Author Archives: Aaron Schulze
Kamloops lacking day spaces as temperatures drop
KAMLOOPS - With the loss of two day spaces that served more than 200 people, along with emergency shelter spaces on the North Shore, some Kamloops shelter operators are concerned about what dropping t...
Oct 28, 2024
Sports or seniors: Chase council to decide on 37-unit rental building for seniors next to Art Holding Memorial Arena
CHASE, B.C. - A proposed 37-unit rental housing project for lower-income seniors has residents in the Village of Chase questioning the use of the slated piece of land. Chase council will decide on whe...
Oct 28, 2024
Police roadblock near Malakwa results in massive cocaine seizure
MALAKWA, B.C. - An RCMP traffic stop near Sicamous has led to the seizure of a whopping 73 kilograms of cocaine.In a news release issued Monday (Oct. 28), B.C. Highway Patrol (BCHP) says a roadblock w...
Oct 28, 2024
Absentee ballot count could settle B.C.'s election, nine days after vote
VICTORIA - British Columbia's election could finally be decided today with the counting of absentee ballots, after recounts and a tally of mail-in votes failed to settle the contest on the weekend. Ne...
Oct 28, 2024
Monthly food bank use soars to record 2 million, driven by cost of groceries, housing
TORONTO - Canada's reliance on food banks has soared to a grim new milestone, according to data from Food Banks Canada. The organization says it recorded more than two million visits in March 2024 - n...
Oct 28, 2024
Bouanga, Olivera score as LAFC opens MLS playoffs with 2-1 win over Whitecaps
LOS ANGELES (AP) - Denis Bouanga scored on a penalty kick in the first half and Cristian Olivera scored early in the second to lead Western Conference regular-season champion Los Angeles FC to a 2-1 v...
Oct 27, 2024
New civic facilities master plan finds need for additional funding from Kamloops Council
KAMLOOPS - The City of Kamloops has completed a Civic Facilities Master Plan and are set to present the findings to city council during a committee of the whole meeting on Tuesday, October 29. "To hel...
Oct 27, 2024
Sandhu widens lead over Giesbrecht in Vernon-Lumby following mail-in ballot count
VERNON - While mail-in and absentee ballots are not expected to play a role in the local Kamloops ridings where Ward Stamer and Peter Milobar were elected for the Conservatives, the seat is still up f...
Oct 27, 2024
Mail-in ballot figures coming for each B.C. riding, may make election outcome clearer
VICTORIA - Elections BC is expected to provide a breakdown today of the number of uncounted mail-in and absentee ballots in each of British Columbia's 93 ridings, potentially making clearer the outcom...
Oct 25, 2024
Kamloops council to mayor: show us your conduct has improved and we'll reinstate you to TNRD, airport authority
KAMLOOPS - Kamloops council says Mayor Reid Hamer-Jackson will have to come forward with hat in hand if he wants to be reinstated to a pair of external boards.On July 19, council removed Hamer-Jackson...
Oct 24, 2024
