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Growing enrollment leads to new elementary school request, potential catchment changes
The Kamloops Thompson School District has a number of ideas in mind for addressing capacity needs for elementary schools. SD73 board chair Kathleen Karpuk a large priority is buying Crown land in Pine...
Dec 23, 2019
No plan to add roadside drug impairment testing device in Kamloops
Kamloops RCMP say legalization of cannabis hasn't led to any real change in impaired driving cases. Superintendent Syd Lecky says the local force does not have the Drager DrugTest 5000 or any other ro...
Dec 22, 2019
Holiday curtailment at B.C. Tolko mills to start tomorrow
Two weeks of downtime at the Tolko sawmill in Heffley Creek is starting tomorrow. Tolko says the holiday downtime is a result of high costs of logs and low returns to sell them. "It's not just Kamloop...
Dec 20, 2019
Kamloops RCMP trying to stay on top of cyclical gang-related violence
While high-level gang activity has slowed in the Kamloops, the city's top cop knows that activity is still happening. Kamloops RCMP Supt. Syd Lecky says the local force has apprehended a number of hig...
Dec 20, 2019
Update: Highway closures and travel advisories between B.C. coast and interior
It's a slow go to today for commuters travelling between Kamloops and the Lower Mainland. The Coquihalla is currently closed southbound in Merritt at the junction with the Okanagan Connector because o...
Dec 20, 2019
Appeal case for access to Merritt-area lakes back in Kamloops court early next year
An appeal case over access to public lakes in the Nicola Valley will be heard in Kamloops court early in the spring. Nicola Valley Fish and Game Club director Rick McGowan says the appeal comes after ...
Dec 19, 2019
Updated: Driver injured after collision with CN Rail train in Ashcroft
One person has been injured after a crash with a CN Rail train this morning in Ashcroft. Southeast District RCMP spokesperson, Cpl. Jesse O'Donaghey, says Ashcroft RCMP were called just before 8:30 a....
Dec 19, 2019
Merritt child killer to ask for additional freedoms again early in 2020
Merritt child killer Allen Schoenborn will be back looking for additional freedoms in the new year. Spokesperson for the victim family Dave Teixeira says the BC Review Board hearing will be Feb. 7 at ...
Dec 18, 2019
Breaking: Hold and Secure protocols lifted at Valleyview Area Schools
Update: School is back to normal after Kamloops RCMP were unable to locate any suspicious people in the Valleyview area after getting a call just after 1:00 this afternoon. Witness reports say there a...
Dec 18, 2019
Kamloops to write letter of support for sustainable funding for sexual assault counselling
Kamloops council is in unanimous support to ask for the BC government to offer year-round funding for sexual assault clinics. Councillors have voted unanimously to support the motion from Dale Bass as...
Dec 18, 2019
