Author Archives: Aaron Schulze
B.C. Conservatives expected to release costs of promises days before election
VANCOUVER - It's the last week of the British Columbia election campaign after a busy long weekend of promises for the B.C. Conservatives, including a new Children's Hospital for Surrey. B.C. Conserva...
Oct 15, 2024
Interior Health announces Thanksgiving emergency room closures in Merritt, Lillooet
MERRITT, B.C. - Interior Health has revealed Thanksgiving long weekend closures of the emergency departments at hospitals in Merritt and Lillooet.In separate news release, IH says the emergency room a...
Oct 12, 2024
PIT Stop and Mustard Seed to host Thanksgiving meals for community members, shelter residents
KAMLOOPS - Thanksgiving is usually a time when friends and family get together and enjoy turkey dinner, but there are many in the community who might not have a big spread to look forward to. That's w...
Oct 11, 2024
Newly appointed CAO McCorkell wants to focus on civic tasks, avoid council chamber turbulence
KAMLOOPS - 'Acting' no more, with Friday's (Oct. 11) announcement of Byron McCorkell as the new Chief Administrative Officer for the city. For nearly a year, he's been working in place of CAO David Tr...
Oct 11, 2024
Thousands of Kamloops-area residents go to the polls in first day of advance voting
KAMLOOPS - B.C. saw a record number of voters cast ballots in the first day of advance voting for the provincial election.According to Elections BC, 171,381 people went to the polls on Thursday (Oct. ...
Oct 11, 2024
Merritt emergency room to close Friday evening, reopen Saturday morning
MERRITT, B.C. - Merritt will once again be without emergency medical services Friday night (Oct. 11).Interior Health says the emergency department at Nicola Valley Hospital will be closed as of 6:00 p...
Oct 11, 2024
Child cyclist injured after being struck by SUV in Brocklehurst Thursday
KAMLOOPS - RCMP are asking the public for tips as they investigate a collision between an SUV and child on a bicycle not far from Brocklehurst Secondary School.In a news release, Kamloops RCMP spokesp...
Oct 11, 2024
No longer acting: Kamloops council appoints McCorkell as CAO on interim basis
KAMLOOPS - The City of Kamloops' acting chief administrative officer had "acting" removed from his title. Kamloops council announced Byron McCorkell will serve as the city's CAO on an interim basis, e...
Oct 11, 2024
Kamloops RCMP searching for wanted 39-year-old woman
KAMLOOPS - Kamloops RCMP are searching for a 39-year-old woman who's wanted on an arrest warrant. In a news release issued Thursday (Oct. 10), RCMP say Jenna-Lee Frost is wanted for failure to comply ...
Oct 11, 2024
Trudeau touts 'real progress' on pharmacare, calls on premiers to start cutting deals
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is calling on provinces and territories to start negotiating pharmacare deals as soon as possible, now that the federal legislation to enact the program has beco...
Oct 11, 2024
