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Students return to rebuilt Parkcrest Elementary in Kamloops five years after fire
Chants of "We are Parkcrest" rang out Wednesday as the Kamloops-Thompson School District celebrated the opening of the newly rebuilt school, almost five years to the day after it was destroyed in a fi...
Sep 04, 2024 Photo via SD73
Contract awarded as Bruhn Bridge replacement work to begin 'in a few weeks'
The B.C. Government has awarded a $136-million contract for the replacement of the R.W. Bruhn Bridge in Sicamous to AECON-Emil Anderson General Partnership (AEGP). It says work to replace the 62-year-...
Sep 04, 2024 A rendering of the new RW Bruhn Bridge in Sicamous. (Photo via BC Ministry of Transportation and Infrastructure)
'The deal is done:' NDP Leader pulls out of supply and confidence deal with Liberals
NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh has "ripped up" the supply and confidence deal with the Liberals that helped keep the minority government in power. "The deal is done," Singh tweeted, early Wednesday afternoo...
Sep 04, 2024 NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh meets with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Parliament Hill in this photo from Nov. 14, 2019. (Photo via Sean Kilpatrick/The Canadian Press)
Kamloops shot putter Greg Stewart repeats as Paralympic champion
Kamloops native Greg Stewart has won gold in the men's F46 shot put at the Paris Paralympics, less than a year after coming out of retirement. The 38-year-old Stewart, who was born without his lower l...
Sep 04, 2024 Greg Stewart celebrates after winning gold in the Men’s Shot Put F46 Final at the 2024 Paralympic Games in Paris. (Photo via Canadian Paralympic Committee/Angela Burger)
Jed Wiebe to represent BC Greens in Salmon Arm-Shuswap
The BC Green Party has picked Jed Wiebe to be its candidate in the Salmon Arm-Shuswap riding in the next provincial election. The party says Wiebe, a lifelong Shuswap resident, is a passionate advocat...
Sep 04, 2024 Jed Wiebe (Photo via BC Green Party)
TRHD Chair not expecting communication breakdowns as Kamloops Cancer Centre project progresses
The Chair of the Thompson Regional Hospital District says he's confident there won't be communication breakdowns when it comes to the cancer centre project. Mike O'Reilly says communication with the h...
Sep 03, 2024 Kamloops Councillor Mike O'Reilly
Peter Milobar to run for BC Conservatives in Kamloops-Centre
Peter Milobar will be the BC Conservative candidate in Kamloops-Centre in next month's provincial election. Milobar, the former Kamloops mayor and current Kamloops-North Thompson MLA who was the BC Un...
Sep 03, 2024 Peter Milobar speaking in the BC Legislature on Oct. 4, 2021. (Screenshot via BC Government)
Long-time Merritt-area MLA Jackie Tegart not seeking re-election
There will be a new MLA in the Merritt-area for the first time in over a decade as long-time MLA Jackie Tegart will not run in next month's provincial election The 11-year veteran of the BC Legislatur...
Sep 03, 2024
Merritt hosting town hall as Knights Inn motel to become new homeless shelter
The Knights Inn motel in Merritt will serve as a 40 bed shelter for homeless people for at least the next two and a half years. BC Housing says it has leased the facility at 2702 Nicola Ave. until Mar...
Sep 03, 2024 The Knights Inn Motel in Merritt
Investigation underway after pedestrian found dead along Coquihalla near Merritt
Police in Merritt are investigating the death of a pedestrian who was likely hit by a vehicle, possibly days before his body was found near Exit 286 of the Coquihalla Highway. BC RCMP say their invest...
Sep 03, 2024 The Exit 286 sign as seen while heading south on the Coquihalla Highway near Merritt. (Photo via Google Maps)
