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Kamloops council concerned about lost tax revenue on BC Housing projects
February 12, 2025 - 7:00 AM

As BC Housing buys up more properties in Kamloops, some councillors have grown concerned about the lost tax revenue.
B.C. fast-tracking 18 mining and energy projects in face of U.S. tariff threat
February 04, 2025 - 5:59 PM

VICTORIA - The British Columbia government has released a list of 18 critical mineral and energy projects worth roughly $20 billion that it said it's working to accelerate in the face of ongoing tariff threats from the United States.
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.
Another opens, two set to close in Kamloops shelter whack-a-mole
January 24, 2025 - 6:00 PM

A Kamloops homeless shelter is opening on the North Shore for the first time in years, scheduled to house up to 44 people for nearly two years.
Kamloops man lived for four years in dugout camp before it was dismantled
January 17, 2025 - 7:55 AM

To passersby and neighbours in heated homes, he's sitting on a trash heap, an eyesore that prompts calls to authorities.
The last run of the Kamloops Meal Train
January 09, 2025 - 10:05 AM

A volunteer-run food service for homeless people in Kamloops is coming to an end after nearly five years.
Feuding Kelowna siblings back in court over $24M land sale
January 08, 2025 - 7:00 AM

Two years after a BC judge attempted to end a long-standing legal feud between Kelowna businessman Ted Callahan and his three brothers – by ordering the sale of a highly valuable waterfront lot – the matter is back in front of the courts after Ted contested which company should oversee the sale.
Kamloops mayor rebuked for privacy breach, not photo of sex act for speech
December 20, 2024 - 6:00 PM

It was the image that appeared to show a sex act that picked up headlines this spring when the mayor's plan for a slideshow at a business gala was canned, but it was a breach of privacy law that landed him in hot water with an investigator.
ADHD cases skyrocketing across BC — and it's not just the kids anymore
December 16, 2024 - 7:00 AM

Leanne Gallant was suspicious when she found herself repeatedly relating to the children she worked with when they described their ADHD. She knew what it was, read about it and knew people from school who took Ritalin when she was young, so the disorder wasn't novel.
iN RESPONSE: Readers have their say
December 10, 2024 - 12:00 PM

Following are a collection of reader responses to stories or letters to the editor for the second week of December 2024. They have been edited slightly for readability.
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JONESIE: Booing the American anthem is understandable, but the wrong strategy
OPINION Well that wasn’t very Canadian, was it? In Montreal, they booed the Americans and the American anthem at the Four Nations hockey tournament. That’s of particularly poor taste to invite guests into your own

'No rationale': BC pub fined $7,000 for customer drinking beer in its bowling alley
A BC pub has been fined $7,000 after a customer took a beer from the bar to its bowling alley. According to a Jan. 16 BC Liquor and Cannabis Regulation Branch decision, the Victoria bar argued the rule was difficult to manage because custom

France targets traffickers and recreational drug users as minister warns of a 'tsunami of cocaine'
PARIS (AP) — “Every day, people pay the price for the drugs you buy.” Amid record cocaine seizures and deadly shootings, the slogan is simple and aims to raise awareness among France’s millions of recreational drug u

Kelowna rental property manager gets licence cancelled
The managing broker of a Kelowna property management company whose clients complained they hadn't gotten their money has been suspended. According to a Feb. 10 BC Financial Services Authority decision, Tao Guo, who goes by Terry Guo, ha

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