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Nanaimo too close to call according to a Kamloops MLA
Too close to call. Too close to call. That is how the Liberal MLA for Kamloops South is describing the byelection in Nanaimo where is working today to get the vote out. Todd Stone says this is shaping...
Jan 30, 2019
Kamloops-Thompson School Board Listening to Feedback Over Westsyde Elementary
Tonight is the night parents can give their feedback about whether or not to re-open Westsyde Elementary directly to the Kamloops Thompson School Board. Board Chair Kathleen Karpuk says tonight at 7:0...
Jan 30, 2019
A former Kamloops mayor and MLA is considering a federal run
A former Kamloops mayor, MLA, and cabinet minister is considering making a political comeback. Rumours have been rampant in Kamloops for weeks that former Health minister Terry Lake was going to run f...
Jan 30, 2019
Nanaimo Byelection is the NDP's to Lose
It is voting day in the crucial Nanaimo byelection, which could imperil the Horgan government, but at least one political science professor says it will be the NDP's to lose today. University of the F...
Jan 30, 2019
Measles Outbreak Has BC Centre for Disease Control Urging Travellers to Washington to be Careful
A Public Health Emergency in Washington State has led the BC Centre for Disease Control to urge travellers to be careful. There are 37 confirmed cases of the measles so far, 36 of those in Clark Count...
Jan 30, 2019
Kamloops City Council Approves Two More Retail Cannabis Stores
Two more private cannabis retail stores are on the horizon in Kamloops. City council supported applications Tuesday for stores on Lansdowne Street and Tranquille Road. Some concerns were raised on the...
Jan 30, 2019
Updated: Royal Inland Hospital and Hillside Psychiatric Centre hit by a stomach virus outbreak
A gastrointestinal outbreak has swept through three units at Royal Inland Hospital and at the Hillside Psychiatric Centre Hospital spokesperson Susan Duncan says vigorous cleaning procedures are now b...
Jan 30, 2019
Steelworkers Union President Calls Temporary Cutbacks at Vavenby Sawmill Disappointing
The president of the Local United Steelworkers Union is disappointed by the temporary cutbacks at the Vavenby sawmill. The six-week cutback will begin on February 11, and Canfor is blaming it on the s...
Jan 30, 2019
Appeal dismissed for man convicted in fatal Shuswap boat crash
A Justice in the B.C. Court of Appeal has dismissed an appeal from a man who killed a houseboat operator on Shuswap Lake nearly nine years ago. Leon Reinbrecht had argued that the 46-month delay was u...
Jan 30, 2019
Disc golf course with natural areas gets go-ahead at former McArthur Island Golf Course
Kamloops council has decided the future for the former golf course at McArthur Island Park. Council voted 5-3 to turn the park space into an 18-hole disc golf course with natural areas. Councillor Sad...
Jan 30, 2019 Aer
