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Westsyde property owner concerned about looming tax increase to pay for Noble Creek irrigation system
One of the largest properties using the Noble Creek Irrigation System is concerned about a huge increase in taxes on the horizon for several dozen properties. The City of Kamloops says it will cost ju...
Nov 02, 2020 Aerial map showing land irrigated by the Noble Creek Irrigation System
Search warrant leads to destruction of more than 100,000 cannabis plants at illegal grow-op near Merritt
Merritt RCMP say over 100,000 cannabis plants were destroyed at a large, illegal cannabis grow operation off of Highway 8 last Friday. Cpl. Derrick Francis says its after Health Canada notified police...
Nov 02, 2020
Kamloops woman praising Yukon for ending twice annual time change
A Kamloops woman who has been lobbying for clocks in the province to stop changing twice a year says British Columbia should have followed Yukon's lead this past weekend. Speaking on NL Newsday, Tara ...
Nov 02, 2020 David Lofink / CC
City asking motel owners on Columbia Street West to clean up properties
Kamloops staff say some motel owners along Columbia Street West are being asked to clean up their properties. Project manager for housing and homelessness Ty Helgason says the city is reviewing long-t...
Nov 02, 2020
Mass timber company buys former Canfor Mill in Vavenby
A B.C. based business owner has bought the former Canfor Mill property in Vavenby. Area director Carol Schaffer says a mass timber company called SmartLam, based in the United States, now owns that la...
Nov 02, 2020
Merritt man facing charges after gun pointed from home
A 33 year-old-Merritt man is expected to face charges after a gun was pointed at someone during what police are calling "an interaction" at a home in that city. Police say it happened just before 5 a....
Nov 02, 2020
Kamloops man arrested on outstanding warrants with shotgun in car
A Kamloops man who had several warrants out for his arrest is now in police custody. Kamloops RCMP say Kevin James Beattie was arrested last Friday, Oct. 30, during a vehicle stop on Eighth Street on ...
Nov 02, 2020
Kamloops resident says this year would have the ideal time to stop the time change
One of two people behind a move to stop the time change in British Columbia says this year would have been the ideal time to end the twice annual time change. Tara Holmes says its because the border w...
Oct 30, 2020
Changing weather may mean Kamloops Snowmobile Association unable to rebuild shelter destroyed by arson
The President of the Kamloops Snowmobile Association says insurance will cover the cost of the recent loss of their chalet about 30 kilometres Northwest of Lac du Bois. However, Jeff Boyle says the ch...
Oct 30, 2020
Ice rink at brand new Sun Peaks Centre will be ready to use by mid-November
A long-awaited new ice rink in Sun Peaks is almost ready to use. Speaking on NL Newsday, Mayor Al Raine says it should be open by mid-November. "We're quite pleased about that... I think there are a f...
Oct 30, 2020
