looking to bring back bike valet next summer after successful pilot
The City of Kamloops is working on plans to bring back a bike valet next year after a successful four-month long pilot this year. Climate and Sustainability Manager Glen Cheetham says the bike valet, ...
Sep 12, 2024 The Kamloops Bike Valet. (Photo via Mary Putnam/Tourism Kamloops)
UPDATE - Federal, provincial governments to invest millions at Kruger Kamloops mill
Kruger is getting nearly $10 million from the provincial and federal governments for a first-of-its-kind new AI powered pressure diffusion washer at its Kamloops mill. It's part of a $32.4 million inv...
Sep 12, 2024 Brenda Bailey speaking at the Kruger Mill in Kamloops on Sept. 12, 2024.
RCMP say 'complex' investigation unable to determine cause of 2021 Lytton wildfire
BC RCMP say a criminal investigation into the 2021 wildfire which destroyed much of the Village of Lytton was not able to determine what caused the fire. In a statement Wednesday, RCMP say there is no...
Sep 11, 2024 The town centre in the Village of Lytton on July 6, 2021, a week after a wildfire tore through town. (Photo by John Horgan)
