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Mount Polley sediment exceeds guidelines but no threat to human life, says environment ministry

August 16, 2014 // 1 Comment

WILLIAMS LAKE – Sediment samples taken last weekend from the mouth of Hazeltine Creek and near Raft Creek in Quesnel Lake show the sediment poses no human health risk [Continue]

Access restricted near fire in Houston area

August 14, 2014 // 0 Comments

NEWS/ WILDFIRES — There were no major fires in the Kamloops Fire Centre Thursday but firefighters were busy elsewhere in the province. An area restriction order for areas [Continue]

Glimmer of hope as mediator Vince Ready enters teachers’ talks

August 14, 2014 // 2 Comments

NEWS/ SCHOOLS — At last, the B.C. Teachers Federation and the B.C. Public School Employers Association have gotten what they both wished for — the involvement of mediator [Continue]

Now that was some kind of storm!

August 14, 2014 // 1 Comment

NEWS/ STORM — A severe thunderstorm, the third in just two weeks, drenched Kamloops and the surrounding area Thursday night, bringing lightning and heavy rain. Environment [Continue]

Scrap plan for daycare subsidy during teachers’ strike, says Brooks

August 14, 2014 // 2 Comments

NEWS/ POLITICS — The provincial government should scrap its plan to pay $40 a day to parents whose children under the age of 13 years miss school in September due to the [Continue]

New Gold announces $300-million credit arrangement

August 14, 2014 // 0 Comments

NEWS/ BUSINESS — New Gold Inc. has obtained a $300-million revolving credit loan with a syndicate of banks led by the Bank of Nova Scotia and RBC Capital Markets. The loan, [Continue]