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BC Child & Youth Representative Happy to See Practice of Birth Alerts Being Eliminated in the Province
A Representative for Children and Youth in BC is happy to see the province get rid of the practice of Birth Alerts. Birth Alerts is a 'child welfare practice' where child welfare agencies are advised,...
Sep 19, 2019
Big Little Science Centre finds new home in downtown Kamloops
The Big Little Science Centre has found a new home in downtown Kamloops. Executive director Gord Stewart says the program will be moving to the former Value Village property in the 400-block of Seymou...
Sep 19, 2019
Health officials working to determine cause of vaping related illness as number of cases increase
With a series of vaping related illnesses in the United States and now in Canada, officials are working to try and determine the exact cause. Dr. Michael Schwandt is a Public Health Physician with the...
Sep 19, 2019
Climate change contributing to forestry crisis: TRU professor
The crisis in the province's forestry industry can be blamed on several factors and according to a local expert, one of the reasons won't come as a surprise to many of us. TRU's Faculty of Natural Res...
Sep 19, 2019
City Taking a Closer Look at How to Improve Public Transit
City Council took a look at the city's transit system at this week's meeting. Mayor Ken Christian says they specifically discussed routes number 7 and 9, additional bus shelters and another transit ex...
Sep 19, 2019
First degree murder charges laid in Williams Lake homicide
Two men are each facing a first degree murder charge as a body pulled from the Fraser River on August 27 was identified by RCMP in Williams Lake. The body was that of Branton Regner, who was reported ...
Sep 19, 2019
New job placement coordination offices will be in communities affected by forestry crisis
B.C.'s Forests Minster says new job placement co-ordination offices will have a presence in a number of Interior communities affected by the forestry crisis. Speaking on NL Newsday, Doug Donaldson say...
Sep 19, 2019
Police seize $1.9M, make two arrests during traffic stop near Revelstoke
Police in Revelstoke seized nearly $2 million during a traffic stop on Highway 1 last week. RCMP Traffic Services Cpl. Mike Halskov says on Sept. 8, a vehicle heading westbound was pulled over 10 kilo...
Sep 19, 2019
Kamloops-area mill workers waiting for further detail of provincial forestry funding
The president of the United Steelworkers Local 1-417 in Kamloops says the devil is in the details for new funding for forest workers. Marty Gibbons was asked if $69 million, announced by the province ...
Sep 19, 2019
Health Minister says expect provincial strategy soon to address youth vaping
B.C.'s Health Minister says his government plans to act soon to bring in provincial restrictions on vaping. Adrian Dix acknowledged deep concerns he has of youth vaping - and explains the federal gove...
Sep 19, 2019
