Author Archives: Aaron Schulze
Ottawa feared repeat of 2020 rail blockades before B.C. pipeline arrests last fall
Federal officials feared a repeat of the 2020 rail blockades one month before RCMP enforced an injunction last fall against protests that cut off access to a pipeline construction site in northern Bri...
Apr 21, 2022
Flood protection work in Riverside Park should be complete by the end of May
KAMLOOPS - Work is progressing at Riverside Park, where the City of Kamloops has undertaken a flood mitigation project along the Rivers Trail. A large portion of the park has been closed to the public...
Apr 20, 2022
Immunocompromised families struggle with hard decisions as mask mandates end
KAMLOOPS - Following spring break, mask mandates were dropped in the province, and last week School District 73 voted to pause their vaccine policy for staff. "When I think of people that are at risk ...
Apr 20, 2022
KSA students preserve Kamloops Chinese Cemetery
KAMLOOPS - Grade four, five and ten students from Kamloops School of the Arts spent Wednesday (April 20) at the Kamloops Chinese Cemetery - dusting, sweeping and pulling weeds. The students are learni...
Apr 20, 2022
School bus driver and student boosting their reading habits with newly-founded book club
CHASE, B.C. - Along the winding, rural roads on the way to Haldane Elementary School in Chase, a new book club has been formed. Its founding members include third-grade student Leif Erickson, and scho...
Apr 20, 2022
Ukraine war refugees top 5 million as assault intensifies
WARSAW, Poland (AP) - After spending weeks with no electricity or water in the basement of her family's home in Ukraine, Viktoriya Savyichkina made a daring escape from the besieged city of Mariupol w...
Apr 20, 2022
B.C. poultry farmers uniquely equipped to respond to possible avian flu
VANCOUVER - Poultry farmers in British Columbia are under pressure to protect their flocks as a highly contagious strain of avian flu sweeps over North America. Ray Nickel, spokesman for the B.C. Poul...
Apr 20, 2022
Kamloops, Merritt, local First Nations among communities to receive fire prevention grants
KAMLOOPS - The province is doling out more than $3.5 million dollars to 26 municipalities and First Nations within the Kamloops Fire Centre for wildfire-risk-reduction projects.The money will come in ...
Apr 19, 2022
Stella Black to receive Freedom of the City after distinguished healthcare career in Kamloops
KAMLOOPS - The City of Kamloops will bestow its highest honour on a pillar of the local healthcare community this week.Stella Black will receive the Freedom of the City at an awards ceremony Wednesday...
Apr 19, 2022
B.C. announces new supports to attract internationally trained nurses
VANCOUVER - British Columbia is looking to other places to solve its nursing shortage, starting with financial support to help internationally trained nurses get registered and licensed faster. The He...
Apr 19, 2022
