Kamloops and Area

AGREEMENT ELUSIVE
Heidelberg Materials labour dispute ongoing, with workers on strike in Kamloops
KAMLOOPS - Employees are on strike outside of Heidelberg Materials in the Mount Paul Industrial Park. The ready-mix concrete company has 47 workers across the Interior and Okanagan, including six in Kamloops. CFJC Today spoke to Teamsters Local Union 213 business representative Rob Cook on Friday (April 4) and received...
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New TRU President
Tkemlúps te Secwépemc lauds appointment of Dr. Airini as new TRU president
TK'EMLÚPS TE SECWÉPEMC - Tk'emlúps te Secwépemc says it is "encouraged and inspired" by the appointment of Dr. Airini as the fifth President and Vice-Chancellor of Thompson Rivers University (TRU). In a statement Friday (April 4), Tk'emlúps says TRU's appointment of Airini i...
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Wildfire Preparation
Pair of prescribed burns in Kamloops postponed because of unfavourable weather
KAMLOOPS - A pair of prescribed burns in Kamloops city limits that were scheduled for this spring have been delayed until at least this winter because of unfavourable weather. Kamloops Fire Chief Ken Uzeloc says while crews were able to complete an eight-hectare burn at Rose Hill Park last month, two others at Peterson...
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Ashcroft Ranch Sale
Ashcroft Ranch to become a community hub after sale to Nlaka'pamux Nation Tribal Council
KAMLOOPS - A local First Nation has purchased the Ashcroft Ranch from Metro Vancouver. In a news release issued Thursday (April 3), Metro Vancouver says it sold the Ashcroft Ranch to the Nlaka'pamux Nation Tribal Council (NNTC) for $28 million following a bidding process. The transfer was completed on Wednesday. Back i...
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