TNRD

TNRD – Regional district board sets tax increase at 5.9 per cent for 2025

March 28, 2025 // 0 Comments

The TNRD will tax residents with a 5.9 per cent increase this year, but the district is quick to point out that many property owners will see an increase less than that, and [Continue]

EDITORIAL – TNRD board demonstrates restraint with its annual pay increase

February 24, 2025 // 2 Comments

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. THE FOLKS WHO SIT AROUND the Thompson-Nicola Regional District board table have done an unusual thing. They voted to give themselves only a [Continue]

ARMCHAIR ARCHIVES – Strange strategies out at the ranch

January 17, 2025 // 1 Comment

The following column was first published in the Kamloops Daily News on Jan. 19, 2012: THE SOUTH THOMPSON INN and Conference Centre out by Rivershore golf course will be a [Continue]

EDITORIAL – The man behind the drive to get a Monte Creek fire hall

November 5, 2024 // 0 Comments

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. MONTE CREEK RESIDENTS received good news just before the weekend when the Thompson-Nicola Regional District made it known that plans for a [Continue]

TNRD – Regional district, CUPE reach new two-year collective agreement

April 24, 2024 // 0 Comments

The Thompson-Nicola Regional District and CUPE Local 900 have ratified a new two-year collective agreement that runs until Dec. 31, 2025. The contract includes a four per [Continue]

FIRE – Man dies in house fire south of Little Fort

February 28, 2024 // 1 Comment

A man in his 80s died today (Feb. 28, 2024) in a fire that consumed a home south of Little Fort. He was the lone occupant. The Little Fort Fire Department and Blackpool Fire [Continue]