Author Archives: Aaron Schulze
One week after it was instituted, Kamloops Fire Centre campfire ban is lifted
KAMLOOPS - Rain and cooler conditions have resulted in the campfire ban being lifted in the Kamloops Fire Centre - just a week after it came into effect.The B.C. Wildfire Service says the campfire pro...
Jun 15, 2023
Kamloops mayor Reid Hamer-Jackson suing councillor for defamation
KAMLOOPS - The mayor of Kamloops is suing one of his councillors for defamation.In a Notice of Civil Claim filed in B.C. Supreme Court Monday (June 12), Mayor Reid Hamer-Jackson accuses Councillor Kat...
Jun 15, 2023
Global salmon farm company with B.C. ties backs land-based aquaculture in Japan
VICTORIA - The backing of a land-based salmon farm in Japan by a global company with ties to ocean fish farms in British Columbia has Indigenous and conservation groups calling on the federal governme...
Jun 15, 2023
Kamloops BC SPCA in desperate need of pet food donations
KAMLOOPS - Feeding a pet is one of the most basic responsibilities of an owner. For pet parents struggling to make ends meet, the BC SPCA pet food bank program keeps animals fed. Local needs for the p...
Jun 14, 2023
Kamloops advocate applauds province for covering opioid agonist treatment but questions its impact
KAMLOOPS - The province of British Columbia has become the first jurisdiction in Canada to provide universal coverage for eligible medications used for the treatment of opioid-use disorder. Opioid ago...
Jun 14, 2023
B.C. becomes first province to provide universal coverage for opioid treatments
VICTORIA - British Columbia says it is providing universal coverage for opioid agonist treatments that help people with substance use disorders, making it the first province in Canada to do so.Health ...
Jun 14, 2023
Smoky skies bulletin issued for Kamloops and area
KAMLOOPS - A smoky skies bulletin is in effect for Kamloops, the North Thompson and the Cariboo.In a news release issued Wednesday (June 14), the B.C. government says wildfire smoke is tracking south ...
Jun 14, 2023
Nicola Valley logging contractors reach out to forestry minister on various issues
MERRITT, B.C. - A group of Nicola Valley Logging Contractors, community members and business representatives have written a letter to the Ministry of Forests."The majority of logging contractors have ...
Jun 14, 2023
Wildlife unseen casualty as forests burn in worst wildfire season of the century
As wildfires from coast to coast scorch large swaths of forest, sometimes changing it irreversibly, experts have zeroed in on an often overlooked casualty of the blazes: wildlife. Spring fires, such a...
Jun 14, 2023
'It was meant to deter me and punish me': MP Caputo awaits decision from speaker on point of privilege
OTTAWA - On Monday (June 12), Kamloops-Thompson-Cariboo MP Frank Caputo raised a point of privilege in the House of Commons. Caputo was calling into question an email he received from Attorney General...
Jun 13, 2023
