Author Archives: Dave Barry
Kamloops advocate says drug policy change is long overdue
KAMLOOPS - B.C.'s chief coroner gave a disheartened update about the province's 2021 illicit drug death toll.With more than 2200 overdose deaths in total, B.C. saw a 26 per cent increase over 2020. Of...
Feb 09, 2022
B.C. government provides Lytton with $8 million for village operations and wildfire recovery
LYTTON, B.C. - The Village of Lytton will receive more than $8.3 million in funding from the B.C. government to support ongoing village operations and recovery.In a news release Wednesday (Feb. 9) aft...
Feb 09, 2022
One in 10 Canadians lived in smaller urban centres in 2021: StatCan
One in 10 Canadians are calling smaller urban centres their home, according to the 2021 Census from Statistics Canada. Last year, 3.8 million people, or 10.1 per cent of Canadians, lived in smaller ur...
Feb 09, 2022
ROTHENBURGER: Lorne Street residents deserve a break from train noise
ROTHENBURGER: Lorne Street residents deserve a break from train noise. ONE OF THE FIRST THINGS that gets asked when residents complain about train whistles is, who was there first? Usually, it was the...
Feb 08, 2022
Governments to announce recovery plan for B.C. agriculture industry after floods
VANCOUVER - A recovery package is expected to be announced today for British Columbia's agriculture industry after devastating floods last November. The B.C. and federal agriculture ministers were sch...
Feb 07, 2022
Three avalanches near Pemberton Saturday leave one dead, RCMP say
VANCOUVER - One person has died and several others were injured after three avalanches near Pemberton, B.C., on Saturday, prompting RCMP to warn the warmer weather has led to an increased risk of the ...
Feb 06, 2022
MLA Milobar believes Falcon can 'invigorate and excite people' as new BC Liberals leader
KAMLOOPS - Kamloops-North Thompson's member of the legislative assembly (MLA) and the opposition house leader was happy to see a decisive move forward from the BC Liberals' membership.Peter Milobar ho...
Feb 06, 2022
BC Liberals select Falcon to lead the party
KAMLOOPS - Kevin Falcon has won the BC Liberal party leadership race. Falcon won the race over 6 other candidates, garnering more than 50 per cent of ballots cast by party members following a series o...
Feb 05, 2022
Judge rejects bid to delay the release of B.C. Liberal leadership results
VANCOUVER - The B.C. Liberal party can go ahead with the scheduled release of the results of its leadership contest later today after a judge rejected a last-minute bid to delay the process. Justice H...
Feb 05, 2022
Tk'emlups chief prepares to carry emotion of gravesite revelation into meeting with Pope Francis
KAMLOOPS - Indigenous leaders from across Canada are preparing to meet with the Pope at the end of March, to address the confirmation of the thousands of possible gravesites confirmed at former reside...
Feb 04, 2022
