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Chase residents in favour of doing away with train whistles in the community
The CAO in the Chase says about 70 per cent of survey respondents are in favour of doing away with train whistles in the community. Joni Heinrich says the village reached out to residents because whil...
Nov 20, 2019
TRU Helping Teach Youth About the Dangers of Vaping
Staff and Students at Thompson Rivers University have created a presentation for Kamloops area schools on the dangers of vaping. A large part of the research and initial delivery of the presentation w...
Nov 20, 2019 Vaping360 / CC
Update - One injured in semi rollover north of Barriere
Update - One person was injured after a semi rolled over north of Barriere this morning on Highway 5. BC EHS spokesperson Sarah Morris says paramedics were dispatched around 6:45 this morning. "Our cr...
Nov 20, 2019
Teenager Injured After Hit-and-Run Downtown; Kamloops RCMP Looking For Suspect
A 13 year old boy was taken to hospital for treatment of non-life threatening injuries after being the victim of a downtown hit and run. Kamloops RCMP are looking for help identifying the driver of th...
Nov 19, 2019
Date chosen for referendum on borrowing for proposed Kamloops performing arts centre
Kamloops city council has picked a date for a vote on borrowing for a proposed Centre for the Arts. Council has unanimously chosed April 4 for the referendum date, where voters will be asked "Are you ...
Nov 19, 2019
New SENSE BC Video says Stats are Being Abused to Promote an Unnecessarily Strict Enforcement Agenda
A new SENSE BC video claims that the government and the media use stats to push an enforcement agenda that's not necessarily justified by those stats. The Producer of Speed Kills Your Pocket Book 2: L...
Nov 19, 2019
Merritt Looking to Reintroduce a Hotel Tax
Merritt city council has tasked staff with exploring how to move ahead with a new hotel tax. The proposed tax would be in the neighbourhood of 2% or 3%. Economic Development and Tourism Manager Will G...
Nov 19, 2019
Kamloops staff floating long-term plan on city-owned boat launches
Kamloops city staff say recommendations for long-term plans of city-owned boat launches will come forward this winter. Civic facilities manager Jeff Putnam says the city recently wrapped up consultati...
Nov 19, 2019
Clearwater mayor on board with hemp processing to use wood fibre
The mayor of Clearwater agrees with a Thompson-Nicola Regional District area director about trying to bring hemp processing to the area to offset job losses in mills. Merlin Blackwell says hemp is a v...
Nov 19, 2019
Village of Chase unsure how proposed $10-million cut by BC RCMP will affect local detachment
The CAO in the Village of Chase says she isn't sure how a proposed $10 million cut by the BC RCMP will affect the local RCMP detachment. Joni Heinrich says like all municipalities under 5,000 people, ...
Nov 19, 2019
