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Kamloops Homeowners face Preliminary Tax Increase of 3.36 Per Cent
More than 30,000 Kamloops homeowners are facing a preliminary property tax increase of 3.36 per cent in 2019. The provisional number was released during the first day of budget deliberations. Under th...
Nov 20, 2018
Some Good, Some Bad as Kamloops Budget Talks Get Underway
The new Kamloops Council will get its first look at the 2019 provisional budget today, facing cost pressures. Under the five year plan, the next year's proposed property tax hike would be 2.7 per cent...
Nov 20, 2018
City Staff Asking for $400,000 More for Equipment and Manpower
The city of Kamloops wants to assure residents its prepared to handle any snowfalls this year after complaints about being slow off the mark in 2017. Senior management will be presenting a report to C...
Nov 20, 2018
Update: Kamloops man charged in Ontario after drug seizure
A Kamloops has been charged in northwest Ontario after being found in possession of a large amount of drugs. Thirty-five-year-old Casey Bigg was arrested on Sunday morning after the Ontario Provincial...
Nov 20, 2018
Kamloops Gas Prices Could Drop by the Weekend
Gas prices in Kamloops should plunge by at least seven cents a litre by the weekend. That's the word from the Senior Analyst for Gasbuddy.com Dan McTeague. A big reason is a drop in wholesale gas pric...
Nov 19, 2018
Province rolls out ride-sharing legislation, but service still a long ways away
B.C. is a step closer to ride-sharing like Uber and Lyft, but those services still won't be here anytime soon. The province rolled out legislation today for ride sharing, which will give significant p...
Nov 19, 2018
UBC Forestry Developing Technology on Where to Plant Trees in the Future
UBC Forestry is trying to develop technology to determine where to plant trees in the future in British Columbia, and what the various implications might be. Dr. Kieran Findlater is working on a proje...
Nov 19, 2018
School District Still Working on Expanding Valleyview Secondary in Kamloops
School District 73 is waiting on the Ministry of Education to respond, as they work to expand Valleyview Secondary School. The school currently has well over 950 students, about 300 over capacity, acc...
Nov 19, 2018
Strong opening weekend at Sun Peaks Resort
Sun Peaks Resort says they had a strong opening weekend despite not getting much help from mother nature. Chief marketing officer Aidan Kelly says more than 3,000 people visited the ski hill on Saturd...
Nov 19, 2018
Tk’emlúps te Secwèpemc First Nation Won't Open a Retail Cannabis Store for Now
The Tk'emlps te Secwpemc First Nation will not open a cannabis store for now. A First Nation is opening a new legal retail cannabis store in the northern Manitoba community's mall - believed to be the...
Nov 19, 2018
