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BC Wildlife Park says Employer Health Tax brings uncertainty
The general manager of the BC Wildlife Park in Kamloops says it still faces financial uncertainty due to the Employer Health Tax. Glen Grant says he is unclear whether the Wildlife Park will have to p...
Jan 03, 2019
The Nanaimo by-election is a real crap shoot according to one expert
As the Premier calls a by-election to fill a Nanaimo seat left empty by now city mayor Leonard Krog at least one political science professor says it is anybody's guess who wins. University of the Fras...
Jan 02, 2019
Kamloops real estate sales were "well off the pace" last month and for the year overall
Soft. That is the word being used to described home sales last month and for the year overall. Doren Quinton, with the Kamloops & District Real Estate Association, says Sahali led the way in home ...
Jan 02, 2019
Property assessment notices are in the mail and for some the increase is hefty
Property assessment are in the mail and homeowners can expect an increase and for some it will be substantial. Thompson Okanagan Deputy Assessor Graham Held says there were generally increases across ...
Jan 02, 2019
Wildlights on track for about 18,000 visitors this season
This year's Wildlights display at the BC Wildlife Park in Kamloops is on pace to be the best in nearly a decade. The park's general manager Glen Grant says so far more than 15,000 people have come to ...
Jan 02, 2019 Photo via BC Wildlife Park
December windstorm that hammered the south coast now classified as the worst ever by BC Hydro
BC Hydro is now calling the windstorm that hammered the province just before Christmas the most destructive in the utility's history. "It impacted more customers and did more damage than any storm bef...
Jan 02, 2019
The Premier is bracing for what could be another crown corporation dumpster fire
While the "dumpster fire" at ICBC has hogged the headlines another crown corporation could also pose a financial headache for the provincial government. As we wait for a Ministry of Finance review of ...
Jan 02, 2019
At least one lawyer is not surprised there is no sign yet of a wave of drugged drivers
Fears of massive spikes in the number of drugged drivers under a legal cannabis regime have so far failed to materialize with marijuana now being legal in B.C. Acumen Law's Paul Doroshenko says despit...
Jan 02, 2019
Truck crash into North Thompson River likely spilled 350 liters of diesel
We now know some of the extent of a diesel spill near Vavenby on the weekend. The Thompson-Nicola Regional District says the meat truck that crashed into the North Thompson River likely had about 350 ...
Jan 02, 2019
Construction of new patient tower at Royal Inland Hospital on schedule to start 2019
Interior Health's CEO says the new patient care tower at Royal Inland Hospital is on schedule, with construction now well underway. Susan Brown points out EllisDon began work at the site about two mon...
Jan 02, 2019
