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Merritt CAO apologizing to residents for snow removal over holidays
The CAO in Merritt is apologizing to Merrittonians for the failings of the snow removal process after a significant storm four days before Christmas last month. Sean Smith says the city of Merritt did...
Jan 06, 2021
Construction expected to ramp up this year on Highway 1 expansion through Village of Chase
After several years of waiting, 2021 is the year that construction will be well underway on four-laning Highway 1 through Chase. The two-phase project covers five kilometres over two phases, and will ...
Jan 06, 2021
Kamloops Aboriginal Friendship Society raising money for new building
The Kamloops Aboriginal Friendship Society is planning to start building a new facility in the summer and it's looking to raise money to help. Executive director Vicci Michaud says the non-profit's cu...
Jan 06, 2021
Mounties looking for two suspects after armed robbery at Kamloops business
Police in Kamloops are looking for two suspects after a business in Sahali was robbed by two armed men. Const. Crystal Evelyn says it happened on Saturday at 6:10 p.m. at a business in the 1200-block ...
Jan 05, 2021
Engineering study on new Vavenby water treatment system to take place in 2021
The TNRD's Director of Environmental Services says the regional district will do an engineering study on a new water treatment system for about 250 residents of Vavenby this year. Jake Devlin says tha...
Jan 05, 2021
Kamloops staff determining where to take curbside compost
A pilot program on curbside composting in Kamloops will likely start in the fall, but where that compost would be taken is still to be determined. Environmental services manager Glen Farrow says inter...
Jan 05, 2021
Natural gas leak at downtown Kamloops hotel caused by tampering with meter
A gas leak behind the Thompson Hotel in downtown Kamloops was quickly brought under control this morning. Hotel general manager Pav Moore says a street-affected resident tampered with the gas meter be...
Jan 05, 2021
Coquihalla to be closed from Hope to Merritt for avalanche control work tonight
A heads up for drivers on the Coquihalla - the highway between Hope and Merritt will be closed this evening for avalanche control. DriveBC says the closure between Exit 183 at Peers Creek Road, north ...
Jan 05, 2021 Snowplows on the Coquihalla near the Great Bear Snow Shed. (Photo via YRB Nicola)
Cost of single-family homes in Kamloops above $600,000 for first time ever last month
The cost of housing in the Kamloops area stayed afloat and continued to rise in 2020, despite the economic impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic. The average monthly single-family home price in Kamloops pa...
Jan 05, 2021
UPDATE: Nine occupants of downtown Kamloops home uninjured after early-morning fire
Kamloops Fire Rescue says nine people were inside a fourplex in the downtown that caught fire this morning. Platoon Capt. Troy Grant says all residents got out safely, saying one person was taken to R...
Jan 05, 2021
