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Expected increase in traffic volume from new Westsyde Road gravel pit ‘relatively minor’

May 9, 2014 // 1 Comment

NEWS — Any impact on Westsyde Road caused by a new gravel pit will be monitored but the expected increase in traffic volume is considered “relatively minor,” says the [Continue]

New funding will subsidize high-speed Internet for rural ‘pockets’ in Kamloops area

April 24, 2014 // 0 Comments

Access to reliable high-speed satellite Internet just became more affordable for rural residents in remote areas around Kamloops and other B.C. communities who don’t have [Continue]

Changes on Westsyde Road: opening of new gravel pit might be offset by another’s closure

April 6, 2014 // 0 Comments

SUNDAY MORNING EDITORIAL — The fears of Westsyde Road residents surrounding plans for a new gravel pit may have been put to rest for awhile. As reported Saturday in The [Continue]

Terror in the barnyard: a crazed tom turkey with sharp beak and a determination to use it

March 31, 2014 // 1 Comment

COLUMN — Jody and Dan Spark write each week about life on their small acreage at McLure. There’s nothing so frightening as a crazed tom turkey with a sharp beak and [Continue]

Time to stop cutting the ends off the roast

March 24, 2014 // 0 Comments

THE RURAL LIFE (COLUMN) — Jody and Dan Spark write about life on a small acreage at McLure. By JODY SPARK It was a story I heard told in my family a number of times. I grew [Continue]

Rural living is a messy but wonderful thing

March 17, 2014 // 4 Comments

EDITOR’S NOTE: The Armchair Mayor News is pleased to welcome a brand new column to our pages. Dan and Jody Spark will write every other Monday about their experiences [Continue]

Complaints about animal rescue shelter prompt TNRD move to create noise bylaw

March 14, 2014 // 1 Comment

NEWS/ TRND — Complaints about dogs will result in an anti-noise bylaw for rural areas. The Thompson-Nicola Regional District, meeting in committee as a whole today, [Continue]

With bees on the agenda, backyard chickens should be brought back for discussion too

March 14, 2014 // 2 Comments

FRIDAY MORNING EDITORIAL — There’s a lot of buzz about the upcoming public hearing on allowing backyard bees in Kamloops. People will, no doubt, swarm to it. [Continue]

Vibrations rattling cups in Cherry Creek, says TNRD director; New Gold invited to meeting

March 13, 2014 // 2 Comments

NEWS/ TNRD — Residents of Cherry Creek are feeling the effects of work on the underground New Gold mine project, says regional director Ronaye Elliott. She told the [Continue]

Canada Post to cut service in rural areas

March 13, 2014 // 0 Comments

NEWS/ TNRD — If it’s true that misery loves company, rural TNRD directors will have plenty of it as they look at the latest changes from Canada Post today. A raft of [Continue]

Attack of the mozzies is well underway

July 10, 2012 // 1 Comment

I knew we were in trouble when the cat suddenly became airborne – ascending at least 20 metres off the ground – and headed east. Mozzies. I was tooling along on the yard [Continue]

Watching the river rise takes a keen eye

June 9, 2012 // 1 Comment

“Flood watch” or “river watch” has a different meaning to those who live on the river than it does to everyone else. In the newspapers, it’s an official-sounding [Continue]

Lack of rules in the country is damn hard on the dogs

June 2, 2012 // 1 Comment

I really do hate it when people start talking about shooting dogs. We humans have mixed feelings about dogs. We’ve made it illegal to be mean to them, but if they bother us [Continue]

Big day on Friday — the International hits the road

May 30, 2012 // 0 Comments

A major event is happening in this city Friday, June 1 — the International is scheduled to be ready for the road. The old cornbinder, which I inherited from my dad, has [Continue]