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Kamloops council approves new apartment building in Valleyview
Kamloops City Council has approved a development permit for a new four-storey, 12-unit apartment building at 2589 Sunset Drive in Valleyview. The proposal to remove an existing four-plex led to some c...
Mar 15, 2024 Artists rendering of the apartment at 2589 Sunset Drive in Valleyview. (Photo via LA West Associates/City of Kamloops)
Kamloops crews to begin two-phased renovation project at Pioneer Park on Monday
The City of Kamloops says there will be a number of closures at Pioneer Park starting on Monday, March 18, as crews begin work on a number of upgrades. Capital Projects Manager Matt Kachel says the ci...
Mar 14, 2024 Pioneer Park, Kamloops
B.C. law to recover health costs from 'wrongdoers' behind harmful products: AG Sharma
British Columbia introduced proposed legislation Thursday that would allow it to sue for health-related costs over damages by companies like social-media giants and energy drink manufacturers whose pr...
Mar 14, 2024 B.C. Attorney General Niki Sharma and Premier David Eby. (Photo via BC Government/Flickr)
Stamer, Giebrecht to run for BC Conservative Party in Kamloops ridings
The Conservative Party of British Columbia has picked its candidates for the two ridings that encompass the City of Kamloops. Barriere Mayor Ward Stamer will be running in the newly redrawn Kamloops-N...
Mar 14, 2024 Ward Stamer (L) and Dennis Giesbrecht
SD73 board implements warning against abusive behavior at meetings
The Kamloops-Thompson School District will begin its board meetings with a warning statement, in a bid to prevent abusive behaviour. The new statement says the School District expects people in attend...
Mar 14, 2024 The Kamloops-Thompson School District office in Kamloops. (Photo via Bill Cowen)
B.C.'s seniors advocate blames long-term care waits on lack of home support
British Columbia's seniors advocate says the increasing unmet demand for home support services is likely to blame for a ballooning wait-list to get a bed in long-term care, with the problem worsened b...
Mar 14, 2024
WolfPack's Pat Hennelly named U SPORTS men's volleyball coach of the year
Pat Hennelly of the Thompson Rivers University WolfPack has been named the U SPORTS men's volleyball Coach of the Year for the first time in his nearly two-decade long career. Hennelly, who has coache...
Mar 13, 2024 Photo via Thompson Rivers University WolfPack
Kamloops council approves April spring clean the beach event
The City of Kamloops has approved plans for a spring beach cleanup event that will begin at Riverside Park on Sunday, April 21. Social and Community Development Supervisor, Ty Helgason, says the plan ...
Mar 13, 2024 The Riverside Park beach. (Photo via Hike Kamloops)
RCMP investigating early morning house fire in Brock as a case of arson
Kamloops RCMP are investigating an early morning house fire in Brocklehurst as a case of arson. Mounties say they were called to a house on the 1700-block of Brunner Avenue around 3 a.m. Wednesday, Ma...
Mar 13, 2024
Canadian study finds nightfall no longer brings reprieve to firefighting efforts
Jason Brolund, the fire chief in West Kelowna, says he's seen thick smoke turn day to night in his years as a firefighter, but the opposite happened when a fast-moving blaze tore through his community...
Mar 13, 2024 The Lower East Adams Lake Fire (right) and the Bush Creek East Fire (left) near Adams lake as seen on Aug. 2, 2023. (Photo via Kelly Kennedy)
