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Update: One person air lifted to hospital from Spences Bridge after fall
Kamloops Search and Rescue says a person has just been air lifted from Spences Bridge after some sort of fall. KSAR was called for support by BC Emergency Health Services after the incident, which hap...
May 22, 2019
School District 73 has begun to determine options for a new school at Sun Peaks
School District 73 is taking the first steps in addressing the need for a new elementary school at Sun Peaks. Board Chair Kathleen Karpuk says since they met with Sun Peaks officials and members of co...
May 22, 2019
Kamloops Conservative incumbent MP welcomes Terry Lake to the campaign
Game on. The Conservative incumbent is welcoming Terry Lake to the federal election race this fall in the Kamloops Thompson Cariboo. But while Cathy McLeod issued that welcome she wasted no time firin...
May 22, 2019
B.C. snowpack among lowest in past 40 years - for third time in five years
For the third time in five years, the province is seeing among the lowest snowpacks in the past 40 years. BC River Forecast Centre section head Dave Campbell says the average snowpack province-wide wa...
May 22, 2019
Bruce Ralston says BC residents should blame oil companies and not taxes for recent gas price hikes
While Ontario, Manitoba and Saskatchewan residents blame government taxes for higher gas prices, residents in BC and Quebec lay the blame elsewhere. An Angus Reid survey found that 47 per cent of BC r...
May 22, 2019
Barriere mayor says issue of discolored tap water could be resolved next week
The District of Barriere appears to be very close to fixing a two-month-long water quality issue. Mayor Ward Stamer says the community's main well, Deep Well 2, was taken offline in February because o...
May 22, 2019
BC Cattlemen's Association pleased with easing of Japanese restrictions on Canadian beef
There's good news for Canadian beef producers, as Japan has lifted the last of their restrictions on Canadian beef imports. The move comes 16 years after Japan stopped imports because of BSE or mad co...
May 22, 2019
Four people arrested over the May Long weekend for allegedly stealing Kamloops RCMP bait item
Two men and two women were arrested in four separate incidents over the May Long weekend after allegedly stealing one of the Kamloops RCMP's bait items. Cpl. Jodi Shelkie says the bait program is bein...
May 22, 2019
Several communities hoping to lure the BC Lions over once current contract with Kamloops expires next year
The current contract between the City of Kamloops and the BC Lions comes to an end after next year's camp, and what the future holds beyond that remains to be seen. Lions Director of Communications Ja...
May 22, 2019 (Photo via BC Lions)
WorkSafeBC says service industry workers at risk of hearing loss
If you work with heavy machinery, damage to your hearing is an obvious hazard, but what if you work in a busy pub? Service industry workers are not immune to the risk of hearing loss and Worksafe BC i...
May 22, 2019
