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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.
One dismissed, one contested in Kamloops city councillor's court battles
January 27, 2025 - 7:00 PM

A Kamloops city councillor's defence against a bid to have him kicked out of office is one of several court cases circling local elected officials.
Senior convicted for trouble-making at Kelowna city hall
January 27, 2025 - 6:00 PM

It's not clear why an otherwise law-abiding 73-year-old man walked into Kelowna city hall in October 2023 with a large, homemade sign and sporting a belligerent attitude.
iN PHOTOS: Blue hour sets moody ambiance in Okanagan, Kamloops
January 27, 2025 - 6:00 AM

On clear days at daybreak, and during the last stages of evening twilight, a natural blue light casts a calm and moody glow on urban and rural landscapes in Kamloops and the Okanagan.
From Kamloops to the Sahara: Endurance runner's all-out effort to raise $250K for cancer
January 25, 2025 - 7:00 AM

With his sights set on one of the world's toughest races, Caleb English's road to the Sahara is marked by a consistent hunger for the extra kilometre at the end of each finish line.
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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

BC bar fined $3,000 for clearing drinks from table 12 minutes late
A BC bar has been fined $3,000 for being 12 minutes late clearing a table. According to a Jan. 15 BC Liquor and Cannabis Branch decision, the bar was required to clear any alcoholic drinks from tables 30 minutes after last call. The d

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

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