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Health Minister says visiting Ashcroft is still on his to-do list this summer
Despite no formal plan yet, B.C.'s Health Minister says he is committed to still visiting the Ashcroft Hospital sometime this summer. Adrian Dix says he plans to stop in both Ashcroft and Kamloops to ...
Aug 28, 2019
Bench Unveiling Among Events Helping Commemorate International Overdose Awareness Day
Addiction Matters Kamloops is going to help unveil the Mom's Stop the Harm Community Memorial Bench Thursday August, 29 at Riverside Park. The move will come after Kamloops City Council voted Tuesday ...
Aug 28, 2019
Education Minister 'a little surprised' that teacher contract negotiations has taken this long
BC's Education Minister admits he's a little surprised that contract negotiations for teachers in the province has taken as long as it has. Teachers have been without a contract since July 1, but Rob ...
Aug 28, 2019
City still expected to introduce up to 1,000 subsidized bus passes on September 3
The city of Kamloops is still expected to introduce up to 1,000 subsidized bus passes for some low-income residents on September 3. However, Social and Community Development Supervisor Natalie Serl sa...
Aug 28, 2019
Equestrian Canada's CEO says a Pritchard girl was informed that she couldn't compete but didn't get the message
A follow up to a story from NL News yesterday. A 10 year old legally blind girl, and equestrian rider, has been told she can't participate in jumping competitions with the aid of a guide horse. Kyra B...
Aug 28, 2019
SD73 Superintendent thinks renovated Westsyde Elementary will be the envy of all elementary schools in Kamloops
The Superintendent for the Kamloops Thompson School District says a newly renovated Westsyde Elementary School will be the envy of all elementary schools in the city. Alison Sidow was speaking on NL N...
Aug 28, 2019
B.C.'s Attorney General concerned of continued lack of oversight into money laundering from federal government
B.C.'s Attorney General says he's still concerned that there isn't adequate oversight into money laundering and other issues that involved federal co-operations. Despite findings earlier this year tha...
Aug 28, 2019
Warner Rentals announces $500,000 commitment to RIH Patient Care Tower
Ralph Warner and his company, Warner Rentals, have announced a $500,000 commitment to the Royal Inland Hospital Foundation for the RIH Patient Care Tower. The Foundation says it is the companies large...
Aug 28, 2019
Nearly 50 inmates relocated to Kamloops Regional Correction Centre during wildfire near jail in south Okanagan this month
There were 49 inmates relocated to the jail in Kamloops from the Okanagan Correctional Centre earlier this month, NL News has learned. It's unclear if inmates who were moved to the Kamloops Regional C...
Aug 27, 2019
BCLC CEO Jim Lightbody to undergo cancer treatment; corporation names interim replacement
The president and CEO of the BC Lottery Corporation will be taking a medical leave after being diagnosed with cancer. Jim Lightbody will be undergoing treatment starting in mid September; he's been th...
Aug 27, 2019
