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Kamloops planning cost and energy-saving measures to all six local ice sheets
The City of Kamloops says long-term, it plans to have zambonis at every local rink flooding ice with cold water. Civic facilities manager Jeff Putnam says in 2019 the city saved just under $48,900 fro...
Jan 03, 2020
Kamloops construction reaches a record $288 million in 2019
A new construction-value record has been set in Kamloops for a third-straight year. The building permit value in 2019 hit $288.2 million. The previous record was $285 million in 2018 and, before that,...
Jan 02, 2020
Sun Peaks Dealt with Resort-Wide Power Outages, More Than Two Feet of Snow on NYE
Snow and power outages were the tale of the tape for Sun Peaks over the New Year holidays. Marketing Director Aidan Kelly says it may have been the largest single snow storm event ever for Sun Peaks b...
Jan 02, 2020
Trans Mountain to spend $170,000 to build new Kamloops dog park
Trans Mountain will be spending about $170,000 to build a new dog park in Kamloops. The new park will be in Brock; construction will start this month and the park is expected to be open this spring. C...
Jan 02, 2020
Kamloops preparing for busy year of capital projects
The city's capital projects manager expects 2020 to be a busy construction season in Kamloops. Darren Crundwell says work will resume on the Victoria Street West project for one, but he says that's no...
Jan 02, 2020
Property assessment values rise for nearly all of Kamloops area
Assessed values for homes in Kamloops are up seven per cent in new numbers from BC Assessment. The average assessed value in Kamloops, as of July 1, 2019, is $461,000, compared to $431,000 a year earl...
Jan 02, 2020
Logan Lake planning to apply for grant funding to improve rural internet
Logan Lake is looking to lose the lag on its local internet service. Speaking on the NL Morning News, CAO Randy Lambright says the District plans to apply next summer for grant funding - from a $50-mi...
Jan 02, 2020
Update: Suspected impaired driver issued 90-ban after crash with Operation Red Nose driver team in Kamloops
Updated: A 24-year-old Kamloops man has been issued a 90-day driving ban after a crash with two Operations Red Nose drivers on New Years Eve, where the person responsible for the crash was suspected t...
Jan 02, 2020
BC Parks updating long-term plan for increasingly-popular Wells Gray Provincial Park
Council members in Clearwater will be meeting with BC Parks early this year to talk about the future of Wells Gray Provincial Park. Mayor Merlin Blackwell says it's overdue to have a look at how the p...
Jan 02, 2020
Environmental disasters internationally could eventually affect Kamloops taxpayers
Kamloops city staff say a rate hike on insurance for assets could be coming in the not-too-distant future. Director of corporate services Kathy Humphrey says most insurance companies are multi-nationa...
Dec 31, 2019
