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Low snowpack, early-season melt has City of Kamloops preparing for possibility of summer drought
KAMLOOPS - The City of Kamloops is once again preparing for the possibility of drought, as warmer weather last month has contributed to an early melt this spring. Utility and Environmental Services Ma...
May 15, 2025
'Deeply disappointed' First Nations in B.C. want Eby to kill fast-track bills
VICTORIA - (UPDATE 5:30 p.m.): First Nations leaders are calling on B.C. Premier David Eby to immediately "kill" two pieces of legislation that would fast-track projects in response to U.S. government...
May 15, 2025
Blockade ends as Splatsin, R.W. Bruhn Bridge replacement project contractors reach agreement
SICAMOUS, B.C. - A peaceful blockade at the R.W. Bruhn Bridge in Sicamous was removed after an agreement was made between a local First Nation and contractors hired by the B.C. Government. Splatsin an...
May 15, 2025
Capital needs remain dire in SD73 despite 2026 opening of new school, catchment area shuffle
KAMLOOPS - This week, the Kamloops-Thompson School Board approved some adjustments to the existing catchment plan to which schools students living in Sahali and Aberdeen neighbourhoods will be assigne...
May 14, 2025
Q1 2025 totals show slower pace of drug deaths in B.C., Kamloops
KAMLOOPS - The province says Kamloops has lost 11 lives to the toxic drug crisis during the first three months of the year - representing a significantly slower pace of fatalities than in recent years...
May 14, 2025
CP NewsAlert: Two found dead as crews battle wildfire in Manitoba, police say
WINNIPEG - RCMP say the bodies of two people have been found as crews battle a wildfire in the Rural Municipality of Lac Du Bonnet, a popular lakefront cottage area northeast of Winnipeg. More coming....
May 14, 2025
Metal pile on fire in Mission Flats Landfill
UPDATE (11:30 a.m.): In another email to parent, Nixon says KFR Deputy Fire Chief Ryan Cail told the district that the Mission Flats Landfill fire is being held and it's now safe for staff and student...
May 14, 2025
Increased Kamloops transit fares okayed by council's Committee of the Whole
KAMLOOPS - Kamloops city council has tentatively approved a new fee schedule that will see the cost of transit fare gradually increase by 50 per cent over the next four years. The cost of a single far...
May 13, 2025
Here are the newcomers, familiar faces in Prime Minister Mark Carney's inner circle
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Mark Carney has announced his new cabinet. Here is the list of all 28 Liberal cabinet members, as well as 10 secretaries of state. Returning members of cabinet: Anita Anand, mi...
May 13, 2025
RCMP raiding three properties on Tk'emlups reserve
TK'EMLUPS - Kamloops RCMP are executing a trio of search warrants in Tk'emlups te Secwepemc Tuesday (May 13) morning. Members of the Kamloops detachment and other agencies are carrying out the warrant...
May 13, 2025
