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Report from TRU estimates that bogus journals cost academia more than $1 billion annually
A report done at Thompson Rivers University estimates that spam emails aimed at professors cost academia more than $1 billion annually in lost productivity. Macroeconomist Peter Tsigaris did the repor...
Feb 06, 2020
MLA Tegart says filming of major U.S. show will have positive spinoff for Ashcroft and area
The Fraser-Nicola MLA says of a major TV show is creating a buzz in her home community of Ashcroft. Jackie Tegart was commenting on the CBS Series Twilight Zone taking over the downtown to film part o...
Feb 06, 2020
Kamloops Council to Consider Spending $750,000 to Improve and Repair City Boat Launches
Kamloops city staff will be looking to do work on the three boat launches, but how much work will be done over the next three years is up for discussion. Council was presented with a couple of options...
Feb 06, 2020
Indigenous students at TRU becoming journeymen thanks to a $2 Million grant
Thompson Rivers University is getting a cash injection of two million dollars to provide training in the trades for indigenous students. The money is part of the Canada-BC Workforce Development Agreem...
Feb 06, 2020
Kamloops daycare being displaced hopes city will reconsider Stuart Wood School as a temporary location
A Director with the Children's Circle Daycare Society (CCDC) says Stuart Wood School remains the best temporary location for them to move into. City councillors voted to not allow any leases at the do...
Feb 06, 2020
Police say speed a factor in double-fatal highway crash in Darfield
Police say speed was a factor in a head-on crash north of Kamloops yesterday that killed two people. The crash happened on the Yellowhead Highway in Darfield just after noon, between a semi truck and ...
Feb 06, 2020
ICBC proposes to move to a no-fault insurance system starting in spring of 2021
No more lawyers will be involved in crash claims with ICBC starting next year, according to the province. The B.C. government says people involved in crashes can only sue the driver at fault if that d...
Feb 06, 2020
RCMP release surveillance photos of Salmon Arm bank robber
Salmon Arm RCMP have released a pair of photos of a suspect involved in a bank robbery on Ross Street that happened on October 21, 2019. Police hope the pictures will help them narrow in on the suspec...
Feb 06, 2020
Update - Kamloops saw 13.8 cm of snow yesterday; second largest ever amount on Feb. 5
An Environment Canada meteorologist says the sudden increase in snow in the Kamloops area since yesterday is not usual for this time of year. "It's been since at least around new year's where we're go...
Feb 06, 2020
Kamloops councillor wonders if new tax break was a gift for a new development downtown
A Kamloops councillor has questions after the largest development in nearly 20 years was announced a day after council approved a new tax break. Speaking on the NL Morning News, Denis Walsh says "The ...
Feb 06, 2020
