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BC Attorney General takes Kamloops mayor to court over leaked report
January 30, 2025 - 3:16 PM

The BC government is taking Kamloops mayor Reid Hamer-Jackson to court.
$5M in provincial funding to protect Okanagan’s tree fruit from extreme weather
January 30, 2025 - 11:00 AM
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The Okanagan tree fruit industry was hit hard by extreme weather last year and the provincial government is providing $5 million to help orchardists prepare for future extreme cold weather events.
Tk'emlups 'healing house' construction cost estimated at $7.5M
January 30, 2025 - 7:00 AM

Plans are moving forward as Tk'emlups te Secwepemc looks for contractors to manage its planned healing house, a health-care facility for Kamloops Indian Residential School survivors and their families.
Kamloops wildlife photographer makes rare find
January 30, 2025 - 6:00 AM

Kamloops wildlife photographer Doug Giles is known for his stunning photography and has snapped photos of a variety of owls over the years, but earlier this week he photographed a species he hadn’t seen before.
Kamloops mayor says 'deportations' could risk housing market
January 29, 2025 - 6:00 PM
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Kamloops is one of many BC cities badly squeezed for housing, but its mayor suggested too much supply in the rental pool could collapse the real estate market.
Paper licence plates tip off Kamloops cops to drug dealer
January 29, 2025 - 4:20 PM

Kamloops RCMP found drugs in a car that had paper license plates yesterday.
iN PHOTOS: Ice fishing fun on mountain lakes in Kamloops, Okanagan
January 29, 2025 - 6:00 AM

Valley bottoms in the Okanagan and Kamloops areas have not been very cold or snowy so far this winter, but further up in the mountains there are numerous lakes to go ice fishing on.
How much did it cost to get elected in Kamloops, Okanagan?
January 28, 2025 - 6:00 PM

Elections BC has released data on how much each MLA candidate spent in the 2024 provincial election in Kamloops and the Okanagan and for the most part, more money meant more votes.
Planets on parade in night skies over Okanagan, Kamloops
January 28, 2025 - 5:00 PM

Six planets are forming a giant arc in night skies over Kamloops and the Okanagan in a rare astronomical event, but viewers will need clear skies and a pair of binoculars to spot all of them.
'Somebody has to keep looking': Kamloops volunteer recognized for decades of service
January 28, 2025 - 6:00 AM

Kamloops resident Mike Ritcey was one of numerous exemplary citizens in Kamloops awarded with the King Charles III Coronation medal in recent months.
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iN RESPONSE: Readers have their say
Following are a collection of reader responses to stories or letters to the editor for the fourth week of January 2024. They have been edited slightly for readability. Got something you want to add? Send an email to editor Marshall Jo

$5M in provincial funding to protect Okanagan’s tree fruit from extreme weather
The Okanagan tree fruit industry was hit hard by extreme weather last year and the provincial government is providing $5 million to help orchardists prepare for future extreme cold weather events. The $5 million Tree Fruit Climate Resilienc

UBCO researchers determine how many tokes from a joint equal a bong hit
Seven years after Canada legalized cannabis there is still no reliable way for aspiring stoners to find out the effects of different methods for getting high, and University of British Columbia Okanagan scientists are trying to fix that. Re

Kamloops mayor says 'deportations' could risk housing market
Kamloops is one of many BC cities badly squeezed for housing, but its mayor suggested too much supply in the rental pool could collapse the real estate market. Mayor Reid Hamer-Jackson made the surprising suggestion that impending "dep

Local News Kelowna and Area

BC Attorney General takes Kamloops mayor to court over leaked report

$5M in provincial funding to protect Okanagan’s tree fruit from extreme weather

Tk'emlups 'healing house' construction cost estimated at $7.5M

Kamloops wildlife photographer makes rare find

Kamloops mayor says 'deportations' could risk housing market

Paper licence plates tip off Kamloops cops to drug dealer

iN PHOTOS: Ice fishing fun on mountain lakes in Kamloops, Okanagan

How much did it cost to get elected in Kamloops, Okanagan?

Planets on parade in night skies over Okanagan, Kamloops

'Somebody has to keep looking': Kamloops volunteer recognized for decades of service

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