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WorkSafeBC reminding employers to keep workers safe amid extreme Kamloops heat
WorkSafeBC is reminding employers about their responsibility to keep workers safe while working in extreme heat this week and next. Unlike some jurisdictions, there's no hard and fast rule in B.C. abo...
Jun 23, 2021
Single event sports betting coming to Canada
Bill C-218 has passed in the senate and now awaits Royal Assent. The Safe and Regulated Sports Betting Act will legalize single-event sports betting. The Private Members bill was introduced by Saskato...
Jun 23, 2021 Lindsay / CC
One of two $35-million Lotto Max winning tickets sold in Kamloops
Check your tickets Kamloops because somebody in the area has 35 million reasons not to go to work this morning. Yesterday's record Lotto Max draw of $70 million had two winning tickets - one in Ontari...
Jun 23, 2021
New Parkcrest Elementary school design revealed by SD73
Students and staff who will eventually call a rebuilt Parkcrest Elementary in Kamloops home got a first look at their new school today. The rebuilt K-to-6 school will be a one-story, L-shaped building...
Jun 22, 2021 An artists rendering of the new Parkcrest Elementary in Kamloops. (Photo via SD73/Station One Architects)
Kamloops waiting for provincial, federal government direction on plastics ban
A Kamloops councillor hopes single-use plastics will be banned in the city sometime next year. Dale Bass first proposed the ban in March of 2019, and staff created a draft bylaw. But Bass says pandemi...
Jun 22, 2021
BC Hydro 'more than able' to meet electricity demands despite ongoing heat wave
BC Hydro says it is more than able to deliver electricity to its customers in Kamloops and across the province - no matter how hot it gets in the coming days. Speaking on the NL Morning News, spokespe...
Jun 22, 2021
Tourism Kamloops' summer pilot project at Riverside Park launching this Friday
Tourism Kamloops is preparing to launch its summer recreational pilot project at Riverside Park at this Friday. Dubbed 'The Concession at Riverside Park,' Monica Dickinson, the Director of Industry Re...
Jun 22, 2021
Massive Canada Games Pool project comes in slightly under budget of $13.5 million
On time and under budget: the City of Kamloops says major renovations on the Canada Games Pool last year cost a little less than expected. The project was to replace the entire building envelope, and ...
Jun 22, 2021
Kamloopsians being told to take precautions with near-record temperatures expected this week
With near-record temperatures in the Kamloops area this week, people are being reminded once again to take precautions, especially if they're going to be spending a lot of time outside. Temperatures c...
Jun 22, 2021
UPDATE: Small wildfire near Tobiano now under control
UPDATED: The BC Wildfire Service says a small wildfire near Tobiano is now under control. It grew to 0.1 hectares in size and started at about noon, after a truck fire on the Trans-Canada Highway spre...
Jun 22, 2021
