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New payroll tax to cost City of Kamloops

The City of Kamloops says the new health payroll tax announced in this week's provincial budget will cost them in the long run. City Finance Director Kathy Humphrey says the city stood to save about $...

Kamloops expecting a bit more snow tomorrow

Yes, more snow for Kamloops is on the way, however, Old Man Winter's wrath is nearing its end. Environment Canada Meteorologist, Doug Lundquist says, we're moving from the arctic air, into more pacifi...

Kamloops mayor undecided on idea of a no mining buffer zone around cities

Kamloops Mayor Ken Christian has not made up his mind yet about a proposed no go zone for mining around the city but he has concerns about a notice of motion from Councillor Dieter Dudy. Dudy wants to...

The quest to stop the twice annual time change is continuing to make its way on the provincial stage

The campaign to stop the twice annual time change is continuing to work for the provincial government's attention. Working alongside Tara Holmes on the campaign to end the time change is Bob Dieno, wh...

Greyhound service reduction draws fire from Kamloops politicians

As Greyhound guts its services especially in nothern B.C. it is drawing the ire of a former Transportation minister. The Passenger Transportation Board gave Greyhound approval to cut minimum frequency...

Transportation minister defends taxation regime

B.C.'s Transportation minister does not see a growing taxation inequity between the lower mainland and the rest of the province. In 1998 lower mainland taxpayers were exempted from hospital taxes in o...

Kamloops exempt from some budget measures to cool housing markets

In this week's provincial budget the province increased the foreign buyers tax on real estate and expanded it outside Metro Vancouver. The now 20% tax applies to foreign buyers in all of the lower mai...

Provincial wildfire review found several serious problems

We are now learning some of the details of the provincial government's internal review into last summers historic wildfire season. Forests Minister Doug Donaldson says one of the biggest problems surr...

Kamloops Councillor calls for bubble zones around established communities to prevent mining disputes

A Kamloops city councillor doesn't want history to repeat itself. Dieter Dudy introducing a notice of motion at Tuesdays council meeting to ask the B.C government to place a protection zone around est...

B.C. Wine Institute heads to court to challenge Alberta wine ban

The B.C. Wine Institute has applied for a court injunction challenging a ban on B.C. wine imports by the Alberta government in the Trans-Mountain pipeline dispute. "We just notified the AGLC today of ...