News Items tag as: kamloops rcmp detachment

What makes policing so expensive in Kamloops
November 30, 2018 - 3:31 PM

KAMLOOPS - Kamloops RCMP called for an increase of about $1.5 million for 2019 at the city hall budget meetings this week.
Why Kamloops RCMP is just fine with lost revenue from provincial prisoners
November 28, 2018 - 4:05 PM

KAMLOOPS - Kamloops RCMP came up short on jail revenue this year, but the city's new superintendent told council that's just fine.
The trouble with female prisoners in Kamloops city cells
March 03, 2015 - 2:55 PM

KAMLOOPS - Last July a judge decried the conditions for a 15-year-old girl held in Kamloops RCMP cells for five days as “unacceptable” and eight months later, little has changed.

For five days the girl, who cannot be named by court order, slept on a bench under 24-hour lighting, had no access to a shower and couldn’t keep in touch with family members in Victoria. Because of the harsh conditions she faced, the judge turned away

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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

What makes policing so expensive in Kamloops