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Merritt to receive more than $24M in provincial grant funding for flood-recovery efforts
MERRITT - The City of Merritt has been announced as one of ten communities in B.C. that will be receiving $53.6 million in provincial funding to support recovery efforts. Merritt will receive $24,255,...
Apr 14, 2022
City of Kamloops to have outreach workers join Community Service Officers on foot patrol
KAMLOOPS - The City will hire outreach workers from social agencies like ASK Wellness to accompany Community Services Officers on foot patrols. Outreach workers help connect unsheltered homeless peopl...
Apr 13, 2022
Local governments need to upgrade to improve housing process: finance minister
VANCOUVER - Canada's finance minister says it's not the federal government's job to build all the houses Canadians need, but it will try to remove roadblocks with a $4-billion fund earmarked to help b...
Apr 13, 2022
Bank of Canada raises key interest rate by 0.5%, will further ease pandemic stimulus
OTTAWA - The Bank of Canada is raising its key interest rate by the highest amount in more than 20 years in the face of rising inflation.The central bank is increasing its policy rate by half a percen...
Apr 13, 2022
Child welfare agreement between Simpcw and province marks a jurisdictional milestone
KAMLOOPS - This week, a historic document was signed at the Simpcw First Nation - Tcwestmentem, the first child welfare agreement of its kind in the province. "I'm just very, very proud for our commun...
Apr 12, 2022
B.C. Coroners Service reports 174 more overdose deaths in February; five in Kamloops
KAMLOOPS - There is good news and bad news in the most recent illicit drug overdose death data from the B.C. Coroners Service. On the positive side, B.C. has broken its streak of consecutive months se...
Apr 12, 2022
COVID transmission rates stable in Kamloops; wastewater monitoring may help track virus in future
KAMLOOPS - While COVID cases are climbing in the eastern part of the country, so far B.C.'s Interior hasn't experienced a sixth wave spike. COVID-19 transmission is still active in Kamloops and new ou...
Apr 11, 2022
Tickets for Y Dream Home on sale, expected to go fast again
KAMLOOPS - Tickets for the 2022 Y Dream Home are now on sale, and if you don't have your ticket yet, you probably should get on it with last year's selling in two days. Tickets for the home in Tobiano...
Apr 11, 2022
Trudeau expected to make announcement on electric vehicle infrastructure
VICTORIA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is scheduled to be in Victoria today. He is expected to make an announcement highlighting investments in electric vehicle infrastructure. The federal budget ta...
Apr 11, 2022
Families say 'forced' care won't work for youth while others say it could save lives
Families and advocates of youth addicted to illicit drugs are divided over whether minors should be forced into so-called secure care to stabilize them before longer-term voluntary treatment could be ...
Apr 10, 2022
