News Items tag as: KMAUG0615

Green bags helping Kamloops trees ward off drought
August 06, 2015 - 9:00 PM

KAMLOOPS – Those strange green bags you’ve seen around city trees are a clever system of irrigation that uses less water, requires less time to maintain and is environmentally sustainable.
Whooping cough on the rise across Interior Health region
August 06, 2015 - 8:00 PM

THOMPSON-OKANAGAN - An increase in cases of whooping cough across the Interior Health Authority, but primarily in the Central Okanagan, has prompted a warning from public health officials.
Mail likely stolen in Cherry Creek mailbox tampering
August 06, 2015 - 1:33 PM

KAMLOOPS - Community mailboxes near Cherry Creek were forced open this week and RCMP believe mail was likely stolen.
Judge orders mental assessment after man admits to killing ex-girlfriend
August 06, 2015 - 12:25 PM

KAMLOOPS - It's now up to forensic psychiatrists to prepare a report which will determine if a man who admitted to killing his ex-girlfriend is guilty of the crime or not criminally responsible because of a mental disorder.
Saskatchewan man who died jumping off houseboat in Mara Lake identified
August 06, 2015 - 11:37 AM

SICAMOUS - The Saskatchewan man who died after jumping off a houseboat in Mara Lake Tuesday has been identified.
Canada Games Pool re-opening delayed
August 06, 2015 - 11:30 AM

KAMLOOPS – Repair of the water supply pipe in the Canada Games pool has been delayed, meaning you'll have to wait a few more days before you can swim indoors in Kamloops.
Brocklehurst robbery victim hit with bear spray
August 06, 2015 - 10:50 AM

KAMLOOPS - Two people were bear sprayed in a cell phone robbery Wednesday evening in Brocklehurst.
Violence prevention funding on the way for Hillside Centre
August 06, 2015 - 10:45 AM

KAMLOOPS – It took several high profile assaults and meetings with the B.C. Nurses' Union, but the province is funding violence prevention initiatives at psychiatric facilities across B.C.
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THOMPSON: Censorship, capitulation nothing new in American entertainment industry
OPINION Earlier this month, ABC - one of America’s major television networks - folded like a cheap suit when President Trump’s Federal Communications Commission Chairman Brendan Carr threatened: “I m

Why some bars and most breweries close early in downtown Kelowna
It’s 10:30 p.m. and the night feels young inside one of Kelowna’s charming breweries, but your hope of painting the town red is dashed by last call. That’s a pretty common experience for folks who aren’t familiar wit

BCGEU strike highlights struggle for Okanagan pot shops
The BC General Employees Union strike continues and with BC Liquor Distribution Branch workers on the picket line it’s leaving cannabis retailers in a tough spot. The distribution branch handles almost all of the province’s cann

'Super efficient': The impact new housing rules have had in Okanagan, Kamloops
When Vernon builder Bryce Dahlen was approached by a client late last fall to build a carriage house in their yard, he pitched the idea of a duplex. New rules about density implemented by the provincial government had dramatically cut the r

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