Category Archives: Local News Now

B.C.'s Education Minister wants to see Parkcrest Elementary rebuilt quicker than a typical school would be. Speaking on the NL Morning News, Rob Fleming says the province is willing to do what it can ...

A BC based defense lawyer has been able to get her hands on an Abbott SoToxa, also known as the Alere DDS2, drug screening device. The only difference between the two devices is the name. They are oth...

There's a seventh candidate in the running for this fall's Federal Election in the Kamloops-Thompson-Cariboo. Kira Cheesborough will run for the Animal Protection Party of Canada (APPC). The party - f...

Now that students and teachers from Parkcrest Elementary school know where they'll be going for the rest of the school year, some local groups are going to try and keep them busy this week. The Boys a...

Tenants could be looking at a 2.6% increase in their rent come next year. Jen Casorso with Urban Matters in Kamloops says it is a better figure than what we we're looking at before the government tied...

UPDATE: The Kamloops-Thompson School District says class sizes for Parkcrest Elementary students won't be impacted when they start school at a nearby facility next Monday. Superintendent Alison Sidow ...

B.C.'s Transportation Minister is defending using union-only labor for major highway projects despite widespread concerns of costs. Claire Trevena says 80 per cent of North American contractors say th...

For the second time this week, Kamloops crews are responding to fires after a lighting storm passed through the region. The roof of a home in Batchelor Heights was hit by lightning, and a small fire t...

An unidentified man is in custody after a pair of incidents where he reportedly fired paint balls at moving vehicles in Kamloops. The first incident was near Costco, where police were told of a suspec...

Update Sept. 7 - The BC Wildfire Service is respomding to two out of control fires in the Southern Interior. The Shovelnose Mountain Fire, 30 km sout of Merritt is estimated at about 15 hectares in si...