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Mix of in-class, online learning for B.C. students likely to continue until COVID-19 vaccine is widely available
B.C.'s Education Minister says the hybrid learning model of some in-class and some at-home learning is likely to continue in September when the new school year begins. Rob Fleming says that will likel...
Jun 02, 2020
Single-family home price in Kamloops hits record in May, despite huge drop in sales
The average sales price for a single-family home in Kamloops hit a price record in May, despite the number of sales still being substantially lower than normal as the COVID-19 pandemic continues. A si...
Jun 02, 2020
Restaurants likely to be acutely affected by minimum wage increase in B.C.
Minimum wage rising in B.C. is expected to acutely affect restaurants. As of yesterday, minimum wage is now $14.60, an increase of more than five percent. And servers wage has gone up nearly 10 per ce...
Jun 02, 2020 Stock photo of a restaurant kitchen (Photo via Pixabay)
Kamloops expecting $3.8 million as part of federal announcement on infrastructure funding
Kamloops is expecting several million dollars as part of the federal government's announcement to "rush out" $2.2 billion in gas tax funding to municipalities. Finance director Kathy Humphrey points o...
Jun 01, 2020
Kamloops staff putting up flood mitigation at MacArthur Island
The City of Kamloops is preparing for the North Thompson River to peak sometime this week. Utility maintenance supervisor Joe Luison says the South Thompson River expected to peak within two weeks aft...
Jun 01, 2020
With no tourists or events, CAP Team in downtown Kamloops to take on new roles this summer
The Customer Care and Patrol Team in downtown Kamloops will have new responsibilities this summer because of the COVID-19 pandemic. Kamloops Central Business Improvement executive director Carl Desant...
Jun 01, 2020
Plethora of paving projects planned to get going in Kamloops
People in Kamloops will start noticing more paving going on in areas around town. There are 11 paving projects that will be done by BA Dawson, and the city's capital projects manager Darren Crundwell ...
Jun 01, 2020
Westwold Elementary exempt from limits on student capacity in B.C. classrooms
At least one school in the Kamloops-Thompson School District could have all students back in class as of today. That's Westwold Elementary, and that's because there's only seven students who go there....
Jun 01, 2020
Sun Peaks Centre to be done soon, but summer events won't be happening because of pandemic
The Sun Peaks Centre is almost done being built, but it appears no one will be using for a while once it's finished. The project is worth close to $10 million and has been under construction for more ...
Jun 01, 2020
Kamloops staff urging people to protect their properties from possible river flooding
(Photo: Twitter: @natevk) As the Thompson rivers keep rising, Kamloops city staff say it's hard to predict if evacuation orders or alerts will be needed. Utility services manager Greg Wightman says ei...
May 29, 2020 Flooding on Rivers Trail between Riverside and Pioneer parks in May 2020 (Photo via @natevk/Twitter)
