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Thompson River Steelhead sport fishery in B.C cancelled this year due to exceedingly low numbers
The Steelhead sport fishery in B.C has been shutdown for this year. The Senior Regional Manager for the Fraser Basin Council Mike Simpson says, there are two sides to the debate with the majority sayi...
Jun 21, 2018
Fire bans to take effect in Kamloops Friday
The Kamloops Fire Centre isn't leaving anything to chance with the hot and stormy weather in the region. Fire Information Officer Jody Lucius says starting June 22nd the category 2 and 3 burns in the ...
Jun 21, 2018
Thompson Rivers University graduate student programs will see a big financial boost from the B.C Government
TRU graduate students will now have access to a new 180 thousand dollar scholarship fund. Associate Vice President for Research and Graduate Studies, Dr. Will Garrett-Petts says it's the first time th...
Jun 21, 2018
Mayor of Kamloops says city is ready for legalized pot
The Mayor of Kamloops says the city is prepared for legalized recreational marijuana. Ken Christian is offering that assurance after Bill C-45 received Royal Assent Thursday, clearing the way for the ...
Jun 21, 2018
B.C Transit is testing out a new way to protect bus drivers from being assaulted
Its a step forward in the efforts by B.C Transit to protect its drivers. Spokesman Jonathon Dyck says, the so called full driver door is now being tested in three centres in Victoria, Kelowna, and Abb...
Jun 21, 2018
Updated - Wildfire activity explodes across the province
BC Wildfire Service crews are being run off their feet after a lightning storm wreaked havoc across the province yesterday afternoon. Chief Fire Information Officer Kevin Skrepnek says lightning has b...
Jun 21, 2018
Chief of the Skeetchestn First Nations says its time the B.C government scrapped fish farms
The B.C. government should get rid of coastal fish farms. This from the Chief of the Skeetchestn First Nation Ron Ignace after the NDP government gave fish farm operators four years to demonstrate ope...
Jun 20, 2018
Industry caught flat footed by Trudeau government cannabis legalization date
The news of the Trudeau government legalizing marijuana on October 17th has caught the legal cannabis industry off guard. "This is sort of a good news bad news story. Good in that it gives everyone mo...
Jun 20, 2018
Fentanyl and alcohol combination behind Christopher Seguin's fatal accidental overdose
The B.C Coroner has now completed its investigation into the death of the former Vice President of Advancement of Thompson Rivers University. 39 year old Christopher Seguin died of an overdose on Sept...
Jun 20, 2018
This summer in Kamloops not projected to be quite as hot as 2017
Canada's weather forecasting guru has revised his outlook for July and August for Kamloops. Appearing on the Jim Harrison Show, Environment Canada Chief Climatologist, David Philips. "Certainly we see...
Jun 20, 2018
