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BY-ELECTION – McQuarrie enters race for mayor, proposes zero% tax hike

August 15, 2017 // 8 Comments

The number of mayoral candidates in the Sept. 30 Kamloops by-election is back up to four with the announcement today (Aug. 15, 2017) that business owner Bill McQuarrie is [Continue]

AJAX – ‘Heightened uncertainties’ on air quality, health, says SLR’s final report

June 13, 2017 // 4 Comments

A short excerpt from the SLR Consulting final report on the Ajax mine application released by the City today (June 13, 2017). The full 70-page report is available online on [Continue]

CITY COUNCIL – Spina makes her resignation official; by-election is on

May 30, 2017 // 1 Comment

Kamloops voters will be going to the polls to elect at least one or two new City councillors and probably a mayor, likely in September. A letter from Coun. Marg Spina was [Continue]

CITY COUNCIL – Singh steps in for ‘audition’ as mayor; Spina to resign

May 16, 2017 // 4 Comments

Coun. Arjun Singh has stepped into the mayor’s chair, but for how long? Peter Milobar, now that he’s an MLA-elect, tried to clarify in a letter to City council today May [Continue]

CITY – Residents evacuated as state of local emergency declared

April 28, 2017 // 1 Comment

Eight residents at 5225 Yellowhead Highway have been evacuated due to sloughing of a hillside. The City of Kamloops activated its Emergency Operations Centre and declared a [Continue]

CITY HALL – Council moves ahead with KDN teardown for ‘temporary’ parking

April 25, 2017 // 3 Comments

City council moved ahead today (April 25, 2017) with plans to tear down the Kamloops Daily News building and “temporarily” put up a parking lot. After hearing from [Continue]

CITY HALL – Old newspaper property could be a parking lot by this fall

April 21, 2017 // 0 Comments

The Kamloops Daily News building and attached land on the corner of 4th and Seymour could be a big parking lot by this fall. A report going to City council on Tuesday says [Continue]

CITY HALL – Hush-hush search for a ‘better idea’ for Kamloops Daily News site comes up empty-handed

April 21, 2017 // 6 Comments

A year-long search for a “better idea” for the former Kamloops Daily News site on the corner of Fourth and Seymour will end with the smack of a wrecking ball, if [Continue]

FIRE – House fire on Oak Road being investigated for possible cause

April 19, 2017 // 0 Comments

Police are looking into whether there was anything suspicious about a house fire in the 200 block of Oak Road this morning (April 19, 2017). Kamloops Fire and Rescue answered [Continue]

FIRE – Early morning blaze damages car rental/ storage facility on Notre Dame

April 14, 2017 // 0 Comments

UPDATE: RCMP now say the fire that engulfed a building at the Budget Car Rental and Self Storage on Notre Dame Drive early today was suspicious in nature. Anyone who was [Continue]

CITY – Work underway on completion of Grasslands Boulevard in Westsyde

April 12, 2017 // 0 Comments

The City of Kamloops has contracted Eagle Rock Construction to construct the new section of Grasslands Boulevard between Woodrush Drive and Cantle Drive, resulting in the [Continue]

COUNCIL – ‘We declare our opposition to racism and discrimination…’

February 28, 2017 // 3 Comments

Kamloops is now officially against racism and discrimination of all kinds. City council accepted a Notice of Motion today (Tuesday, Feb. 28, 2017) from Coun. Arjun Singh with [Continue]

DUDY – ‘I will not be seeking the Mayor’s chair at this time’

December 17, 2016 // 4 Comments

Coun. Dieter Dudy won’t run for mayor “at this time” and isn’t taking a position on whether there should be a by-election or whether council should [Continue]

Mom arrested after foster mother threatened in school parking lot

October 4, 2016 // 0 Comments

A Kamloops mom has been arrested after a woman was threatened with a knife outside Kamloops Christian School today (Tuesday, Oct. 4), causing a short lockdown of the school. [Continue]