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City of Kamloops collects most property taxes on time, despite economic challenges from COVID-19
Despite the pandemic, Kamloops staff say 82 per cent of property taxes came in on time, ahead of the deadline of July 2. Finance director Kathy Humphrey says 92 per cent of residential taxes were paid...
Jul 13, 2020
Many homeowners affected by flooding in Cache Creek likely uninsured, Insurance Bureau says
Flood insurance is likely extremely hard to come by for many people in Cache Creek, according to the Insurance Bureau of Canada. IBC Pacific region vice president Aaron Sutherland made that comment la...
Jul 13, 2020
Government looking to improve safety on Highway 99 west of Lillooet after two fatal crashes
The Ministry of Transportation says it is looking to improve signage at sightlines at a challenging stretch of Highway 99, near Joffre Lakes. Speaking on the NL Morning News, Transportation Minister C...
Jul 13, 2020
B.C. gains 118,000 jobs back in June, but unemployment rate remains high
June saw the unemployment rate hit a new high in Kamloops during the pandemic, albeit not by much. The unemployment rate is now 12.4 per cent, which is up from 10.3 per cent in May and 12.3 per cent i...
Jul 10, 2020
Twenty new COVID-19 cases reported today in B.C.
Health officials have announced 20 new cases of COVID-19 today in B.C. The province is also now reporting that 51 people who tested positive are not residents of Canada, and those cases have been remo...
Jul 09, 2020
CN Rail forced to pay more than $16.6 million for starting wildfire near Lytton in 2015
CN Rail has been ordered to pay more than $16.6 million after being deemed responsible for a wildfire near Lytton in 2015. The Cisco Road wildfire started on June 11th, 2015, and burned more than 2,20...
Jul 09, 2020
Investigator indicates alleged racism has gone on for many years in B.C. healthcare system
A former judge and B.C. child advocate has started her investigation into racist allegations in the province's healthcare system. Speaking to media today, Mary Ellen Turpel-Lafond says the incidents b...
Jul 09, 2020
Domtar says emissions have not increased, despite increased odour reports in Kamloops
A spokesperson at Domtar says the amount of odour going into the air from its Kamloops pulp mill has not increased. Speaking on NL Newsday, Bonny Skene was asked about the smell of the pulp mill being...
Jul 09, 2020
Charge laid after senior sucker-punched at Riverside Park
A man from Surrey has now been charged after a senior security guard was sucker-punched in Riverside Park last week. Thirty-three-year-old Matthew Santoro faces one charge of assault causing bodily ha...
Jul 08, 2020
Senior Kamloops security guard trying to find silver lining after being assaulted at random
Glen Warner would go back to work tomorrow if he could. The 71-year-old Kamloops security guard with Securiguard, a company contracted by the City of Kamloops, was sucker-punched in Riverside Park six...
Jul 08, 2020
