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B.C.'s Public Safety minister warns the marijuana black market will not vanish overnight
B.C.'s Public Safety minister says the number one priority as marijuana becomes legal remains getting rid of the black market. But he cautions it won't happen overnight. Mike Farnworth was asked about...
Oct 17, 2018
Mandated drugged driving device comes under fire again
A Kamloops Lawyer has serious questions about what police will eventually be using to detect drug impaired drivers now that marijuana has been legalized. Shawn Buckley, who has launched several consti...
Oct 17, 2018
Historic MOU signed in Kamloops between Ottawa and the Shuswap Nation
An historic memorandum of understanding was signed today in Kamloops between the Shuswap Nation Tribal Council and the federal government over the future control of child and family services. The MOU ...
Oct 17, 2018
Updated: B.C.'s first legal cannabis store opens its doors in Kamloops
People were lined up outside B.C.'s first, and as of today only, legal cannabis store here in Kamloops. However it was not the mob many were expecting. Becky Prete drove from Kelowna to be the first o...
Oct 17, 2018
Kamloops Councillor To Apply for Retail Cannabis Licence
On the same day Kamloops City Council approved the first ever BC cannabis store in the city, a councillor seeking re-election confirms he will also apply for a pot shop licence. Denis Walsh has been i...
Oct 16, 2018 Official councillor photo of Dennis Walsh/via City of Kamloops
Kamloops City Council Approves BC Government Cannabis Store
It was a unanimous decision by Kamloops City Council that took only ten seconds. "And history has been made," that was word from mayor Ken Christian. The first ever marijuana store in BC - operated by...
Oct 16, 2018
KCBIA Asking People to Ditch Disposable Coffee Mugs
It's Waste Reduction Week, and in Kamloops they want to make things a little more green. The Kamloops Central Business Association (KCBIA) is asking people to take the pledge to use their own coffee m...
Oct 16, 2018
Kamloops Forestry Workers Taking Strike Vote
Some turbulent labour times in the Kamloops area forest industry. The president of the Kamloops Local of the United Steelworkers Union Marty Gibbons says a strike vote for nearly 3,000 workers will be...
Oct 16, 2018
Trustees to face off tonight with just days to go before the municipal vote
School Trustees seeking a spot on the Kamloops School Board in this Saturday's civic election will face off tonight. District Parent Advisory Group Chair Sheri Lakusta says parents have key concerns t...
Oct 16, 2018
Retiring Kamloops Councillor Acknowledged by the BC Legislature
The BC Legislature has acknowledged the long service of retiring Kamloops Councillor Pat Wallace. She won't going to seek another term this Saturday. Kamloops-North Thompson MLA Peter Milobar says Wal...
Oct 16, 2018
