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Unemployment rate in Kamloops-area falls to lowest in past decade, Jobs Minister says
The Minister of Jobs says the unemployment rate has fallen dramatically in the Tournament Capital. Bruce Ralston says only 3.5 per cent of people in Kamloops were unemployed at the end of July, which ...
Aug 09, 2019
Location proposed for rainbow crosswalk in Kamloops downtown core
A potential location has been chosen for a rainbow crosswalk in downtown Kamloops. In a report to go to council next week, city staff have picked 2nd and Seymour as the best option, and say installing...
Aug 09, 2019
Rutgers University Professor says BC's 2017 Wildfire Season Helped Study Effects of Nuclear War
The 2017 Wildfire season in B.C. allowed a Rutgers University Professor to study the effects of a nuclear war on climate change. Alan Robock is with the school of Environmental and Biological Sciences...
Aug 09, 2019 Cameron Strandberg / CC
Mayor of Gillam, Manitoba says Everyone is Breathing a Sigh of Relief
The small town of Gillam, Manitoba is feeling a little more normal today, two days after the RCMP announced they had found two bodies believed to be those of BC murder suspects Kam McLeod and Bryer Sc...
Aug 09, 2019
It's a big weekend in Kamloops with Hot Night in the City and Ribfest
It's one of the biggest weekends of the year in Kamloops as Hot Night in the City rolls into the downtown and Ribfest takes over Riverside Park. Ribfest spokes person Bryce Herman says there's somethi...
Aug 09, 2019
Brewloops Fall Festival moving to McArthur Island this year
Car and food fans are looking forward to this weekend with Hot Night in the City and Ribfest going, but beer aficionados are looking ahead to next month. The Brewloops Fall Festival is on again and th...
Aug 09, 2019
Bus fares in Kamloops to be scrapped this weekend with two major public events going on
With Ribfest and Hot Night in the City happening downtown, all busses will be free to ride in Kamloops this weekend. BC Transit spokesperson Johnathon Dyck says as far as he's aware, this is the first...
Aug 09, 2019
Diesel spill in South Thompson River forced temporary shut down of water treatment plant in Kamloops earlier today
A diesel spill earlier today on the South Thompson River forced the water treatment plant in Kamloops to be shut down today for a short time. Utility services manager Greg Wightman says the spill happ...
Aug 08, 2019
Kamloops on pace for another record construction year with no signs of slowing down: city staff
Kamloops city staff say there's no sign the record pace of building in the Tournament Capital will slow down anytime soon. The city has approved more than $178 million dollars worth of building permit...
Aug 08, 2019
Four Highway Deaths in BC on Long Weekend is Right In Line with Average
This past long weekend was right on par for number of deaths on highways in the province during the BC Day holiday period. RCMP say there were four total deaths from Friday through Monday. That lines ...
Aug 08, 2019
