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Clearwater's ice season prematurely ends after Zamboni goes up in flames
CLEARWATER, B.C. - The remainder of Clearwater's ice season went up in flames. According to Clearwater Mayor Merlin Blackwell, one of the pagers in the district's office went off at around 3:30 p.m. T...
Mar 20, 2024
Kamloops driver arrested and charged after nearly striking a pedestrian downtown
KAMLOOPS - A Kamloops man in his 30s who had two warrants for his arrest was taken into custody over the weekend and faces a new set of charges. In a news release issued Tuesday (March 19) afternoon, ...
Mar 20, 2024
Provincial agricultural water infrastructure program a positive step ahead of expected drought
KAMLOOPS - On Monday (March 18), the B.C. Government announced an increase of funding for the Agricultural Water Infrastructure program to help farmers and ranchers with expected drought this summer.$...
Mar 19, 2024
Request for proposal issued to four companies vying to design and repair Highway 8 east of Spences Bridge
SPENCES BRIDGE, B.C. - Progress on permanently repairing a vital transportation link for thousands of residents in B.C.'s interior is on to the next step. In a news release issued Tuesday (March 19), ...
Mar 19, 2024
B.C. auditor to release reports on overdose prevention, safer-supply programs
VICTORIA - British Columbia's auditor general is expected to release two independent audits on government programs aimed at curbing the death toll from the toxic drug crisis. Michael Pickup's office h...
Mar 19, 2024
Young local athletes get a chance stand out to the Olympic Comittee
KAMLOOPS - Speed, endurance, power and strength. It was all put to the test Saturday (March 16) by the Canadian Olympic Comittee in hopes to find the next generation of Olympians. Athletes between the...
Mar 18, 2024
New pair of temperature records set as Kamloops feels the heat over the weekend
[UPDATE at 3:15 p.m.]: Environment Canada has clarified the temperature record for Kamloops was set more than 120 years ago - when the temperature hit 20 degrees in 1901. Yesterday's temperature of 18...
Mar 18, 2024
In B.C.'s forests, a debate over watershed science with lives and billions at stake
Ross Muirhead stood at the edge of a forestry cut blockfilled with stumps, rain pelting down as he watched water rushing over the barren ground. Theenvironmental advocatewas storm watching during the ...
Mar 17, 2024
Stamer, Giesbrecht plant their flags for B.C. Conservatives in Kamloops ridings
KAMLOOPS - The B.C. Conservative Party has officially announced its Kamloops-area candidates ahead of the upcoming provincial election. Ward Stamer, the two-term mayor of Barriere, is running in Kamlo...
Mar 15, 2024
Salmon Arm RCMP searching for Quebec vehicle tied to local crimes
SALMON ARM B.C. - Mounties in Salmon Arm are asking for the public's assistance in locating a SUV with Quebec plates, after a Ford Explorer has been linked to crimes in the area. "The vehicle was witn...
Mar 15, 2024
