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Merritt enters infrastructure funding agreement with Trans Mountain
MERRITT, B.C. - Following a unanimous vote by City Council, Merritt has entered into a funding agreement with Trans Mountain to construct a bulk water and sanitary dump location."The City has worked w...
James Peters Apr 28, 2021

B.C. COVID-19 case count dips to 799; hospitalizations and ICU admissions remain near record highs
VICTORIA - The province is reporting 799 new cases of COVID-19 in B.C, including 96 within Interior Health. The totals are included in an update to the B.C. Centre for Disease Control website. In tota...
James Peters Apr 27, 2021

UPDATE: Missing woman located
KAMLOOPS - UPDATE: RCMP say the woman reported missing Apr. 27 has been located.
James Peters Apr 27, 2021 Image Credit: CFJC Today

Victim of Halston Bridge crash Tuesday was man in his 70s: RCMP
KAMLOOPS - RCMP say a motorcycle rider killed on the Halston Bridge Tuesday was thrown from his bike. At about 9:15 a.m., emergency responders were called to the east end of the bridge for a crash inv...
James Peters Apr 27, 2021

B.C.'s $500-million investment fund to help small, medium-sized businesses
VICTORIA - British Columbia has introduced legislation to convert an investment initiative into a Crown corporation with the authority to make independent decisions aimed at spurring economic recovery...
James Peters Apr 27, 2021

Sixteen-week Advanced Forestry Skills Training program in Kamloops starts in May
KAMLOOPS - Up to 24 eligible British Columbians will get training to prepare them for jobs in the forest industry.The B.C. government is providing more than $760,000 to Stillwater Consulting Ltd. to d...
James Peters Apr 27, 2021

UPDATE: One dead after truck, motorcycle collide on Halston Bridge
KAMLOOPS - NOTE: This story has been updated with new information here. Kamloops RCMP say one person has died after a serious vehicle incident on the Halston Bridge Tuesday morning (Apr. 27). Emergenc...
James Peters Apr 27, 2021

Truck driver dies in Monday afternoon crash on Coquihalla
LOGAN LAKE, B.C. - RCMP have confirmed a commercial truck driver died in a crash on the Coquihalla Highway between Kamloops and Merritt Monday afternoon (Apr. 26). The crash took place between two com...
James Peters Apr 27, 2021

City Wants Feedback on Climate Action Plan
KAMLOOPS - The City of Kamloops wants the community to give it feedback on its proposed Climate Action plan. Three virtual public consultation sessions will take place next week before Council gives i...
James Peters Apr 27, 2021

Would you support the City of Kamloops' proposed residential curbside organic recycling program?
James Peters Apr 26, 2021 File Photo (Image Credit: CFJC Today)

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