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Kamloops to see nearly 7 per cent increase in municipal taxes in 2023
KAMLOOPS - Kamloops city council is finalizing its budget, and this year, the council is raising local property taxes to meet the city's new spending demands. This year, that tax increase number will ...
Mar 08, 2023
North Shore beautification, firefighters, marquee sign among budget requests okayed by Kamloops council
KAMLOOPS - Kamloops council met Tuesday (Mar. 7) to hash out its supplemental budget requests. Multiple items were discussed on the budget, and all of the motions were carried. A number of beautificat...
Mar 07, 2023
Kamloops loses six lives due to illicit drugs in January
KAMLOOPS - Six people in Kamloops died due to illicit drugs to start 2023. According to the latest preliminary data by the BC Coroners Service, 211 lives were lost provincially in January, 12 of them ...
Mar 07, 2023
Reed, Vliegenthart and Collins elected to Kamloops Sports Hall of Fame in 2023
KAMLOOPS - The Kamloops Sports Hall of Fame will welcome three more individuals in its class of 2023.Olympian Gary Reed, Paralympian Jessica Vliegenthart, and former CFJC News Director Doug Collins wi...
Mar 07, 2023
City of Kamloops getting a jump on 2023 road work with Fortune Drive Sanitary Sewer project
KAMLOOPS - Monday (Mar. 6) marks the start of road construction season in the City of Kamloops, as the second half of the Fortune Drive Sanitary Sewer project gets underway.The project stretches from ...
Mar 06, 2023
Weapons report in Valleyview leads to hold-and-secure at local schools
KAMLOOPS - A large police presence in Valleyview Monday afternoon (Mar. 6) led to a brief hold-and-secure at three nearby schools.Around 1:40 p.m., Kamloops officers responded to a motel on the 1900-b...
Mar 06, 2023
Fortune Drive construction begins Monday, lasting through the spring
KAMLOOPS - Traffic on the North Shore is expected to be impacted throughout the spring. The City of Kamloops says resurfacing and utility works on Fortune Drive between Oak Road and Overlanders Bridge...
Mar 06, 2023
Kamloops man with two warrants taken into custody by RCMP
KAMLOOPS - A local man who is wanted on multiple warrants has been arrested by Kamloops RCMP. In a news release issued by Cpl. Crystal Evelyn on Friday (Mar.3), officers were called over to an area on...
Mar 05, 2023
Coquihalla highway shut down last night until early this morning
KAMLOOPS - This past week the Coquihalla has been shut down numerous times. Last Friday (Mar.3) the highway was closed for avalanche control until Saturday afternoon. The highway reopened at 5:00 P.M....
Mar 05, 2023
Head-on collision leads to injuries, closure on Overlanders Bridge
KAMLOOPS - RCMP say a three-vehicle crash on the Overlanders Bridge Friday afternoon (Mar. 3) resulted in two people going to hospital.Detachment spokesperson Cpl. Crystal Evelyn says the incident beg...
Mar 03, 2023
