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B.C. moving forward to permanent Coquihalla repairs; construction to begin in summer 2022
KAMLOOPS - B.C.'s Ministry of Transportation and Infrastructure is moving forward on permanent repairs to the Coquihalla Highway between Hope and Merritt.In a news release Thursday (March 24) morning,...
Mar 24, 2022

Kamloops man reported missing believed to be victim of homicide in Dufferin body discovery
KAMLOOPS - A 60-year-old man last heard from on March 11 is believed to be the victim of a homicide after his body was discovered in Dufferin Thursday (March 17) evening.After an autopsy on Tuesday (M...
Aaron Schulze Mar 23, 2022

New wing at Valleyview Secondary to open after spring break; portables to be removed
KAMLOOPS - Students and staff at Valleyview Secondary will move into the school's new east wing when they return to class on April 4. In a news release, School District 73 (SD73) says its maintenance ...
Mar 23, 2022

Murder charge laid in Lillooet homicide investigation
LILLOOET, B.C. -A 35-year-old man from Lillooet has been charged with murder following a homicide investigation. BC Prosecution Service charged Justin Ehlert with murder on Saturday (March 19). He's b...
Mar 22, 2022

Liberals, NDP reach deal to keep minority government in power till 2025
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says the Liberals have reached an agreement that would see the New Democrats support his minority government through to 2025. Trudeau says the deal is a "confidence and s...
Mar 22, 2022

Workers back on the job at noon after CP Rail and union agree to final arbitration
Canadian Pacific Railway Ltd. and the union representing 3,000 conductors, engineers and train and yard workers say they have agreed to final and binding arbitration to end a work stoppage. Workers wi...
Mar 22, 2022

Kamloops CP Rail workers locked out and on strike; work stoppage impact ripples to ranchers
KAMLOOPS - Members of the Teamsters Canada Rail Conference, Division 821 stand on picket lines outside of the CP Rail Yard in Kamloops. According to the union, workers were locked out after negotiatio...
Aaron Schulze Mar 21, 2022

Liberals may find extra spending room in budget created by rising oil prices
OTTAWA - The federal government may find itself with billions more in spending room on the back of soaring oil prices that experts say could lower the deficit, or give the Liberals space to fund a bev...
James Peters Mar 20, 2022

Blazers keep winning streak going against the Rockets
KAMLOOPS - The Kamloops Blazers won in a shootout in their third of six straight head to head battles with the Kelowna Rockets Friday (March 18).The Rockets scored but it was instantly waved off by th...
James Peters Mar 19, 2022

Kamloops RCMP investigate suspicious death in Dufferin
KAMLOOPS - RCMP are investigating a suspicious death in Dufferin.At about 10:00 p.m. Thursday (Mar. 17), officers were called to the 1600-block of Monterey Place - a cul-de-sac off Hillside Drive - wh...
Mar 18, 2022

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