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B.C. plans law allowing police to arrest or ticket over school disruptions
The British Columbia government has introduced legislation that it says will put in place 20-metre access zones around schools to protect students from disruptive behaviour, including aggressive prote...
Apr 11, 2024 Photo: Abby Zieverink
B.C. moves to increase use of fire-damaged timber
The B.C. Government has introduced new measures to try and increase the use of wildfire-damaged timber in a bid to support the forestry sector while speeding up forest regeneration. It made new regula...
Apr 10, 2024 Hot spots from the Lower East Adams Lake wildfire burn in Scotch Creek as seen on Aug. 20, 2023. (Photo via Darryl Dyck/The Canadian Press)
Kamloops RCMP looking for help in identifying suspect after recent fire at Valleyview business
Kamloops RCMP have released a picture of a man who they believe is related to a recent fire at a Valleyview business. Mounties say they were called to reports of possible arson at a commercial propert...
Apr 09, 2024 A picture of the suspect believed to be involved in a fire at a Valleyview business on March 30, 2024. (Photo via Kamloops RCMP)
Kamloops considering next moves after Mayor delivers confidential documents to media outlets
Kamloops City Council and lawyers for the city are considering their next moves after the mayor hand-delivered two sets of confidential documents from two different closed-council meetings to multiple...
Apr 09, 2024 Kamloops Mayor Reid Hamer-Jackson. (Photo via Kamloops Chamber of Commerce)
BC Lions to move parts of FanFest to downtown Kamloops this year
The BC Lions say there will be a new and improved version of the ever-popular Fan Fest, which is scheduled to take place in Kamloops on Saturday, May 18. It will begin at Hillside Stadium with the Pla...
Apr 09, 2024 Photo via BC Lions
B.C. under fire after accounting firm accused by Merritt company of conflict in running grant
British Columbia Premier David Eby says the government has asked the auditor general to review the province's grant programs after allegations of conflict-of-interest from a clean-technology company. ...
Apr 08, 2024 B.C. Premier David Eby (Photo via BC Government)
City disputes online claims that CSO settlement with CUPE will cost Kamloops taxpayers millions
The City of Kamloops says allegations on social media that claim the settlement with CUPE Local 900 over the creation of the CSO program will cost between $3-million and $5-million are false. "I am aw...
Apr 08, 2024 Photo via City of Kamloops
Landon DuPont, son of former Blazer Micki, granted exceptional player status
Hockey Canada has officially granted 14-year-old Calgary native Landon DuPont exceptional player status. That means DuPont - the son of former Kamloops Blazers defenceman Micki DuPont - will be eligib...
Apr 08, 2024 Landon DuPont (Photo via Jenn Pierce, WHL)
Kamloops councillor hoping for more frequent Build Kamloops meetings to speed up work
It's been about nine months since the Build Kamloops committee was first struck, and at least one member of the Conceptual team would like to see more frequent meetings to speed work along. Stephen Ka...
Apr 08, 2024 A rendering of the proposal Kamloops Performing Arts Centre. (Photo via Station One Architects/City of Kamloops)
Up to 15 cm of snow possible on Coquihalla between Hope and Merritt
Environment Canada has issued a snowfall warning for the Hope to Merritt section of the Coquihalla. It says that stretch of highway could see as much as 15 centimetres of snow because of a frontal sys...
Apr 08, 2024 Snow removal work on the Coquihalla Highway. (Photo via BC Government)
