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Minimum wage increases may have unintended negative effects on tree planters
The increases in the minimum wage are putting financial pressure on B.C's tree planters. The Executive Director of the Western Forestry Contractors Association, John Betts fears there could be signifi...
Jul 05, 2018
2018 Y Dream Home winner announced
If you didn't get a call from someone named Bryce Herman last night, we've got news for you this morning... You did not win the 2018 Y Dream Home lotto. The woman who won is a former Kamloops resident...
Jul 05, 2018
Kamloops sports fields reopening without heavy rain damage
The city of Kamloops is reopening some sports fields after the heavy rainfall prompted their closure over the long weekend. Parks and Civic Facilities Manager Jeff Putnam says, last night all the fiel...
Jul 05, 2018
It's a pain in the gas in Kamloops
Kamloops gas prices have soared in some cases by 15 cents a litre to nearly $1.50. The Chief Petroleum Analyst at Enpro International, Roger McKnight says, the reason is the shutdown of the old Suncor...
Jul 05, 2018
The number of inmate deaths at the Kamloops Regional Correctional Centre may have stabilized
The B.C Coroners Service is reporting 119 deaths in federal and provincial correctional facilities in B.C over a ten year period from 2008 to 2017, including Kamloops. Spokesman Andy Watson says 59 de...
Jul 05, 2018
Increase in natural gas hookups yet another indication the Kamloops economy is not slowing down
Another sign of a growing Kamloops economy. Fortis B.C Spokesperson Diane Sorace says, there was approximately 1,000 natural gas hookups in 2014 and 1,300 in 2017. Sorace says they are seeing similar ...
Jul 05, 2018
Canadian Taxpayers Federation wants any wrinkles in the legal marijuana regime to be ironed out fairly quickly
The Canadian Taxpayers Federation will be watching the launch of legal marijuana in October with interest. The CTF's BC Director Kris Sims says they have some concerns around supply out of the gate. S...
Jul 04, 2018
A York University political science professor wants to change the myths about proportional representation
An advocate of proportional representation for B.C will address a group in Kamloops tonight. York University Political Science Professor Dennis Pilon is a leading authority on the benefits of the P.R....
Jul 04, 2018
Kamloops residents can thank Mother Nature for a very slow start to the fire season
It was a good start for the fire season in Kamloops as the amount of rain last month blew past last year's meager precipitation. Forecaster Doug Lundquist says, last month there was 37 millimetres of ...
Jul 04, 2018
Affordable housing needs highlighted by rising costs to both buy and rent a home in Kamloops
The rising cost to actually get into a home in Kamloops further shows what kind of need there is for affordable housing in the area. Acting Social & Community Development Supervisor, Natalie Serl ...
Jul 04, 2018
