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Kamloops snow removal crews working around the clock after first major snowfall of season
City crews in Kamloops are busy today clearing roads after the first significant snowfall of the season. Streets and environmental services manager Glen Farrow says about a dozen city staffers have pu...
Dec 27, 2018
TNRD board chair concerned of province "double dipping" in collecting taxes
The board chair of the TNRD is echoing pain expressed by municipalities about downloaded costs from the province. Ken Gillis says the province is double dipping by collecting the new Employer Health T...
Dec 27, 2018
Kamloops Chamber working to correct tax issue hurting businesses
The Kamloops Chamber of Commerce says it is working to help contractors who are wrongly double-paying PST. Chamber president Joshua Knaak says the issue has affected businesses in Kamloops since the p...
Dec 27, 2018
Search and rescue team in Merritt advocates proposed sustainable funding model
The search and rescue team in Merritt is hoping for some good news in the 2019 provincial budget. A proposal has been made for a sustainable funding model for search teams in B.C. Search manager for N...
Dec 27, 2018
So far so good on area highways
Good news for those of you hitting the road today to get somewhere for Christmas. As of right now there are no major weather events or warnings on any of the highways around Kamloops. That said expect...
Dec 24, 2018
Most Kamloops classrooms compliant with class size and composition mandates
The Kamloops Thompson School District is by in large in compliance with class size and composition mandates. Assistant Superintendent Bill Hamblett says out of over 16-hundred classroom only 10 were f...
Dec 24, 2018
City of Kamloops bylaw officers are spending more and more time dealing with "social issues"
City of Kamloops bylaws officers continue to face some challenges in doing their job especially with an increasing amount of social issues. Community Safety and Enforcement Manager John Ramsey says by...
Dec 24, 2018
City of Kamloops staff still mulling biosolids disposal options
The City of Kamloops is looking at several different options to deal with the long term disposal of biosolids in Kamloops. Public Works director Jen Fretz says senior staff are mulling some draft opti...
Dec 24, 2018
School District secretary-treasurers want to be included in overhaul of education funding
Nice framework but there are a lot of crucial details that still need to be determined. That is essentially the reaction from the secretary-treasurer of the Kamloops Thompson School District as he exa...
Dec 21, 2018
The BC Conservative Party declares itself in on the Nanaimo by-election
Make it four. The BC Conservative Party has announced it will run a candidate in the looming Nanaimo by-election. Interim Deputy leader Justin Greenwood says they will name a candidate soon. "So we ha...
Dec 21, 2018
