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New fee approved for new homes built in Kamloops to help build schools in Aberdeen
New homes built in the City of Kamloops in the next decade will help pay for land for new schools. The Kamloops-Thompson School District has approved a new school site acquisition charge. Board chair ...
Nov 25, 2020
Kamloops community leader says resources are there for families of addicts
The opioid crisis continues to worsen in British Columbia as we mark National Addictions Awareness Week this week. With seven suspected overdose deaths in Kamloops last month, the city has hit an all-...
Nov 25, 2020
Results of October election show there is work to be done says new BC Liberals leader
The interim leader of the BC Liberals says the results of the last election tell her that there is some work to be done to reinvigorate the party. Prince George-Valemount MLA Shirley Bond says one of ...
Nov 25, 2020
Kamloops reaches all-time high with 50 suspected overdose deaths this year
Kamloops has now hit an all-time record for drug overdoses with 50 in a calendar year. Its after there were seven more suspected fatal overdoses reported in the city last month, breaking the previous ...
Nov 25, 2020
City of Kamloops looking into starting curbside compost pickup
There could be curbside compost pickup in Kamloops by the summer of 2023. Council has directed staff to look into grant funding for starting up the program. The goal would be to divert waste from land...
Nov 24, 2020
Indigenous hockey legend Fred Sasakamoose passes away at 86
A Saskatchewan-born pioneer in the game of hockey with ties to Kamloops has passed away at the age of 86. Fred Sasakamoose, who played for the Kamloops Chiefs for three seasons from 1956 to 1960 has d...
Nov 24, 2020
Westsyde Pool to stay open next year, as Kamloops council cuts spending elsewhere
As the City of Kamloops tries to save money in next year's budget, it won't be closing Westsyde Pool down to do so. Staff recommending reducing hours at the facility, closing it for part of the year o...
Nov 24, 2020
'Sleepless night' for interim BC Liberal Leader Shirley Bond trying to pick shadow cabinet
The new interim leader of the BC Liberals says she had a sleepless night trying to decide how to pick her shadow cabinet. Shirley Bond says while a number of Liberal incumbents were not re-elected in ...
Nov 24, 2020 MLA Shirley Bond in Victoria May 17, 2018. Photography by John Lehmann
Better Business Bureau warning people of Black Friday scams
This week is Thanksgiving in the Unites States and Black Friday sales will be offering giant savings but, according to the Better Business Bureau, it will also be bringing out the scam artists. The Bu...
Nov 24, 2020
Kamloops MLAs congratulate new interim party leader; shadow cabinet first task for Bond
Kamloops-North Thompson MLA Peter Milobar says Shirley Bond has the full support from caucus as the interim leader. Milobar and Bond were rumored to be frontrunners for the role. "Strong congratulatio...
Nov 24, 2020
