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Auroras flare, northern lights possible tonight
March 17, 2015 - 4:29 PM

THOMPSON-OKANAGAN - If you can find a break in the clouds tonight you may be able to catch the tail end of a major northern lights storm that started early this morning.
WASELENKOFF TRIAL: Trial adjourned on second day
March 17, 2015 - 2:53 PM

KAMLOOPS – The trial for a local man accused of possessing child pornography was adjourned until further notice Tuesday afternoon in Kamloops Supreme Court.

Jerry Waselenkoff, a retired teacher, was charged with one count of possessing child pornography in 2012 after RCMP officers seized several compact disks containing sexually explicit images in the

Merritt woman dies after falling into ditch on forest service road
March 17, 2015 - 10:06 AM

MERRITT - A woman who died after being found in medical distress nearly 12 hours after the vehicle she was in got stuck on a forest service road has been identified.
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iN RESPONSE: Readers have their say
Following are emailed reader responses to stories or letters to the editor for the third week of April 2024. They have been edited slightly for readability. Got something you want to add? Send an email to editor Marshall Jones at mjo

Fruit packers near Kelowna fined another $78,000
A fruit packing plant in the Ellison area east of Kelowna was hit with another $78,368 in fines for discharging effluent into a failed septic field. That’s now more than $110,000 in fines since 2022 for the same issue at Sandher Fruit

Manitoba government plans to lift ban on homegrown recreational cannabis
WINNIPEG - The Manitoba government is planning to end its ban on homegrown recreational cannabis — a move that would leave Quebec as the only province with such a restriction. "We're just allowing Manitobans to have the same

Kamloops council to expand tax exemptions for new rental builds
Developers have more land to choose from if they want to cut costs on new rental buildings in Kamloops. The City is looking to expand a tax exemption program to span massive swaths of Kamloops in order to encourage development. Previously r

Auroras flare, northern lights possible tonight