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Quiet May Long weekend for BC wildfires; more than 200 firefighters sent to battle flames in Alberta
The BC Wildfire Service says this May Long weekend was relatively quiet in terms of new fire starts. Fire information officer Kyla Fraser says province-wide there were 23 new fires between Saturday an...
May 21, 2019
B.C.'s Privacy Commissioner calls for legislative change after allegations leveled against Citizens Services Minister Jinny Sims
B.C.'s Information and Privacy Commissioner is feeling frustrated and demanding legislative changes calling allegations against Citizens Services Minister Jinny Sims exhibit 'A' in making his case. Wi...
May 21, 2019
Kamloops Thompson School District focusing on Aberdeen as a major growth area for school age kids
The Kamloops Thompson School Board is gathering data from the city in order to better prepare for future student growth in a district already jammed to the rafters. Board Chair Kathleen Karpuk says ci...
May 21, 2019
Quesnel mayor says the community is working flat out to FireSmart the city
After two historic wildfire seasons and fire activity already beginning in a new season the mayor of Quesnel says people in his community are already bracing for the worst. Bob Simpson says the commun...
May 21, 2019
Plans will continue to limit access at common commuter shortcut on Tk'emlúps reserve
The Chief of the Tk'emlps te Secwepemc First Nation says the plan to limit access to locals only will continue indefinitely at a common detour through the reserve. Rosanne Casimir says traffic has pic...
May 21, 2019
First rural cannabis store in Kamloops area nearing approval from local government
The first retail cannabis store in the Thompson-Nicola Regional District is close to getting a green light. TNRD board members passed third reading to rezone a property in McLure where the store is pr...
May 21, 2019
BC Public School Employers Association fires back at teachers' union in suddenly troubled talks
Bargaining between teachers and the province appears to be in trouble as the employer responds to frustrations expressed by the teachers union. BCPSEA's Alan Chell says the province has a bargaining m...
May 17, 2019
Pickton Inquiry Commissioner weighs into this week's money laundering inquiry announcement
A former Attorney General and Commissioner of the Missing Womens Commission of Inquiry is giving his thoughts on the public inquiry struck on Wednesday to investigate money laundering. Speaking on NL'...
May 16, 2019
Pressure mounts on cannabis tax revenue sharing talks
Time is running out for negotiations between the province and the Union of BC Municipalities over splitting legal cannabis taxation revenues. UBCM President Arjun Singh says talks are continuing but p...
May 16, 2019
Province's cannabis task force visits all illegal cannabis storefronts in Kamloops
The remaining illegal cannabis storefronts still open in Kamloops have all now been asked for compliance by the province. The city's business license inspector Dave Jones says the newly-formed provinc...
May 16, 2019
