Author Archives: Dave Barry

Dike, multi-use path project underway in Riverside Park
KAMLOOPS - One of Kamloops' most popular parks is getting a facelift.Workers are constructing a permanent dike to prevent flooding at Riverside Park. In 2020, the City spent around $300,000 on tempora...
Dave Barry Feb 17, 2022

Ahead of long weekend, police remind motorists of reduced speed limits along Coquihalla Highway
KAMLOOPS - As the Family Day long weekend approaches, B.C. Highway Patrol officers are preparing for the first long weekend since the Coquihalla Highway fully reopened to passenger traffic.The route b...
Dave Barry Feb 17, 2022

Kamloops nightclubs and event venues getting ready to open at full capacity
KAMLOOPS - As of 11:59 p.m. tonight (Feb. 16), event venues and gatherings will be allowed at full capacity.For the Blue Grotto nightclub, filling the dance floor with people won't be a problem. But w...
Dave Barry Feb 16, 2022

'Devastated and angry': Kamloops couple loses everything as house is intentionally set on fire
KAMLOOPS - The fire at Warrens Mobile Home Park near Batchelor Hills in Kamloops Wednesday (Feb. 16) morning is considered suspicious.Surveillance video captured by one of the two units affected shows...
Dave Barry Feb 16, 2022

Pacific Salmon Treaty failing to address harvest of struggling B.C. stocks: advocates
VANCOUVER - Significant numbers of salmon returning to spawn in British Columbia are being caught in southeast Alaskan fisheries, hindering Canada's efforts to preserve and rebuild stocks that are dec...
Dave Barry Feb 16, 2022

RCMP searching for missing Kamloops man
KAMLOOPS - RCMP have safely located a man that had been missing since February 12.
Dave Barry Feb 15, 2022

CCLA warns normalizing emergency legislation threatens democracy and civil liberties
There are some concerns about the federal government's decision to invoke the Emergencies Act to end antigovernment blockades against COVID-19 measures that are being held across the country. The Cana...
Dave Barry Feb 15, 2022

TRU political expert calls Emergencies Act a 'risky decision'
KAMLOOPS - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is invoking the Emergencies Act for the first time in Canadian history. This grants the federal government additional power to mitigate the ongoing trucker con...
Dave Barry Feb 14, 2022

Ottawa mayor pushes to shrink convoy footprint, as feds eye action
Ottawa's mayor has set a deadline of noon today for truckers encamped in the capital's core to move out of residential streets in a bid to pare down the size of the protest's footprint. Mayor Jim Wats...
Dave Barry Feb 14, 2022

Poll: Nearly 30% of Canadians say it's time to 'learn to live' with COVID-19
A new poll suggests almost 30 per cent of Canadians believe it's time to lift pandemic restrictions and "learn to live" with the COVID-19 virus, while more than 40 per cent want measures to ease caref...
Dave Barry Feb 10, 2022

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