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There is some interesting news in the latest provincial budget but nothing earth-shattering. First the nitty gritty the budget posts a $274 million dollar surplus this fiscal year, $287 million next, ...

With a number of local schools at, near or over capacity, the Kamloops Thompson School District will be watching this year's provincial budget with eagle eyes. Speaking on the Woodford Show, Trustee J...

Good News from Interior Health - the norovirus outbreak in Kamloops was officially declared over today. In all, 81 people were affected at Hillside Psychiatric Centre and four wards in the hospital, t...

One of the two victims of Friday's double shooting in Brocklehurst has died, police in Kamloops say. The victim has been identified as Jason Glover, but police haven't said how soon he died after bein...

Work is now getting started on a temporary fix of the Sagebrush Theatre's roof. The building is owned by the City and the School District, and SD73 facilities director Art McDonald says an engineer is...

The fire chief in Kamloops says he'd like to see one category of service calls reduced in 2019 - calls for actual fires. Kamloops Fire Rescue responded to nearly 7,000 service calls last year, and chi...

The MLA for Kamloops North has a few items he will be keeping an eye on when today's provincial budget is tabled. Peter Milobar says locally in Kamloops he will be watching to see if badly needed fund...

The President of the Union of BC Municipalities is in Victoria today to keep an eye out for local government priorities in today's provincial budget. Arjun Singh says the NDP government has a lot of m...

It is budget day in Victoria and the mayor of Kamloops has a list of local funding needs he will be looking for. Ken Christian says the city has a number of asks from the province especially on the in...

Kamloops RCMP have taken a 59-year-old man into custody after a standoff at a townhouse that reportedly lasted nearly 10 hours. Staff Sgt. Edward Preto says police were called to the home in the 2000 ...