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With teachers now back in BC classrooms, they still don't have a new contract and the opposition Liberals say the NDP has dropped the ball when it comes to these negotiations. Speaking on The Jeff And...

Chase Elementary School could be the newest BC school to host an outdoor classroom. The Kamloops District School Board will spend the next year examining the possibility. Chair Kathleen Karpuk says th...

Crews were able to quickly put out a fire in a backyard compost bin in Kamloops this afternoon. Kamloops Fire Rescue Platoon Capt. Darryl Cooper says the fire stirred up black smoke after burning comp...

The President of the BC Teachers Federations says a new contract has to address a 'critical teacher shortage' in the province. Teri Mooring says there were about 500 vacant positions across the provin...

A spike in thefts from motor vehicles in Kamloops after two slightly slower weeks. Police say there were 57 reported instances from the week of August 26 to September 1. There was a large concentratio...

There were no reported fatalities on B.C. highways over the Labor Day weekend according to RCMP Traffic Services. Spokesman Cpl. Mike Halskov says that news is excellent but he says there was one seri...

The federal Minister of Indigenous Services acknowledges the start-up time has been a little slow to act on the Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women's Act. Speaking during a visit to the Adams Lake I...

A local leader in the North Thompson says stakeholders have been very progressive in talks about the future of forestry in the area. Clearwater mayor Merlin Blackwell says people at the table have had...

The bad news is, summer is winding down. The good news is, fall is looking not too bad. That's according to Environment Canada's senior climatologist. David Phillips released his fall forecast this we...

Thompson Rivers University has been named the top "Cool School" of 2019 by the Sierra Club, the first time a Canadian university has been topped the annual rankings. The university's sustainability ef...