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February Cold Snap Could Last to Month End
If you're hoping for temperatures to return to normal any time soon, you're out of luck. Average temperatures this February have been between 5 and 10 degrees below normal, and this cold snap could la...
Feb 14, 2019
Kamloops Mayor Thinks Decriminalizing Street Level Drugs Might Help Combat Overdose Crisis
The Mayor of Kamloops says it is time to look at the root cause of the overdose crisis that killed 48 people in Kamloops last year. Ken Christian was asked if it is time to decriminalize drugs to comb...
Feb 14, 2019
Cannabis Retail Zoning Bylaw Might Need Revision After Rejected Store Application
Kamloops City Councillors might be considering a revision to the cannabis retail zoning bylaw. It's after one store was rejected this week, given it's proposed location next to a Family Support Centre...
Feb 14, 2019
School District 73 - There's an App for That
You can now get news and emergency alerts from the Kamloops Thompson School District straight to your phone. Kamloops School Board Chair Kathleen Karpuk says students and parents can now download the ...
Feb 14, 2019
Kamloops fire crews saved more than $21M in property from two wildfires last year
Fire crews in Kamloops now have a dollar figure for property saved from two urban interface fires last summer. Kamloops Fire Rescue chief Mike Adams says crews saved more than $21 million dollars in p...
Feb 14, 2019
TRU "responding to the call" of climate change research
Thompson Rivers University is partnering with two other universities to do research on climate change in B.C. The school's associate vice-president Will Garrett-Petts cites the Abbott-Chapman report t...
Feb 14, 2019
Ongoing Police Situation in Dallas Area
There's been some sort of police incident in the Dallas area this morning. It's apparently between Mountview and McCauley on Dallas Drive. Not much information from police just yet, but they did confi...
Feb 14, 2019
Spike in Kamloops-area crashes during early-week snowstorm
A huge jump in crashes yesterday in Kamloops and the Southern Interior. ICBC says 191 crash calls came in across the region, which is 44 per cent more than the number of calls that came in seven days ...
Feb 13, 2019
Premier says a decision on a public inquiry into money laundering coming soon
The Premier says an answer is coming soon on the question of whether or not to hold a public inquiry into allegations of massive money laundering in B.C. John Horgan says before he can decide one way ...
Feb 13, 2019
Pair of Kamloops Councillors Pleased with Variety of Opinions at Recent Open Houses
A pair of Kamloops City Councillors are pleased with the turnout at recent open houses, as they work on the budget and other issues. There were two meetings last week, which saw people young and old t...
Feb 13, 2019
