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Kamloops continues to be ahead of the curve with legal cannabis stores
Kamloops is steaming along on the legal cannabis front adding further fuel to the fire of its nickname 'Kamsterdam.' City Business Licence Inspector Dave Jones says with nine legal cannabis stores alr...
Feb 08, 2019
Windchill expected to reach near minus-40 in North Thompson overnight
Another blast of extreme cold air is moving into the Kamloops area. Environment Canada has issued an extreme cold warning for the North Thompson, where temperatures will plummit to nearly minus-30 ove...
Feb 08, 2019
Kamloops-North MLA Peter Milobar concerned of province's plan on slash burning
The BC Liberal Environment critic says the province's direction on slash burning is lacking. Kamloops-North MLA Peter Milobar says in the NDP and Green's Confidence and Supply Agreement there's langua...
Feb 08, 2019
Avalanche warning in place in Kamloops area
Avalanche Canada has issued a warning for backcountry users which will last through the weekend. The warning says the snowpack below the treeline is more dangerous than alpine snow up top. Warning ser...
Feb 07, 2019
Six new cases of gastrointestinal illness at Royal Inland Hospital; outbreak to remain through weekend
The gastrointenstinal outbreak in Kamloops isn't in the clear just yet. The Interior Health Authority says three more patients and three more staff have become sick in a new ward of Royal Inland Hospi...
Feb 07, 2019
Record number of overdose deaths in Kamloops and B.C. last year
A record for illicit drug overdose deaths in Kamloops and across B.C. last year. In Kamloops, 48 people died from an overdose in 2018 compared to 38 a year earlier and 44 in 2016. From 2008 to 2015, t...
Feb 07, 2019
Kamloops MLAs want tours of the two BC Lottery Corporation office buildings
In the aftermath of the decision by the province to scrap the downtown Kamloops BC Lottery Corporation headquarters replacement project the two city MLAs want to go on a fact finding mission. Todd Sto...
Feb 07, 2019
Clearwater expecting to feel impact of six-week shutdown at Canfor Mill in Vavenby
The mayor of Clearwater says he met with the Canfor manager this week to talk about the shutdown coming at the Vavenby sawmill. Merlin Blackwell says the company is working on a plan to move employees...
Feb 07, 2019
More than 10,000 transit riders per day in Kamloops last year
The City of Kamloops saw a spike in transit use last year of nearly five per cent. Development services director Marvin Kwiatkowski brought a report to council this week which says there were more tha...
Feb 07, 2019
Updated: Major Crime Unit called in for missing cowboy case in Merritt
The RCMP Major Crime Unit is now taking part in the search for missing Merritt cowboy Ben Tyner. Sgt. Janelle Shoihet says there isn't any evidence though to suggest foul play in Tyner's disappearance...
Feb 06, 2019
