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B.C. report says climate change brings health risk, as doctor fears 'colossal harms'
Communities across British Columbia needs to prepare for a climate-related health crisis like the deadly 2021 heat dome every year, according to the lead contributor to a report on health risks associ...
Feb 14, 2024 A smoky Kamloops sunrise on July 13, 2021. (Photo by Mike O'Reilly)
Kamloops man facing five charges after damaging police vehicle while fleeing in vehicle
RCMP say a 26-year-old Kamloops man is facing charges after he was spotted behind the wheel of a vehicle while prohibited. Police say an officer on foot spotted "a man he knew" driving a vehicle aroun...
Feb 13, 2024
Ottawa announces $176M in housing deals with small and rural communities
The federal government will roll out more than 60 housing agreements with small and rural communities across the country over the next few weeks, Housing Minister Sean Fraser announced Tuesday. Fraser...
Feb 13, 2024 Federal housing Minister Sean Fraser. (Photo via Adrian Wyld/The Canadian Press)
Kamloops looking for more ESS volunteers ahead of upcoming flood, fire season
The City of Kamloops is looking for more volunteers to join its Emergency Support Services team. Community and Emergency Support Supervisor Natasha Hartson says there are 129 active volunteers in Kaml...
Feb 13, 2024 The McArthur Island Emergency Reception Centre in Kamloops. (Photo via Victor Kaisar)
National response needed for encampment crisis, evictions must end: federal advocate
Unhoused people have a fundamental right to live in encampments, and that right is violated when authorities tear them down, Canada's housing advocate says. In a piercing report released Tuesday, Mari...
Feb 13, 2024 Photo via Jason Franson/The Canadian Press
Proposal for new mixed-use building adjacent to Station Plaza returning to City Hall
Kamloops City Council will once again gauge public opinion on a proposal for a three-storey building on a lot at 520 Lorne Street, to the east of the historic CN Railway station downtown. Development ...
Feb 13, 2024 The revised proposal for 520 Lorne St. going before City Council in 2024. (Photo via City of Kamloops / Richard Hunter Architect Inc.)
B.C. eyes community, non-profit, underused lands to build affordable rental units
British Columbia is launching a public housing plan to build more affordable rental units for middle-income earners who often struggle financially to live in the same communities where they work, Prem...
Feb 13, 2024 Premier David Eby at a news conference in Vancouver, on Friday, Nov. 3, 2023. (Photo via Ethan Cairns/The Canadian Press)
Merritt MLA blasts Province, Interior Health after pair of emergency room closures
The MLA for Merritt says its unacceptable that the emergency department at the Nicola Valley Hospital has been closed two times in the last four days. Jackie Tegart says these closures - which Interio...
Feb 13, 2024 The Nicola Valley Hospital and health Centre in Merritt. (Photo via Google Maps)
Semi driver killed after head-on crash on Highway 97 near Monte Creek
RCMP say one person was killed in head-on crash between two semi-trucks on Highway 97 near Monte Creek on Monday night. Cpl. Melissa Jongema with BC Highway Patrol says the driver of one of the semis ...
Feb 13, 2024 Photo via Skilled Truckers Canada/Facebook
Kamloops Cancer Care Centre 'to be among the first to open,' Dix says
While the B.C. government is in the process of building four new cancer care centres, its Health Minster says the facility at Royal Inland Hospital in Kamloops will be among the first to open. Adrian ...
Feb 12, 2024 Health Minister Adrian Dix in Kamloops on Feb. 8, 2024. (Photo via Abby Zieverink)
