Category Archives: Local News Now

Interior Forest Labour Relations is not happy about the rotating strikes launched by forest workers in the Kamloops area. President Jeffrey Roos says good progress was being made on a new contract for...

Fresh off a hiatus for the B.C. municipal election, the volunteers behind the needle buyback program in Kamloops are back at it. Dennis Giesbrecht hopes that some of the people moving into temporary h...

The victims of Merritt mass murderer Allan Schoenborn say they need more protection. Family spokesman Dave Teixeira met with Attorney General David Eby looking for the removal of the one-year annual r...

The City of Kamloops is updating its Water Master Plan as the population continues to increase and with it, the demand. Utilities engineer Liam Baker says there has been no update in nearly 15 years. ...

As the forest industry is tanking, B.C.'s Forest Minister Doug Donaldson will be bringing more than 40 delegates to Asia next week. The 10-day trip to China, Japan and South Korea, from Dec. 5-15, wil...

If the investigation into the legislature's Clerk and Sergeant at Arms comes to naught then taxpayers could be on the hook if the two men involved sue for damages. Acumen Law's Kyla Lee says to have t...

The BC Trucking Association is throwing its weight behind new chain up regulations for commercial trucks on B.C. highways telling truckers chain up as required, or else. BCTA president and CEO Dave Ea...

While marijuana has been legal since October 17th B.C.'s Finance minister is still waiting for cannabis taxation revenue to begin flowing into provincial coffers. Carole James says it is too early to ...

The Better Business Bureau (BBB) is urging people to pay close attention to the emails they get, especially if they did some online shopping. Email phishing with fake shipping notices is one of many n...

ICBC is launching another effort to reduce the 1,000 crashes each day. Road Safety Program Manager Mark Milner says the pilot project needs as many as 7,000 drivers with less than five years of experi...