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Extensive flood cleanup at Kamloops' Riverside Park still a month away from completion
Cleanup and restoration in Riverside Park in Kamloops is only about one-third of the way done, after the park was barricaded for weeks to protect from flooding. Utility services manager Greg Wightman ...
Aug 26, 2020
Kamloops Corryn Brown rink named Curl BC's Adult Team of the Year
Even though it is the off-season, the accolades continue for the Kamloops Team Brown rink, as they have been named Curl BC's 'Adult Team of the Year' for the 2019-20 season. The team comprised of skip...
Aug 26, 2020
Christie Mountain wildfire being held; all evacuation orders lifted
The Regional District of Okanagan-Similkameen has lifted the rest of the evacuation orders that were put in place as a result of the Christie Mountain wildfire near Penticton. A total of 319 propertie...
Aug 26, 2020 BC Wildfire Crews in August 2020. (Photo via BC Wildfire Service)
Vavenby and Canfor still at a stalemate about a suitable legacy fund for former sawmill
The area director in Vavenby says the community is still asking for more money from Canfor as a legacy fund. Carol Schaffer says the company offered Vavenby $25,000, but she says $200,000 is what her ...
Aug 26, 2020
Kamloops councillor says balance needed to make zero percent property tax increase happen
This week Kamloops council said they'd like there to be no property tax increase next year, but where would the city get the funds to cover it? Councillor Sadie Hunter was on the NL Morning News, and ...
Aug 26, 2020
Terry Lake named new CEO of BC Care Providers Association
The BC Care Providers Association has found a new CEO - someone who is well-known to Kamloops. Former Health Minister and Kamloops Mayor Terry Lake will take over the top job, and he will be starting ...
Aug 26, 2020
Stolen B.C. firefighter's truck might be in the Kamloops area
A B.C. firefighter is hoping to be reunited with his truck after it was stolen from a parking lot in Merritt on Friday morning. Connor Callaghan came home from fighting the Christie Mountain wildfire ...
Aug 25, 2020
UPDATE: Phony bomb threat was a call to Royal Inland Hospital, police say
UPDATE: Kamloops RCMP say the bomb threat made at Royal Inland Hospital was a phone call to the hospital's switchboard. Staff Sgt. Mat Van Laer says an anonymous caller called in and said someone else...
Aug 25, 2020
Most evacuation orders lifted as crews continue battling Christie Mountain fire
The majority of people forced to flee their homes last week because of the Christie Mountain wildfire are allowed to return home. Officials from the Regional District of Okanagan-Similkameen say an ev...
Aug 25, 2020
Blazers sign 2020 third round draft pick Ryan Michael
Another 2020 draft prospect has signed with the Kamloops Blazers. The team says it has signed defenseman Ryan Michael after he was drafted 62nd verall in the third round of the 2020 WHL Bantam Draft i...
Aug 25, 2020
