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Coquihalla set the stage for 'massive' economic impact in Merritt, Kamloops
2+ hour, 3+ min ago (987+ words) Former Kamloops city councillor Shirley Culver was heading to Expo "86 in Vancouver when she took her first trip on the Coquihalla Highway. The inaugural phase of the B. C. government"s ambitious road building project had only just been completed, connecting Hope…...
Emergency room closed Sunday night at One Hundred Mile District General Hospital
11+ hour, 25+ min ago (142+ words) The emergency room is closed tonight at 100 Mile District General Hospital. "Interior Health issued an alert that emergency services would be unavailable between 6 p. m. on Sunday, May 17, and 7 a. m. on Monday, May 18. "Patients can access emergency care at Cariboo Memorial Hospital in…...
Lee's Music passes torch to new owners as Miltimore family sells off portions of business
15+ hour, 3+ min ago (326+ words) Lee's Music is undergoing a changing off the guard. Owner Mike Miltimore has sold off parts of his business " the music store and lessons school to Bailey Finley and Nicholas Adams of Kamloops-based TAF Ventures. As of May 12, TAF Ventures…...
SD73 will consider new ministry funding for child care programs, assessing need
21+ hour, 3+ min ago (344+ words) The Kamloops-Thompson school district says it will consider new ministry funding for before and after school child care programs, as it weighs adding more such programs to Kamloops area schools. The Ministry of Education and Child Care announced on Monday,…...
Psychiatric patient who attacked RIH nurse, security guard sentenced to probation
1+ day, 2+ hour ago (247+ words) A Kamloops man who attacked a nurse and a security guard at Royal Inland Hospital has been ordered to spend two years on probation. Marcel Allen Hutchings was sentenced in Kamloops provincial court on Thursday after pleading guilty to an…...
Hawaii's worst flooding in 20 years leaves farmers struggling and fewer veggies at the market
1+ day, 8+ hour ago (826+ words) His niece, Jeni Balanay, lost her crops too " a mustardy green called choy sum, bitter melon, tomato. The leaves of her recently planted banana, coconut and mango have gone yellow, the trees unlikely to survive. Across Oahu's North Shore, an…...
Emergency route in south Kamloops complete, work on new Juniper road ongoing
1+ day, 18+ hour ago (335+ words) An emergency egress route connecting Pineview and Aberdeen has been completed. Marvin Kwiatkowski, City of Kamloops director of development, engineering and sustainability, told council on Tuesday that work on the one-kilometre route near Snine elementary is done. The road connects…...
TRU professor urges review of school data-security rules in wake of global cyberattack
1+ day, 21+ hour ago (578+ words) Thompson Rivers University says it's not seen any impacts from a global cyber attack that stole data from thousands of schools " an incident that has educators calling on the province's privacy commissioner to investigate. The data breach targeting a widely…...
City of Kamloops officials defend staffing levels, management salaries at committee meeting
2+ day, 2+ hour ago (698+ words) Kamloops city staff are defending the municipality's management structure, saying staffing ratios closely mirror those in cities like Kelowna and Abbotsford. Jennifer Howatt, City of Kamloops employee services director, told council's committee of the whole on Tuesday that from 2020 to…...
Property taxes due July 2 as City of Kamloops warns of congestion near city hall
2+ day, 14+ hour ago (226+ words) The City of Kamloops is urging residents to avoid lineups and construction congestion by paying property taxes online this year. Property taxes and Home Owner Grant applications are due Thursday, July 2, and a 10-per-cent penalty for late payments and late…...