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Mayor Says Kamloops is Ready for Legal Marijuana
The mayor of Kamloops expects the novelty of legal marijuana to fade fairly quickly after it is legalized this week. Ken Christian wants us to take legalized marijuana one step at a time, without tryi...
Oct 15, 2018
Dropped Pistol Leads to Arrest
Kamloops RCMP responded to a weapons call at the Columbia Street Tim Hortons on Saturday. Corporal Jodi Shelkie says they got a couple of calls about two suspicious men with one of them having a handg...
Oct 15, 2018
Council Likely to Approve Government Pot Dispensary in Kamloops
Kamloops City Council will likely approve the first pot dispensary in BC in the Tournament Capital during their meeting on October 16. Approving Officer Rod Martin calls the rezoning application fairl...
Oct 15, 2018
TRU Completes Purchase of Upper College Heights
There's a clearer picture for the amount of new student housing coming to Thompson Rivers University (TRU) in 2019. Armed with a $25.5 million loan from the BC government, the University bought Upper ...
Oct 15, 2018
UBCM Not Supportive of Traffic Fine Proposals
While communities won't be getting less revenue from traffic fines from the BC NDP government, the Union of BC Municipalities has concerns. Kamloops Councillor and UBCM President Arjun Singh says the ...
Oct 15, 2018
$50 Million Development Planned for North Kamloops
A $50 million dollar redevelopment plans has been unveiled for an entire block in North Kamloops.Joshua Knaack OF ARPA Developments says his company has bought the entire 1.5 acre site that houses the...
Oct 12, 2018
Kamloops Airport Sees Best Third Quarter Ever
It's been another successful quarter for the Kamloops Airport, their best ever. They processed 86,610 passengers between July and September of 2018, a 22 per cent increase from Q3 in 2017. To date thi...
Oct 12, 2018
Pinantan Lake Parent Lobbying for Cameras on School Buses
A Pinantan Lake parent says its time the Kamloops school board installs cameras on the outside of school buses to stop a potential tragedy. Samantha Warden has three children who are taken to school i...
Oct 12, 2018
Kamloops and BC Residential Unit Sales Plunged in September
The Kamloops and BC real estate markets went in the same direction in September, South. The BCREA reports that residential unit sales plunged 33.2 per cent across the province, when compared to Septem...
Oct 12, 2018
Driver Ticketed After School Bus Collision
There was a traffic collision at 8:45 AM this morning, involving a Kamloops school bus in the 300 block of Tranquille Road. The bus was stopped in traffic, when it was rear ended by a one-ton Dodge pi...
Oct 12, 2018
