Author Archives: Aaron Schulze
Kamloops examining zoning model from Kelowna to help address housing needs
KAMLOOPS - The City of Kamloops has been examining how to address the missing middle - the lack of affordable housing options in the city.Part of Kamloops' solution to the issue is the North Shore Nei...
Sep 07, 2022
Kamloops drivers reminded of school zone safety near Ralph Bell Elementary
KAMLOOPS - For the first time in 12 years, a stretch of Valleyview Drive is a school zone as Ralph Bell Elementary School has reopened. Wednesday morning (Sept. 7), Kamloops RCMP joined with ICBC and ...
Sep 07, 2022
Federal cabinet ministers will focus on economy during retreat: LeBlanc
VANCOUVER - Federal cabinet ministers are in Vancouver for a three-day retreat where the Minister of Intergovernmental Affairs says their discussions will focus on the economy, including housing affor...
Sep 07, 2022
Kamloops councillors to meet with four ministers at annual UBCM convention - but Dix declines
KAMLOOPS - The Union of B.C. Municipalities (UBCM) is holding it's annual convention next week in Whistler. It's the first in-person meeting since the pandemic began. At UBCM, mayors, councillors and ...
Sep 06, 2022
Make overdose education mandatory in B.C. schools amid drug emergency, advocates say
VANCOUVER - When a teenage girl collapsed on the SkyTrain in Coquitlam, B.C., passengers calling 911 thought she had fainted or was having an epileptic seizure. It was only when paramedics administere...
Sep 06, 2022
30-year-old Myles Sanderson is still at large, may be injured
Police say one of two suspects in Sunday's deadly stabbing rampage in Saskatchewan is still at large. They say 30-year-old Myles Sanderson may be injured, adding he is considered dangerous and should ...
Sep 06, 2022
Emergencies Act inquiry will be delayed until October due to commissioner's illness
OTTAWA - The inquiry into Ottawa's unprecedented use of the Emergencies Act during protests in February is being delayed. The Public Order Emergency Commission was to begin hearings Sept. 19 but will ...
Sep 02, 2022
Afghan mosque blast kills 18, including senior cleric
HERAT, Afghanistan (AP) - An explosion tore through a crowded mosque in western Afghanistan on Friday, killing at least 18 people, including a prominent cleric, Taliban officials and a local medic sai...
Sep 02, 2022
KFR advises outdoor enthusiasts to use caution as injured man is rescued from Guerin Creek
KAMLOOPS - It's the worst nightmare for a hiker - suffering an injury that leaves you stranded. This time it didn't happen in the wilderness, it happened in the city.A man with an injured leg was resc...
Sep 01, 2022
Despite hot and dry conditions, BC Wildfire reports lower than average area burned
KAMLOOPS - The Kamloops Fire Centre saw more than 170 lightning caused wildfires in the month of August. And while conditions have been ripe for wildfires to burn out of control, the BC Wildfire Servi...
Sep 01, 2022
