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MP McLeod disappointed in Prime Minister following report into SNC Lavalin scandal
The Conservative Kamloops-Thompson-Cariboo MP is deploring Prime Minister Justin Trudeau following a report from Canada's ethics commissioner. Cathy McLeod says this is the second time Trudeau has vio...
Aug 14, 2019
Merritt City Council Considering Removing Four Store Limit on Cannabis Retail Locations
Merritt City Council has started the process of removing the cap on the number of retail cannabis stores that will be allowed in the community. At the August, 13 council meeting, it voted to look at a...
Aug 14, 2019
Kamloops councillor says businesses could use more parking space downtown
A Kamloops city councillor is skeptical that there is sufficient parking in the downtown core. City staff briefed council on its downtown transportation choices strategy, which says there is sufficien...
Aug 14, 2019
TNRD hoping to crack down on people using RV's as year-round permanent homes
The TNRD wants people to not use recreational vehicles as year-round permanent homes. Development Services Director Regina Sadilkova says RVs have never been allowed as a permanent dwelling within the...
Aug 14, 2019
Kamloops city council paves the way for a rainbow crosswalk in downtown core
A black and white decision from Kamloops city council on installing a rainbow crosswalk downtown. Such a crosswalk will be installed at 2nd Avenue and Seymour Street, after a councillors voted unanimo...
Aug 13, 2019
Kamloops seniors care home getting upgrades worth several million dollars
A multi-million-dollar renovation is underway at the Ponderosa Lodge seniors care home in Kamloops. Interior Health's facilities manager Lorne Sisley says the building's HVAC system is being replaced ...
Aug 13, 2019
Kamloops looking to better address addictions by updating social plan
The City of Kamloops is updating its Social Plan to recognize changes in the social fabric of the community. Council has voted to hire a consultant next year for $40-thousand dollars to revise the Kam...
Aug 13, 2019
Kamloops middle school teacher suspended for making sexual advances on former student
A middle-school teacher in Kamloops has been suspended after kissing a former student on the neck. According to a discipline outcome from the Ministry of Education, Brett Wasylik was suspended for act...
Aug 13, 2019
Coldwater River Drought Likely to Worsen
The BC River Forecast Centre continues to list the Coldwater River at the most extreme drought level. With little to no wet weather in the forecast, the situation is unlikely to improve any time soon....
Aug 13, 2019
Environmentalists going after insurance companies to block the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion
There have been few subjects in Canada as polarizing as the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion and as it gets closer to being a reality, opponents are not about to go quietly into the night. The projec...
Aug 13, 2019
