Kamloops and Area

Fire Ban
Category 3 fire ban coming to Kamloops Fire Centre this Friday
KAMLOOPS - The BC Wildfire Service will be implementing a fire ban across the Kamloops Fire Centre just in time for the May long weekend, even as much of the fire activity remains in the northeastern corner of the province.The ban on all Category 3 open fires will come into effect at 12:00 p.m. this Friday (May 16) &qu...
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Transit Fares
Kamloops council to review potential increases to transit fares
KAMLOOPS - Kamloops councillors are being asked for their input - and to make a decision - as city staff conduct a transit fare review process for the first time in six years. At Tuesday's (May 13) Committee of the Whole meeting, councillors will be asked to pick one of four options that staff say were developed with a...
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Bridge Renovations
City of Kamloops looking for contractors to rehabilitate Overlanders Bridge this summer
KAMLOOPS - The City of Kamloops is looking for prospective contractors as it is plans to move ahead with rehabilitating the Overlanders Bridge for the first time in a decade. Interested parties are being asked to submit their bids by this Wednesday, May 14, with a successful proponent expected to be chosen and a contra...
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BUDGET REACTION
Strings students voice disappointment at loss of program in SD73
KAMLOOPS - People gathered on Victoria Street in downtown Kamloops Saturday (May 10) morning to rally against proposed cuts to the Kamloops Thompson School District (SD73) budget, which recently includes the loss of the Strings program."As a parent, it's very concerning because we're taking away the things that he...
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