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TNRD given provincial money to do flood mapping
The Thompson-Nicola Regional District is planning to do flood mapping in nearly a dozen areas. Communications manager Michelle Nordstrom says the regional district has been given $150,000 from the pro...
May 16, 2019
Kamloops seeking provincial funding to do provincially-mandated housing report
City staff in Kamloops are hoping to receive provincial funding to do a report on affordable housing needs. Social and community development supervisor Natalie Serl says the city has applied for a gra...
May 16, 2019
Contract negotiations between the BCTF and the province have run into trouble
What have been cordial talks between teachers and the province have taken a turn with the President of the BC Teachers Federation saying teachers are now angry and frustrated. "There is no deal to be ...
May 16, 2019
Kamloops to spend $245K on increasing bus service in 2020
The City of Kamloops will be spending just under a quarter million dollars to expand bus service next year. City council approved a memorandum of understanding to commit nearly $246,000 for bus servic...
May 15, 2019
CAP Team rolls out operations on the North Shore for another summer
The Customer Care and Patrol Team is now operating for the summer on the North Shore as of today. The program will operate until the end of September, after it received a $25,000-dollar grant from the...
May 15, 2019
Quesnel mayor credits recognizing hard realities in minimizing impact of Tolko's sawmill closure
While Tolko's shutdown of its Quesnel mill is not good news for the community the mayor says this is something they have been preparing for, for a while. Bob Simpson says the writing has been on the w...
May 15, 2019
UBCM hoping to help local governments on thorny issue of determining council salary increases
The Union of BC Municipalities is wading into the thorny issue of how city councils determine whether or not to give themselves a salary increase. President Arjun Singh admits councils voting on their...
May 15, 2019
First retail cannabis store on Tk'emlups First Nation opens
The first retail cannabis store on the Tk'emlups te Secwepemc First Nation has opened up shop. The store on Mount Paul Way called Pinnacle Access, located at the former Dee's Cafe, had a soft opening ...
May 15, 2019
Cautious optimism from BC Coroners Service with steady drop in illicit drug overdose deaths
The BC Coroners Service is cautiously optimistic about a drop in illicit drug overdose deaths to start 2019. Coroners spokeperson Andy Watson says there were 258 illicit overdose deaths in the first q...
May 15, 2019
Venture Kamloops worked with nearly 250 new businesses last year
The executive director of Venture Kamloops says the organization worked with a record number of local businesses last year. Jim Anderson says 240 businesses came to Venture Kamloops for assistance and...
May 15, 2019
