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Another affordable housing project announced in Kamloops

The City of Kamloops teaming up with B.C. Housing and the John Howard Society for a ten million dollar housing venture for low to medium income earners in the downtown core. The project will be locate...

UBCM and the province still negotiating marijuana tax sharing deal

The Union of BC Municipalities and the province have not reached a deal on sharing legal marijuana tax revenues with local governments yet but they are getting closer. UBCM President Wendy Booth says ...

Premier says he has every confidence the speculation tax will be fair

The Premier is both defending a speculation tax his government is already tweaking and hinting those changes could be made public soon. John Horgan says he has every confidence his Finance minister Ca...

New health payroll tax will sideswipe TRU's bottom line

The new health employer payroll tax is going to cost Thompson Rivers University in Kamloops big bucks. The university is estimating the new tax will cost it an additional $1.5 million by 2020. The Pre...

The B.C. Wildlife Park has written the province warning of its future ability to operate

The Kamloops based B.C. Wildlife Park has written to the provincial government warning of a dire fiscal situation putting its future in doubt. In the letter Executive Director Glen Grant says they ope...

Liberals call for a re-think on increasing the carbon tax

As ther price at the pump continues to soar the BC Liberals MLA for Kamloops North wants the province to put the brakes on another increase to the carbon tax. Peter Milobar says hiking the carbon tax ...

Body found at the Domtar Pulp Mill identified as missing wildfire evacuee

Kamloops R.C.M.P still have more questions regarding last week's discovery of a decomposed body on the Domtar Pulp Mill property. The remains formally identified by Kamloops Mounties as 67 year old Da...

Updated: Gordon Wilson expands his libel lawsuit to include a number of media outlets

A libel suit between former MLA Gordon Wilson and the NDP government, and the potential cost to taxpayers, have just mushroomed. Gordon Wilson has expanded his libel lawsuit against Premier John Horga...

New Life Community Kamloops could use your help

New Life Community Kamloops is already preparing for Easter. Outgoing Executive Director Stan Dueck says the annual campaign began on Monday. "It's going to be Easter Monday we are going to put on a b...

Good news and bad news on the lumber front

Statistics Canada has tabled some interesting numbers on the state of the nations lumber market. The agency says lumber production fell almost 19% in December across Canada from November of 2017. Publ...