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Study says Canadian wildfires were 'entirely' to blame for surge in global tree loss in 2023
A global forest study says Canadian wildfires last year were "entirely" to blame for a worldwide surge in tree losses. The study released by researchers at the University of Maryland on the Global For...
Apr 04, 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)
B.C. setting up new wildfire training and education centre at TRU in Kamloops
The B.C. Government is moving ahead with a new wildfire research centre at Thompson Rivers University in Kamloops, that will focus on the mitigation and adaptation to the effects of future wildfire se...
Apr 04, 2024 Premier David Eby at TRU in Kamloops on April 4, 2024. (Photo via BC Government)
Halston Bridge to close Sunday night for rehabilitation work
The Halston Bridge in Kamloops will closed in both directions this Sunday night to allow crews to continue working on repairs. The bridge will be closed from 10 p.m. this Sunday, April 7, until 6 a.m....
Apr 04, 2024 Photo via Ministry of Transportation and Infrastructure
Lac Le Jeune resort near Kamloops to reopen with new owners after five year closure
The Lac Le Jeune Resort will be reopening its doors on May 16, roughly five years after it was closed to the public. It will be owned by Polaris Advisory, a hospitality consultancy run by Vivek Sharma...
Apr 03, 2024 Lac le Jeune Resort. (Photo via Mary Putnam)
Trans Mountain pipeline expansion to enter commercial service May 1
The Trans Mountain oil pipeline expansion will go into commercial service on May 1. The Crown corporation behind the project, which will increase the existing pipeline's capacity by 590,000 barrels pe...
Apr 03, 2024 A crew lays pipe for a section of the Trans Mountain Expansion Project in the Greater Edmonton area. (Photo via Trans Mountain Corporation)
B.C. government targets 'profiteers' with legislation to bring in 20 per cent flipping tax
The British Columbia government has tabled legislation to enact a 20 per cent flipping tax on those who sell their home within the first year of ownership. Finance Minister Katrine Conroy told the leg...
Apr 03, 2024
BC Hydro wants more clean power to help meet demand, clean energy targets
BC Hydro is looking for more clean power to add to its grids as electricity demands are expected to increase by 15 per cent in the next six years. The Ministry of Energy, Mines and Low Carbon Innovati...
Apr 03, 2024
Kamloops, CUPE Local 900 'resolve all outstanding issues' around CSO program
The City of Kamloops says it is moving ahead with its Community Services Officers program as it has "resolved all outstanding issues" it had with CUPE Local 900, ending a four-year long labour relatio...
Apr 03, 2024 A Kamloops Community Services Officer's badge. (Photo via Victor Kaisar)
Propolis Housing Society buys North Kamloops property to build six-storey building
The Propolis Cooperative Housing Society says it has bought its first property at 422/424 Tranquille Road in North Kamloops for $945,000. It plans to turn that property at the corner of Tranquille Roa...
Apr 03, 2024 The Tranquille Road property that is set to become home to the Propolis Cooperative Housing Society's first property. (Photo via Google Maps)
RCMP, BC gang unit make 27 arrests, seize drugs and weapons over four-day blitz in Kamloops
Kamloops RCMP say they arrested 27 people and seized a large quantity of drugs and weapons over a four day period that targeted drug traffickers and local gangsters. They say their enforcement efforts...
Apr 03, 2024 Photo via Kamloops RCMP
