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Sun Peaks postpones High Five Day to April; donates $10,000 to Kamloops Food Bank in-lieu
Poor weather has forced Sun Peaks Resort to postpone High Five Day to April. The twice annual tradition offers people $5 lift tickets if they make a non-perishable food donation to the Kamloops Food B...
Dec 12, 2019
Kamloops MP Cathy McLeod surprised by Andrew Scheer's resignation as party leader
The MP for Kamloops-Thompson-Cariboo says Andrew Scheer's resignation as party leader came as a surprise to her. Cathy McLeod tells NL News that is because Scheer had given every indication that he pl...
Dec 12, 2019
Merritt mayor says loggers still out of work despite local sawmill adding jobs
The mayor of Merritt says local forestry is still not as good as it should be after Aspen Planers restarted a second shift. Linda Brown says the local sawmill now has more logs but loggers are still o...
Dec 12, 2019
Updated - Highway 1 has reopened between Salmon Arm and Sicamous
UPDATE - Drive BC says Highway One has reopened after an earlier closure between Salmon Arm and Sicamous. There is no word on what caused the closure at this time. ORIGINAL - The westbound lanes of Hi...
Dec 12, 2019
Thompson Nicola library workers reach deal on four-year contract
Unionized library workers in Thompson-Nicola Regional District have a new four-year contract. The deal is retroactive to Jan. 1, 2019 and it has a 2.25 per cent wage increase this year, and a 2 per ce...
Dec 12, 2019
Kamloops councillor pleased with focus on accessibility in recreation master plan
A Kamloops councillor who has advocated for accessibility projects is pleased with the details of the city's new Recreation Master Plan. The plan was adopted yesterday by council, and Sadie Hunter say...
Dec 11, 2019
Kamloops MP Cathy McLeod calling for emergency debate on BC's forestry crisis in Ottawa
Kamloops-Thompson-Cariboo MP Cathy McLeod is calling for an emergency debate in the House of Commons on the jobs crisis affecting BC forestry workers. McLeod, who is also Shadow Minister for Natural R...
Dec 11, 2019
CAP team members picked up 2,200 needles in 2019 downtown and the North Shore
The Executive Director of the Kamloops Central Business Improvement Association says CAP team members picked up 2,200 needles both in downtown and on the North Shore this year. Carl DeSantis says its ...
Dec 11, 2019
Parkcrest School Rebuild Could Cost up to $38 million
The Kamloops Thompson School District's Director of Facilities says a new Parkcrest Elementary School would be up to $38 million dollars. Art McDonald calls it a placeholder value for a magnitude of o...
Dec 11, 2019
GoFundMe says Kamloops is the most generous city in Canada
Kamloops is the most generous city in Canada according to new data from GoFundMe. The online fundraising platform crunched the data from 2019 and says per capita Kamloopsians gave the most money to ca...
Dec 11, 2019
