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Ashcroft ER to be closed this weekend due to limited staffing
Another overnight ER closure at the Ashcroft hospital this weekend, due to limited staffing. The ER will be closed from midnight on Friday (July 12) until 8 a.m. on Saturday (July 13). As always, peop...
Jul 10, 2019
Kamloops Chamber continues to push for the abolishment of daylight saving time
As the province solicits more feedback on daylight saving time, the Kamloops Chamber of Commerce is firmly in favour of doing away with twice annual time change. Executive Director Acacia Pangilinan i...
Jul 10, 2019
Meeting between residents, two forestry companies in Clearwater went as expected, according to mayor
The mayor of Clearwater says a meeting last night between residents and two forestry companies went about as expected. Merlin Blackwell says things got a little heated at times, and he was not surpris...
Jul 09, 2019
Kamloops firefighters respond to one interface fire a week on average during the summer months
Kamloops firefighters say they tend to respond to one interface fire a week on average during the summer months in the city. That's according to Assistant Fire Chief Dan Sutherland, who says most of t...
Jul 09, 2019
Clearwater Mayor thinks timing of the Canfor-Interfor timber cutting rights sale is unfortunate
The Mayor of Clearwater says he understands why village council in Chase is in favour of Interfor acquiring Canfor's timber cutting rights in the Adams Lake area. Merlin Blackwell says the timing of t...
Jul 09, 2019
Kamloops RCMP to release weekly maps showing thefts from vehicles
In an effort to reduce the number of thefts from motor vehicles in Kamloops, the RCMP will be releasing a community map each week. There were 58 thefts from July 1 until the 7th, and the map will show...
Jul 09, 2019
Air Canada restoring fifth Kamloops to Vancouver flight
Air Canada is restoring a fifth flight from Kamloops to Vancouver in October this year. The service was scaled back to four flights a day in February when Air Canada introduced the Bombardier Q-400 ai...
Jul 09, 2019
Four people taken to hospital after crash on the Coquihalla
A serious crash on the Coquihalla between Merritt and Hope sent four people to hospital yesterday afternoon. BC Emergency Services were called to Larson Hill near Coldwater Road just after 4 p.m. on M...
Jul 09, 2019
Record number of passengers at YKA in the second quarter of 2019
A record spring for passenger numbers at Kamloops Airport this year, with over 185,000 passengers in the first six months of 2019. That is an eight per cent increase when compared to the same time per...
Jul 08, 2019 Kamloops Airport. (Photo via Colton Davies)
Reduced wildfire risk after recent rainfall in Kamloops but things could dry up very quickly again: Environment Canada
An Environment Canada meteorologist says the recent few days of rain in the area will help reduce the fire risk for a while longer. That said, Doug Lundquist notes it won't take long for things to dry...
Jul 08, 2019
