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Nicola Valley Hospital ER closed Sunday to Monday due to limited physician availability
MERRITT - Residents are being advised of the closure of the Emergency department at the Nicola Valley Hospital due to limited physician availability.From 8:00 a.m., Sunday (August 21) to 8:00 a.m. Mon...
Aug 21, 2022
B.C. First Nation arrives in Scotland, asks museum to return totem pole taken in 1929
VANCOUVER - Delegates from the Nisga'a First Nation are in Scotland this week to discuss repatriating a memorial totem pole it says was stolen nearly a century ago. Seven members, including Nisga'a Na...
Aug 20, 2022
B.C. to ration liquor amid ongoing strike says industry group
BURNABY, B.C. - A group that represents British Columbia's private liquor stores says the province has imposed limits on alcohol sales at government-run outlets, effective immediately.The Alliance of ...
Aug 19, 2022
Wildfire on Shuswap Lake is growing
SICAMOUS, B.C. - The wildfire that sparked in a remote area of the Anstey Peninsula on Shuswap Lake on Tuesday has nearly doubled in size and destroyed a cabin.The Columbia Shuswap Regional District (...
Aug 19, 2022
Nechako Lakes MLA John Rustad booted from B.C. Liberal caucus
VICTORIA - Nechako Lakes MLA John Rustad has been booted from the B.C. Liberal caucus following comments he's made questioning the science behind climate change.In a statement released today by BC Lib...
Aug 18, 2022
New wildfire erupts just north of Kamloops
KAMLOOPS - UPDATE (3:00 p.m.): B.C. Wildfire Service (BCWS) reports the fire, dubbed the East Meadows Plateau fire, is at three hectares.RAW VIDEO: (Video Credit: CFJC Today)BCWS says nine ground pers...
Aug 17, 2022
City of Kamloops opens Sandman Centre and Parkview Activity Centre as temporary cooling centres
KAMLOOPS - Two cooling centres will open in Kamloops to tackle the latest heat warning.The City of Kamloops announced it will open the concourse at Sandman Centre, located at 300 Lorne St. downtown, a...
Aug 17, 2022
TRU students preparing to live in cramped quarters amid high rent prices
KAMLOOPS - The fall semester at Thompson Rivers University (TRU) will begin in just a few weeks and students from out of town are looking for places to live while completing their studies. On-campus a...
Aug 16, 2022
Yacht Club, Stuart Wood gym to be used as temporary winter shelters
KAMLOOPS - The City of Kamloops will work with BC Housing to open two temporary winter shelters downtown by November 1, according to information released from a closed council meeting on May 31. Last ...
Aug 14, 2022
BC General Employees' Union issues strike notice on behalf of 33,000 public servants
BURNABY, B.C. - The union representing about 33,000 staff in the B.C. Public Service Agency has issued a strike notice to the government. BC General Employees' Union president Stephanie Smith issued a...
Aug 13, 2022
