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Trustees approve new remuneration policy

May 13, 2014 // 0 Comments

NEWS — Kamloops-Thomplson School trustees opted Monday night to tie their stipend increases to future employee group salary increases using a weighted formula. Trustees [Continue]

City, regional district not feeling pressure of late infrastructure funding information

May 13, 2014 // 0 Comments

By MICHELE YOUNG Kamloops City council deliberately avoided relying on federal infrastructure money for any projects this year because of uncertainty about the fund’s [Continue]

Obituaries

May 13, 2014 // 0 Comments

KING, David Norman – Nov. 28, 1921 – May 5, 2014. HICKLING, Gregg William Ward – March 1, 1943 – May 6, 2014. HORSLEY, Bryon William – April 16, [Continue]

NEWS BRIEFS

May 13, 2014 // 0 Comments

MP pays tribute to Ken Lepin in House of Commons /Kamloops-Thompson-Cariboo MP Cathy McLeod paid tribute to Kamloops philanthropist Ken Lepin in the House of Commons on [Continue]

Sports Centre broached as site for paying property taxes as work at City Hall continues

May 13, 2014 // 0 Comments

NEWS/ CITY HALL — What do you do when 9,000 people want to pay their taxes at City Hall but there’s a huge road construction project going on just outside the front door? [Continue]

2013 pipeline oil spills attributed to dent, faulty weld, engineering assessment shows

May 13, 2014 // 0 Comments

Spill estimate grows to 110 barrels from 25 By MIKE YOUDS A pair of oil spills along the Trans Mountain pipeline between Merritt and Hope were caused by a dent and a faulty [Continue]

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