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SD73 sees spike in Trades and Transitions enrollment
KAMLOOPS - The Kamloops-Thompson school district is celebrating record enrolment in many of the experiential learning programs. From traditional trades, like carpentry and electrical, to a hairstyling...
Oct 07, 2020
Lillooet man does his part to limit illicit drug overdoses in small communities
KAMLOOPS - Overdose deaths in the first eight months of 2020 have now surpassed the total deaths for all of 2019. One of the major issues drug users in the province face is an increasingly toxic suppl...
James Peters Oct 01, 2020
Anna Thomas acclaimed as BC NDP Candidate in Kamloops-South Thompson riding
KAMLOOPS - The NDP in the Kamloops-South Thompson Riding has acclaimed its candidate for the upcoming provincial election.Anna Thomas is originally from the Lytton First Nation but grew up in Tk'emlup...
James Peters Oct 01, 2020
Kamloops teacher helps students wear their (blue) hearts on their sleeves for Orange Shirt Day
KAMLOOPS - Every Child Matters. It's the official slogan of Orange Shirt Day, which began as a result of the Saint Joseph Mission Residential School Commemoration Project and Reunion in Williams Lake ...
Sep 30, 2020
Columbia Street paving project to tie up traffic for about a week
KAMLOOPS - One of the main thoroughfares through the city is getting a new sheet of asphalt, as well as other improvements over the next week, or so. Columbia Street from Sixth Avenue to the Valleyvie...
Sep 29, 2020
Provincial election race takes shape in Kamloops with entrance of two new candidates
KAMLOOPS - Heading into the weekend, only two candidates in the Kamloops ridings were known for the upcoming provincial election - both Liberal incumbents, Todd Stone in the South Thompson and Peter M...
James Peters Sep 28, 2020
Kamloops man with incurable cancer running to raise funds and awareness
KAMLOOPS - Multiple Myeloma is an incurable type of cancer that occurs in plasma cells. Little is known about what causes this cancer, but there is no cure. This weekend, a Kamloops man who has Multip...
Sep 25, 2020
City of Merritt hopes rain helps ease water restrictions
MERRITT, BC - On Monday, the City of Merritt asked residents to cease watering their lawns or washing their cars after the province declared level four drought conditions on the Coldwater River.The re...
Sep 24, 2020
Merritt's Coldwater Pub confident in cleanliness after COVID-19 exposure over the weekend
MERRITT, BC - The Coldwater Hotel is an institution in Merritt. It's been open for over 110 years and survived the last pandemic back in 1918. So when Krystyna Powell, restaurant manager found out the...
Sep 24, 2020
Remembering Phil Gaglardi 25 years after his passing
KAMLOOPS - A statue of Phil Gaglardi stands outside St. Andrews on the Square, a tribute to the legacy of the pastor and politician. Today (Sep. 23) marks 25 years since his passing. Gaglardi was know...
Sep 23, 2020
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