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Pressure mounts on cannabis tax revenue sharing talks
Time is running out for negotiations between the province and the Union of BC Municipalities over splitting legal cannabis taxation revenues. UBCM President Arjun Singh says talks are continuing but p...
May 16, 2019
Another closure at the Ashcroft Emergency Room due to staff shortages
There will be another closure at the Ashcroft hospital emergency department this weekend because of a lack of staff. It will be closed from 8 p.m. this Saturday to 8 a.m. on Sunday, and it will close ...
May 16, 2019
Province's cannabis task force visits all illegal cannabis storefronts in Kamloops
The remaining illegal cannabis storefronts still open in Kamloops have all now been asked for compliance by the province. The city's business license inspector Dave Jones says the newly-formed provinc...
May 16, 2019
TNRD given provincial money to do flood mapping
The Thompson-Nicola Regional District is planning to do flood mapping in nearly a dozen areas. Communications manager Michelle Nordstrom says the regional district has been given $150,000 from the pro...
May 16, 2019
Stand up to China for Canadian canola producers
Since the arrest the CFO of Chinese tech giant Huawei, Canada and China's relations have gone downhill. Canadian canola producers have been particularly hit hard with the Chinese government banning it...
May 16, 2019
Two Saskatchewan men arrested in stolen vehicle at Sahali gas station
Two men in the 20's were arrested at the Esso gas station on Columbia Street this morning. Police say at 8:30 a.m., employees from the gas station reported that a suspicious vehicle parked behind the ...
May 16, 2019
Kamloops seeking provincial funding to do provincially-mandated housing report
City staff in Kamloops are hoping to receive provincial funding to do a report on affordable housing needs. Social and community development supervisor Natalie Serl says the city has applied for a gra...
May 16, 2019
Contract negotiations between the BCTF and the province have run into trouble
What have been cordial talks between teachers and the province have taken a turn with the President of the BC Teachers Federation saying teachers are now angry and frustrated. "There is no deal to be ...
May 16, 2019
Kamloops 'Nature Guy' Frank Ritcey featured on BBC series
Kamloops's 'nature guy' Frank Ritcey is featured on an upcoming episode of a BBC show called 'Great Canadian Railway Journeys' Frank Ritcey says one of the episodes focused on the journey from Port Mo...
May 16, 2019
City of Kamloops awards $4-million Todd Road improvements contract to BA Dawson Blacktop
The City of Kamloops has awarded a $4 million contract for pedestrian upgrades on Todd Road to Kamloops based BA Dawson Blacktop. The project was identified as a high priority in the city's 2013 Maste...
May 16, 2019
