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Cache Creek mayor hopeful problem culverts will be gone by spring

Cache Creek mayor hopeful problem culverts will be gone by spring

Cache Creek Sep 24, 2023 / 4:00 am

The mayor of Cache Creek says he’s hopeful the province’s plan to remove culverts and build a new five-lane highway bridge in the community will...

UBCM delegates approve Barriere resolution calling for mandatory dash cams on semi trucks

UBCM delegates approve Barriere resolution calling for mandatory dash cams on semi trucks

North Thompson Sep 24, 2023 / 4:00 am

A proposal from Barriere to have mandatory dash cams on commercial semi trucks has received an endorsement from Union of B.C. Municipalities delegates. On...

Organizers looking to make Music for the People an annual event

Organizers looking to make Music for the People an annual event

Sep 23, 2023 / 6:00 pm

Organizers estimate around 800 people attended Music for the People at the Tkemlups Powwow Arbour last weekend, with organizers saying they'd like the event...

Suspect sought after smash-and-grab burglary at Valleyview business

Suspect sought after smash-and-grab burglary at Valleyview business

Sep 23, 2023 / 12:00 pm

Kamloops Mounties are hoping tips from the public will help them track down a suspect in an early-morning smash and grab at a business in Valleyview. According...

Man charged with choking after alleged assault in Aberdeen home

Man charged with choking after alleged assault in Aberdeen home

Sep 23, 2023 / 10:00 am

A Kamloops man is facing serious charges after allegedly choking someone last weekend inside a home in Aberdeen. According to police, Mounties were called to a...

Mayor says Every Child Matters crosswalk will be reconsidered after Chase council turns it down

Mayor says Every Child Matters crosswalk will be reconsidered after Chase council turns it down

Chase Sep 23, 2023 / 4:00 am

The mayor of Chase says a proposal to paint an Every Child Matters crosswalk that was defeated in a split council vote earlier this month will be brought back...

Councillor says minister will travel to Kamloops to further community court proposal

Councillor says minister will travel to Kamloops to further community court proposal

Sep 23, 2023 / 4:00 am

B.C.'s attorney general will be making a trip to Kamloops to speak with organizers who have been working for years to establish a community court in the...

Judge convicts Kamloops man for attacking store manager after being asked to leave

Judge convicts Kamloops man for attacking store manager after being asked to leave

Sep 23, 2023 / 4:00 am

Despite his denial, a Kamloops man has been convicted on a charge he attacked the manager of a downtown store “forcefully and without warning” after...

Secwepemc Child and Family Services to begin offering CLBC services

Secwepemc Child and Family Services to begin offering CLBC services

Sep 22, 2023 / 6:22 pm

A Kamloops First Nations service provider has signed a unique agreement with a provincial Crown corporation, which will allow disabled Indigenous people in the...

Kamloops artist hosts postcard-making workshop for BC Culture Days

Kamloops artist hosts postcard-making workshop for BC Culture Days

Sep 22, 2023 / 6:00 pm

Artistic Kamloops residents will have the chance to engage in postcard-making, with the intention of creating supportive messages for victims of violence as...

Interior realtors donate $265K to Salvation Army for B.C. wildfire relief

Interior realtors donate $265K to Salvation Army for B.C. wildfire relief

Sep 22, 2023 / 11:40 am

Realtors from across the Interior have donated more than a quarter of a million dollars toward B.C. wildfire relief efforts. Association of Interior Realtors...

Kamloops council sees 'groundswell' of support for ambitious capital project plan

Kamloops council sees 'groundswell' of support for ambitious capital project plan

Sep 22, 2023 / 4:00 am

A Kamloops councillor says he’s seeing a “groundswell” of support for the city’s ambitious plan involving the development of new arts...

House arrest for Kamloops man who refused to register as sex offender

House arrest for Kamloops man who refused to register as sex offender

Sep 22, 2023 / 4:00 am

A Kamloops sex offender who refused to check in last summer for his annual intake to the national sex offender registry has been ordered to spend the next two...

Researchers say mule deer still affected by 2021 wildfires in Skeetchestn territory

Researchers say mule deer still affected by 2021 wildfires in Skeetchestn territory

Sep 22, 2023 / 4:00 am

Researchers studying the effects of wildfires on mule deers are asking backcountry enthusiasts to be mindful of the declining and stressed deer population in...

Four B.C. firefighters who died in crash worked for Kamloops company

Four B.C. firefighters who died in crash worked for Kamloops company

Sep 21, 2023 / 6:24 pm

The four British Columbia firefighters who died in a highway crash this week all worked for a Kamloops-based contractor, whose owner said they were "our...

Outdoor screening of The Princess Bride to raise funds for film society

Outdoor screening of The Princess Bride to raise funds for film society

Sep 21, 2023 / 6:00 pm

Audiences will have the chance to watch the inconceivable 1987 classic The Princess Bride during an outdoor backlot movie screening this weekend hosted by the...

UBCM delegates endorse Kelowna, Kamloops resolution on funding mental health care

UBCM delegates endorse Kelowna, Kamloops resolution on funding mental health care

Thompson-Okanagan Sep 21, 2023 / 2:15 pm

Local government representatives at the Union of BC Municipalities convention put their support behind a resolution co-authored by the cities of Kamloops and...

Province announces new bridge in Cache Creek to replace problem culvert, prevent flooding

Province announces new bridge in Cache Creek to replace problem culvert, prevent flooding

Cache Creek Sep 21, 2023 / 12:24 pm

The provincial government has unveiled plans for a new Highway 97 bridge in Cache Creek — a project that aims to help prevent flooding in the village 85...

Police looking for truck in connection to fatal 2021 hit and run in Dallas

Police looking for truck in connection to fatal 2021 hit and run in Dallas

Sep 21, 2023 / 10:42 am

Police have released a photo of a commercial tractor-trailer as part of an ongoing investigation into a fatal hit-and-run collision on the Trans-Canada Highway....

Kamloops council proposing dedicated facility for emergency response

Kamloops council proposing dedicated facility for emergency response

Sep 21, 2023 / 4:00 am

Kamloops city council would like to see a dedicated facility for emergency support services established in the Tournament Capital, presenting a proposal to a...