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BCGEU says Gateway Casinos and the union aren't even close to reaching a strike ending agreement
The B.C Government Employees Union and Gateway Casinos remain far apart in efforts to reach an agreement to end a nearly month long strike. Speaking on the Jim Harrison Show, GEU Executive Vice Presid...
Jul 24, 2018
Shuswap Nation Tribal Council calling child welfare transfer agreement a major first step
The Shuswap Nation Tribal Council is hailing the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding with the B.C and federal governments to eventually transfer child and family services to First Nations jurisdi...
Jul 24, 2018
It could be a record breaking year for tourism visits at Wells Gray Provincial Park
Tourists are flocking to Wells Gray Provincial Park in droves according to a Clearwater Councillor, who also works as a park operator. "We are seeing numbers that we probably have never seen before." ...
Jul 24, 2018
Kamloops North Thompson MLA sends letter to Public Safety Minister in midst of pipeline protest near Blue River
Kamloops North Thompson MLA Peter Milobar has fired off a letter to the B.C's Public Safety Minister. The object of the correspondence to Mike Farnworth, ensure any further demonstrations up the North...
Jul 24, 2018
Kamloops road construction season in full swing, with two major North Shore projects getting underway
Two more projects are slated to get started in this summer's round of Kamloops road construction. City of Kamloops Capital Projects Manager, Darren Crundwell says the half a million dollar reconstruct...
Jul 24, 2018
Number of black bears destroyed by the Conservation Service in B.C drops again
WildSafeBC is calling it a positive trend. According to figures from the B.C government in June, the Conservation Service had to put down 73 black bears, compared to 103 in the same month of 2017. Coo...
Jul 24, 2018
Update: B.C Wildfire Service making progress on Spences Bridge blaze
The B.C Wildfire Service making progress overnight battling a rapidly spreading grass fire near Spences Bridge. Information Officer Brenna Ward says, the blaze was held overnight. "The fire has been t...
Jul 23, 2018
Coroners Service to hold inquest into death of RCMP officer involved in Dziekanski taser incident
Nearly five years after his death the B.C Coroners Service has called an inquest into the death. RCMP Corporal Pierre Lemaitre was 55 years old when he died as a result of self-inflicted injuries, and...
Jul 23, 2018
No firm future decided for biosolid disposal at TNRD meeting
Despite an all day meeting there was no consensus on how to proceed with bio-solid management and disposal in the Thompson Nicola Regional District, excluding Kamloops, which is taking its own action....
Jul 23, 2018
Arson suspected in Seymour Street house fire
One man has been arrested in connection to a blaze that ignited in a home along the 100 block of Seymour Street today. RCMP Corporal Jodi Shelkie says police and Kamloops Fire and Rescue were notified...
Jul 23, 2018
