Kamloops and Area

Housing Targets
BC Government 'encouraged' by Kamloops' progress on housing targets
KAMLOOPS - BC Housing Minister Ravi Kahlon says while the City of Kamloops has missed its first-year housing targets, he "appreciates" the effort that was made. Kamloops was tasked with building 4,236 net new housing units by Sept. 2028, with 679 of those units required to come online by Sept. 30, 2024. The c...
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Yellowhead Highway Crash
UPDATE: Highway 5 east of Vavenby cleared after Saturday morning crash
VAVENBY B.C. - (UPDATE 4:00 p.m.): DriveBC says crews have completed the vehicle recovery work east of Vavenby. (UPDATE 1:15 p.m.): Highway 5 has reopened to a single-lane of alternating traffic to allow vehicle recovery to proceed. The closure affects a 3.5-kilometre section of the highway between Skinner Rd. and the ...
Jan 11, 2025
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memorandum of understanding
TNRD pens agreement with High Bar First Nation
KAMLOOPS - The Thompson Nicola Regional District (TNRD) has made its partnership official with High Bar First Nation, located north of Clinton. On Friday (Jan. 10) at TNRD headquarters, the two governments signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) formalizing their commitment to work together. "It's great to be a...
Jan 11, 2025
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CANADIAN WILDFIRE STUDY
TRU researcher co-authors wildfire severity study published in Science
KAMLOOPS - A researcher out of Thompson Rivers University in Kamloops recently co-authored a study on wildfire severity and climate change that was published in Science, one of the world's top academic journals. Dr. Mike Flannigan is the scientific director of the university's new Institute for Wildfire Science, Adapta...
Jan 11, 2025
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