Author Archives: Dave Barry
Reinforcements arrive for Blazers ahead of Friday game against Vancouver
KAMLOOPS - A young Blazers squad has received some reinforcements ahead of Friday night's (Sept. 29) showdown with the Giants. Both Connor Levis and Emmitt Finnie are back from NHL training camps and ...
Sep 29, 2023
Hamer-Jackson seeking legal advice before handing over secret recordings
KAMLOOPS - In a closed meeting of council earlier this week, Kamloops city council voted to approve the hiring of an investigator to look into the mayor's practice of secretly recording phone calls wi...
Sep 29, 2023
Missing Prince George man may be in Clinton area: RCMP
LOGAN LAKE, B.C. - RCMP are releasing new information about a missing Prince George man who was last seen in Logan Lake.John David Young, 67, was on his way from Prince George to Duncan on Vancouver I...
Sep 29, 2023
Nisga'a Nation celebrates return of totem after it was taken almost a century ago
LAXGALTS'AP, B.C. - A ceremony will be held today by the Nisga'a Nation in northern British Columbia for a memorial totem that has gone to Scotland and back over the last century. The 11-metre totem w...
Sep 29, 2023
Reconciliation and reckoning as Nisga'a totem pole returns from Scotland museum
VICTORIA - A homecoming celebration for a memorial totem pole after an absence of almost 100 years will resonate far beyond the tiny Indigenous village in northwest British Columbia where it is being ...
Sep 28, 2023
Indigenous groups stand firm with child welfare law before Supreme Court
EDMONTON - Some Indigenous nations say they are prepared to continue enforcing their jurisdiction over child welfare if Canada's top court sides with Quebec in a landmark constitutional case. Bill C-9...
Sep 28, 2023
Canadian economy to get 'back on its feet' next year, Deloitte Canada says
TORONTO - Canada's near-term economic struggles will ease next year when growth returns and the Bank of Canada begins cutting its key lending rate, a new forecast from Deloitte Canada said. A better-t...
Sep 28, 2023
TRU community comes together for 12th Annual Pride Parade
KAMLOOPS - On Wednesday (Sept. 27), the Thompson Rivers University Students Union celebrated its 12th Annual Pride Parade. Hundreds of students and faculty members gathered outside the Old Main buildi...
Sep 27, 2023
'Going to be a challenge'; Kamloops saddled with creating 4,236 new housing units
KAMLOOPS - On Tuesday (Sept 27), the B.C. government announced housing targets for 10 communities, including Kamloops, as part of the Housing Supply Act, which identified cities across the province wi...
Sep 27, 2023
Conditional sentence for woman who set fires at start of 2022 wildfire season
KAMLOOPS - A 43-year-old Kamloops woman who admitted to setting two arson fires has been sentenced. Angela Cornish was charged with four counts of arson, related to numerous fires set between April an...
Sep 27, 2023
