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CITY – Council gives green light for historic homes to give way to towers

December 14, 2021 // 1 Comment

Kamloops council gave the green light today (Dec. 14, 2021) to the largest residential development permit in the city’s history, one that will see the destruction of an [Continue]

EDITOR – Lifting ban on nursing home staff taking multiple jobs makes sense

December 14, 2021 // 1 Comment

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. REMEMBER WHEN B.C.’s nursing homes were taking the brunt of the COVID-19 pandemic? Residents of those facilities were dying by the score. [Continue]

POLICE – Lansdowne Street business robbed by woman with knife

December 13, 2021 // 0 Comments

Police are investigating following a robbery at a downtown business this past weekend. On Saturday Dec. 11, 2021 around 4:20 p.m., Kamloops RCMP responded to the 450-block of [Continue]

CITY – Upgrades to McArthur Island dike pathway have been completed

December 3, 2021 // 0 Comments

In addition to a freshly paved road, new playground and upgrades at the disc golf course, McArthur Island can add a new accessible pathway to its list of improvements this [Continue]

FLOODING – City of Merritt drone video shows old and new channels of river

November 19, 2021 // 0 Comments

The City of Merritt has released a video of the old (now dry) and new (full of water) channels of the Coldwater River near the wastewater filtration [Continue]

GINTA – Hoarding won’t get us through tough times but a strong economy will

November 19, 2021 // 1 Comment

THERE HAS NEVER BEEN a stronger case for why having a robust local economy is what will ensure our better collective future. The part of British Columbia that was affected by [Continue]