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UPDATE - Third person dies after fatal crash south of Kamloops
UPDATE - Quinn Cochlin, the five-year-old boy who was involved in a crash south of Kamloops on Sunday night, has now died in hospital. Quinn was flown to BC Children's Hospital on Sunday night after t...
Feb 26, 2020
Improvements on Dunn Lake Road to stretch from Barriere to Chu Chua
More details on paving work that will happen on a main road north of Kamloops that connects a handful of communities. Clearwater mayor Merlin Blackwell says Dunn Lake Road is going to be upgraded betw...
Feb 26, 2020
Government introduces tax relief for small businesses; opposition claims legislation is not what stakeholders wanted
The BC Government says a new Interim Business Property Tax Relief program will let local governments provide immediate property tax relief to small business and non-profits for the 2020 tax year. This...
Feb 25, 2020
Kamloops Reserve Funds Looking Healthy to Start 2020
Kamloops City staff say that there is a total of about $28,662,000 currently sitting in reserve funds. Administration is projecting a 2019 surplus of $700,000. Corporate Services Director Kathy Humphr...
Feb 25, 2020
Kamloops South MLA tables bill to address skyrocketing strata insurance rates in BC
An opposition MLA is trying to solve the problem of sky-high strata insurance rates, particularly in Metro Vancouver. Kamloops South Liberal MLA Todd Stone has introduced a private member's bill askin...
Feb 25, 2020
Kamloops RCMP Now say 5 Year Old in Fatal Highway 5A Collision is Alive
After first reporting that all three occupants in a fatal collision on Sunday afternoon had died of their injuries, Kamloops RCMP now say a five-year-old child is still alive. In a correction issued b...
Feb 25, 2020
RCMP arrest three protesters at rail blockade east of Kamloops
Three people were arrested today by the RCMP for breaching a civil injunction by refusing to the leave the CP Rail tracks, near Chase on Neskonlith Band Lands. RCMP say they were called to help CP Pol...
Feb 25, 2020
BC government has no plans to subsidize long-haul bus service from Kamloops to Valemount
The Transportation Minister indicates there's no plan for the government to subsidize a long-haul bus route between Kamloops and Valemount. Claire Trevena was asked if that's an option, with that bein...
Feb 25, 2020
New data shows while overdose deaths are down in 2019, number of overdose calls remains high across B.C.
A spokesperson with the BC Coroners Service says the reduction in the number of overdose deaths from about 1,500 to just under 1,000 last year is a good sign. However, Andy Watson says there were abou...
Feb 25, 2020
Clearwater mayor prepared to picket the Legislature over forestry crisis
The proposed transfer of cutting rights in the North Thompson from Canfor to Interfor continues to drag on and the mayor of Clearwater is hoping he won't have to take drastic measures. The proposed $6...
Feb 25, 2020
