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Driver escapes injury in frightening Yellowhead highway crash

By James Peters

February 25, 2016 - 9:46am Updated: February 25, 2016 - 4:11pm

KAMLOOPS — Rural RCMP say a pickup truck driver avoided injury after a close call on the Yellowhead Highway last night.

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Williams Lake wants to inject high-risk offenders with GPS tracking devices

By The Canadian Press

February 25, 2016 - 9:37am Updated: February 25, 2016 - 2:08pm

VANCOUVER — A British Columbia community wants to take the extraordinary step of implanting high-risk and prolific offenders with GPS tracking devices in a bid to curb its crime problem.

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Victoria homeless camp stages block party on planned eviction day

By The Canadian Press

February 24, 2016 - 4:23pm Updated: February 25, 2016 - 2:09pm

VICTORIA — Homeless campers on the grounds of Victoria’s courthouse staged a block party Thursday as they faced eviction from a tent city where more than 100 people have lived for months.

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Kamloops council looking into bylaw officer safety

By Doug Collins

February 24, 2016 - 12:00pm

KAMLOOPS — Bylaw enforcement was under discussion at council yesterday, February 23rd.

Bylaw Services wants council to look at improving the safety of bylaw officers doing their duty about the city.

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Judge strikes down law barring patients from growing medical marijuana

By The Canadian Press

February 24, 2016 - 10:30am Updated: February 24, 2016 - 4:21pm

VANCOUVER — A Federal Court judge has struck down ”arbitrary and overbroad” legislation introduced by the former Conservative government that barred medical marijuana patients from growing their own cannabis.

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Boy robbed of his bike at gunpoint in Williams Lake

By Doug Collins

February 24, 2016 - 5:43am Updated: February 24, 2016 - 12:18pm

WILLIAMS LAKE, B.C. — Police in Williams Lake looking for a couple of suspects who reportedly robbed a 14-year old boy of his BMX bike at the Boitanio Skate Park.

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Suspicious fire at Merritt Secondary School

By Chad Harris

February 23, 2016 - 6:10pm

MERRITT, B.C. — The Nicola-Similkameen School District has some unexpected school repairs to make after a fire at Merritt Secondary School on February 23rd.

Merritt Fire Chief Dave Tomkinson says the fire was ignited in a small room outside of the main office.