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CANDIDATE LIST: Kamloops and area candidates for the 2024 BC election
The following people have filed nomination papers to run for local MLA seats. They are listed alphabetically by last name. (i) indicates incumbent MLA: -- Kamloops Centre Kamal Grewal - BC New Democra...
James Peters Sep 25, 2024

SD73 plan includes increased field trip rate, reduced supply spending to make up for $2.2M shortfall
KAMLOOPS - The Kamloops Thompson Board of Education says reining in senior staff spending is just one of the ways the school district will be trying to make up the more than $2 million shortfall cause...
James Peters Sep 24, 2024

A look at B.C. health care promises ahead of Oct. 19 election day
VANCOUVER - The state of British Columbia health care has become a key issue ahead of the provincial election on Oct. 19 as the overburdened system attempts to cope with understaffing, frequent short-...
James Peters Sep 24, 2024

Retired B.C. chief coroner to appear at Green election campaign event
VICTORIA - Former British Columbia chief coroner Lisa Lapointe is slated to appear alongside BC Green Party Leader Sonia Furstenau for a policy announcement in Victoria related to the province's illic...
James Peters Sep 24, 2024

Every Child Matters hockey event advances truth and reconciliation through sport
KAMLOOPS - Saturday night (Sept. 21), the second annual Every Child Matters hockey game was held at Sandman Centre - the first time the event was held in the city of Kamloops.The game is held to promo...
James Peters Sep 23, 2024

Were you surprised by the City of Kamloops AAP voting result?
James Peters Sep 23, 2024 Image Credit: CFJC Today

A look at recent B.C. crime and public safety incidents ahead of fall election
Crime and street disorder have become a key political issue in British Columbia amid a series of violent stranger attacks and other public safety incidents. Here are some of events that have made the ...
James Peters Sep 23, 2024

Crime, disorder take centre stage in B.C. election, but statistics tell complex story
David Screech doesn't mince words when asked about street disorder and crime around his business in downtown Victoria. He described vehicle break-ins, people defecating on or near his store property, ...
James Peters Sep 23, 2024

New seats redrew B.C. legislature's floor plan. They bring political calculations too
VANCOUVER - Work crews have been busy in the British Columbia legislature over the summer, prying apart desks in the historic chamber and piling them up in hallways as they tried to work out how to fi...
James Peters Sep 22, 2024

A look at British Columbia New Democratic Party Leader David Eby
VANCOUVER - A look at British Columbia NDP Leader David Eby. British Columbia NDP Leader David Eby is in his first election campaign as party leader and is looking to capture the NDP's second consecut...
James Peters Sep 21, 2024

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