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WorkSafeBC fines Interior Health $783K for asbestos disturbance at Kamloops long-term care facility
KAMLOOPS - The Interior Health Authority has been slapped with a nearly $800,000 penalty, after WorkSafe BC found asbestos had been disturbed at a long term care facility in Kamloops. The specific fac...
Jul 11, 2025
Canada adds surprise 83,000 jobs in June, driving unemployment rate down to 6.9%
OTTAWA - Canada's labour market topped expectations in June amid a surprise surge in hiring. Statistics Canada said Friday that the unemployment rate dropped a tenth of a percentage point to 6.9 per c...
Jul 11, 2025
North Thompson plans for population swell, as Yellowhead Copper Mine Project enters environmental assessment process
VAVENBY, B.C. - Taseko Mines, a Canadian-based mining company, has just entered the federal and provincial environmental assessment process for its plan to build an open-pit copper mine near Vavenby. ...
Jul 10, 2025
Ten British Columbians in hospital with the measles, as disease spreads in north
VICTORIA - Ten people are hospitalized with measles in British Columbia, with one active, contagious case as of July 8, the province's health ministry said. It said the infections are among 102 confir...
Jul 10, 2025
B.C. man says son conceived in residential school abuse, both sue church
VANCOUVER - A British Columbia father and son are suing the Anglican Church of Canada, alleging the son was conceived as a result of sexual abuse by a female employee of St. Michael's Indian Residenti...
Jul 10, 2025
Questions remain after 7-month-old puppy dies after swimming in algae-infested Nicola Lake
MERRITT - Owners of a dog who died after swimming in Nicola Lake near Merritt are warning about the dangers of blue-green algae.Kristin Awde told Global News that her seven-month-old puppy, Romie, bec...
Jul 10, 2025
Kamloops Fire Rescue and RCMP working together on origin of Strathcona Park fire
KAMLOOPS - A fire broke out just before 4 p.m. in Strathcona Park Tuesday (July 8), which quickly grew to one hectare in size before firefighters put it out. Following eyewitness reports of it potenti...
Jul 09, 2025
Arson suspected in Strathcona Park grass fire
KAMLOOPS - Following witness reports of a grass fire being intentionally set in the city Tuesday afternoon (July 8), police say it's now an arson investigation. A fire broke out just before 4 p.m. in ...
Jul 09, 2025
South Thompson region under special weather statement, heavy rainfall anticipated
KAMLOOPS - The potential for heavy rain has prompted a special weather statement from Environment Canada. The forecaster says the South Thompson region could see embedded thunderstorms Wednesday (July...
Jul 09, 2025
Adjournment granted; Hamer-Jackson and Neustaeter scheduled to return to court in September
KAMLOOPS - Kamloops Mayor Reid Hamer-Jackson and councillor Katie Neustaeter were back at the Kamloops law courts on Tuesday (July 8) morning, as Justice Jacqueline Hughes announced her decision on Ha...
Jul 08, 2025
