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Bonaparte River flood watch downgraded, Nicola River high streamflow advisory lifted
A flood watch on the Bonaparte River near Cache Creek has been downgraded to a high streamflow advisory. That was part of a series of updates from the B.C. River Forecast Centre today, as high streamf...
Jun 02, 2020
Blazers sign 2019 first round draft pick Connor Levis
The Kamloops Blazers have signed 2019 first round draft pick Connor Levis to a standard WHL player agreement. Levis was drafted 20th overall in 2019, 13 picks behind fellow first round draft pick Mats...
Jun 02, 2020
Restaurants likely to be acutely affected by minimum wage increase in B.C.
Minimum wage rising in B.C. is expected to acutely affect restaurants. As of yesterday, minimum wage is now $14.60, an increase of more than five percent. And servers wage has gone up nearly 10 per ce...
Jun 02, 2020 Stock photo of a restaurant kitchen (Photo via Pixabay)
Police watchdog to investigate after man injured in Williams Lake motorcycle crash
B.C.'s Independent Investigations Office (IIO BC) will be investigating an incident in Williams Lake last night after a man was injured when he lost control of his motorcycle while being chased by pol...
Jun 01, 2020
Kamloops City Council to resume public hearings this week
Starting Tuesday, Kamloops City council will be resuming public hearings. Public meetings were put on hold in mid-March. Mayor Ken Christian says "on [June] 2nd, we're going to have our first electron...
Jun 01, 2020
Kamloops staff putting up flood mitigation at MacArthur Island
The City of Kamloops is preparing for the North Thompson River to peak sometime this week. Utility maintenance supervisor Joe Luison says the South Thompson River expected to peak within two weeks aft...
Jun 01, 2020
Work starting on Trans Mountain pipeline expansion in Kamloops
This being the first of June means work on the Trans Mountain Pipeline expansion is going to be going full force in Kamloops soon. Ian Anderson, President and CEO of Trans Mountain Corporation was on ...
Jun 01, 2020
Kamloops swimmer Sarah Koopmans accepts scholarship to University of Nevada Las Vegas
Kamloops swimmer Sarah Koopmans will be rolling the dice in Las Vegas in the fall. She has accepted a swimming scholarship to the University of Nevada Las Vegas. She will join her Kamloops friend Soph...
Jun 01, 2020
Sun Peaks Centre to be done soon, but summer events won't be happening because of pandemic
The Sun Peaks Centre is almost done being built, but it appears no one will be using for a while once it's finished. The project is worth close to $10 million and has been under construction for more ...
Jun 01, 2020
Snowbirds crash in Kamloops likely caused by bird strike says preliminary RCAF report
A preliminary report from the Royal Canadian Air Force into the cause of the fatal Snowbirds plane crash in Kamloops indicates a bird strike likely caused the crash two weeks ago on May 17. In a repor...
Jun 01, 2020
