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Updated plans for an outdoor skating rink in Kamloops will be before city council on Tuesday. A report from staff has circled Riverside Park as the best location for the rink, out of five options that...

We now know B.C. drivers can expect a 6.3 per cent increase to basic insurance rates in 2019. ICBC says it is applying to the BC Utilities Commission today for the increase. If approved by the BCUC, t...

Growing pains aside, the new Liquor Distribution Branch warehouse in Delta will massively improve the liquor distribution system in the province. That's according to Jeff Guignard, the Executive Direc...

The BC Centre for Disease Control (CDC) is urging people to get vaccinated ahead of the holiday season. They say there's a chance the vaccine could spread as people celebrate with friends and family o...

Clinics in Kamloops may get a little more crowded with one in Sahali closing down tomorrow. The Summit Medical Clinic has served more than 10,000 patients annually according to their office manager. T...

A Kamloops lawyer has been appointed as a provincial court judge. The province says Raymond Phillips fills a vacancy in the Kamloops Law Courts. He was born in Kamloops and is a member of the Lytton F...

The new boss at Interior Health says recruiting staff is the biggest barrier for reducing surgery wait times. Susan Brown says the health authority is in need of more anesthesiologists. She says in Ka...

Christmas came early for one Kamloops resident this week after finding out he won the lottery. Rod Pleskoe is taking home $1-million after cashing in a winning Max Millions ticket. He says he found ou...

As drivers brace for what could be a doozy of a proposed rate hike from ICBC, the leader of the BC Liberals is again lobbying to overhaul the crown corporation. Andrew Wilkinson says it is time to sto...

Prepare yourselves. We will find out from financially troubled ICBC today exactly how much the crown corporation would like to increase our insurance rates. Speaking on NL's Inside #bcpoli Premier Joh...