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Merritt receives $3M from province for water meters
MERRITT, B.C. - Provincial funding continues to arrive to support the City of Merritt. One day after more than $10 million was promised to rebuild the Middlesboro Bridge, the NDP government has commit...
Jun 27, 2023
Public comment period closing soon on proposed solar farm Southeast of Merritt
MERRITT. B.C. - The BC Environmental Assessment Office is seeking public input on the initial project design of a proposed solar farm, from Aspen Solar, along Highway 97, approximately 50 kilometres s...
Jun 27, 2023
Youth detox wing opens at Phoenix Centre
KAMLOOPS- After years of advocating and planning, Day One Society is finally opening its youth detox wing, which includes five beds for individuals under the age of 24."Detox is an essential service f...
Jun 26, 2023
Groups decry 'punitive,' 'coercive' drug policies in worsening overdose crisis
VANCOUVER - A coalition of eight advocacy groups is decrying Canada's "devastating" drug policy that advocates say is doing more harm than good in the country's fight against the illicit drug overdose...
Jun 26, 2023
SRD K9s of B.C. opens its newest facility
KAMLOOPS - It's a facility that has been nearly five years in the making. The Search, Recovery and Detection K9s of B.C. opened their doors to the public for the first time Saturday (June 24) at their...
Jun 25, 2023
'Recognize this as a Canadian tragedy': Sundhu remembers the 1985 Air India bombing
KAMLOOPS - On this day 38 years ago, Canada suffered the deadliest terrorist attack in our nation's history. "In this case, there was a failure to protect the innocent, failure to convict the guilty a...
Jun 23, 2023
Kamloops officer injured after being struck in the head with a skateboard: RCMP
KAMLOOPS - A youth was arrested after allegedly striking a Kamloops RCMP officer in the head with a skateboard.In a news release, RCMP say they were called to the North Shore Bus Loop on the 700-block...
Jun 23, 2023
Senior missing after not returning from walk near 150 Mile House
WILLIAMS LAKE, B.C. - Williams Lake RCMP and Central Cariboo Search and Rescue are asking the public to keep an eye out for a missing man.In a news release, RCMP say 81-year-old George Ballantyne had ...
Jun 23, 2023
After 17 years, a brain injury survivor reunites with the Kamloops neurosurgeon who helped save his life
KAMLOOPS - 17 years after Dr. Jean-Francois Chevalier helped save his life, Michael Coss had the opportunity to say thank you."I had a conversation with my father several years ago and I said, 'Dad, I...
Jun 22, 2023
Titan sub wreckage found after 'catastrophic implosion' near Titanic
NEAR NEWFOUNDLAND - The U.S. Coast Guard says a debris field found by searchers near the Titanic on Thursday is wreckage from the missing Titan submersible.An international search effort led by the U....
Jun 22, 2023
