Author Archives: Aaron Schulze
Council elects not to push for third-party review of Kamloops-based B.C. Housing facilities
KAMLOOPS - Despite his impassioned pleas to his council colleagues, Mayor Reid Hamer-Jackson has had one of his signature campaign promises shut down.Prior to his election in October 2022, Hamer-Jacks...
Dec 12, 2023
First Steps Early Pregnancy Triage clinic facing funding uncertainty when grant money runs out
KAMLOOPS - A Kamloops-based prenatal clinic that recently opened in September is hoping to keep its doors open, but its future is uncertain. Joanna Norman is the head of midwifery at Royal Inland Hosp...
Dec 12, 2023
Kamloops council to consider cuts, new revenue before finalizing double-digit tax increase
KAMLOOPS - Kamloops council is asking staff to look deeper before it okays a double-digit property tax increase.At council's regular meeting Tuesday (Dec. 12), council voted in favour of asking city s...
Dec 12, 2023
Salmon Arm RCMP release new photos of vehicle involved in hit and run of woman
SALMON ARM, B.C. - RCMP have released new photos of a suspect vehicle involved in hit and run of a woman in Salmon Arm.On Friday, Dec. 8, at 7:59 p.m., RCMP responded to a pedestrian that was hit by a...
Dec 12, 2023
B.C. Conservatives awaken from decades in dormancy ahead of 2024 vote
VICTORIA - The first blip on the radar signalling a potentially new player in British Columbia politics occurred in the summer byelection to fill the seat vacated by former New Democrat premier John H...
Dec 12, 2023
Hudson's Bay Kamloops workers enter second day of strike action
KAMLOOPS - Monday (Dec. 11) marks the second day of strike action for Kamloops Hudson's Bay employees. The United Steelworkers Local 1-417 and the Hudson's Bay Company have been unable to reach a coll...
Dec 11, 2023
Police investigating weekend assault in downtown Kamloops
KAMLOOPS - Mounties are investigating after reports of an early morning assault downtown on Saturday morning. On Dec. 9, at about 2:20 a.m., Kamloops RCMP say they received a report of an assault on t...
Dec 11, 2023
Man uninjured after truck flips along Tranquille-Criss Creek Road
KAMLOOPS - A truck was found flipped on its side and in the creek along Tranquille-Criss Creek Road late Sunday afternoon (Dec. 10).Cpl. Crystal Evelyn, Kamloops RCMP spokesperson, says officers respo...
Dec 11, 2023
Man arrested in Kamloops as part of police officer impersonation investigation
KAMLOOPS - A man has been arrested in Kamloops after an investigation into an attempt to impersonate a police officer.In a news release issued Monday (Dec. 11), Kamloops RCMP say its General Investiga...
Dec 11, 2023
Federal government to announce details of dental insurance plan
OTTAWA - Several government ministers are expected to launch today a new federal dental insurance plan that will provide benefits directly to eligible Canadian residents, though the first claims won't...
Dec 11, 2023
