News Items tag as: KMJUN2215

More B.C. wildfire crews heading north to Alaska
June 22, 2015 - 9:00 PM

KAMLOOPS – A second round of wildfire firefighting resources from B.C. are being deployed in Alaska to help the state battle forest fires.
Dial-a-dope dealer caught in undercover sting
June 22, 2015 - 8:00 PM

KAMLOOPS - A local dial-a-dope dealer will see three and a half more months behind bars after pleading guilty in Kamloops Supreme Court to two counts of drug trafficking today, June 22.
Cisco Road wildfire evacuation alert rescinded
June 22, 2015 - 5:13 PM

LYTTON – The Regional District Emergency Operations Centre has rescinded the evacuation alert for roughly 60 properties near the Cisco Road wildfire near Lytton.
TRU professor to spend summer conducting beer research
June 22, 2015 - 4:30 PM

KAMLOOPS – Whether extracurricular or scholastic, is a reason really needed to conduct beer research?
Court anticipates guilty plea from accused murderer
June 22, 2015 - 3:29 PM

KAMLOOPS - The man accused of the only murder in the Tournament Capital in 2014 will be sentenced later this summer after indicating he’ll plead guilty to second degree murder earlier this month.
City of Kamloops could spend $10 million to buy Owl Road landfill
June 22, 2015 - 2:30 PM

KAMLOOPS – The City of Kamloops is looking to spend $10 million to acquire the Owl Road landfill and convert it into a resource recovery centre to dispose of construction and demolition waste.
Scorching temperatures ahead for Thompson-Okanagan
June 22, 2015 - 1:00 PM

THOMPSON-OKANAGAN – With the official start of summer on Sunday, the weather forecast for the Southern Interior appears ready to cooperate.
Emterra workers walk off the job in Kamloops; recycling pickup stops
June 22, 2015 - 11:21 AM

KAMLOOPS – After two weeks of failed of negotiations the workers at the Emterra recycling plant are officially on strike.
First Nation welcome signs cut down near Kamloops on eve of Aboriginal Day
June 22, 2015 - 10:37 AM

SAVONA - Investigators with Kamloops Rural RCMP are appealing to the public for information after two signs welcoming people to the Skeetchestn First Nation were cut down the night before National Aboriginal Day on Sunday.
Woman taken to hospital after incident at Kamloops pool
June 22, 2015 - 10:20 AM

KAMLOOPS - Paramedics and members of Kamloops Fire Rescue transported a woman under medical distress to Royal Inland Hospital from the Canada Games Aquatic Centre last Thursday.
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$145,000 fine for Kelowna orchardist previously involved in tractor death
A Kelowna company that grows, processes and exports cherries was fined last year following a fatal tractor incident has again been fined after a tractor driver was seriously injured. According to a recently published Feb. 6 WorkSafeBC

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Okanagan’s first ‘net-zero’ home is insulated with hemp
In an effort to make construction more sustainable a Kelowna developer has built a home insulated with hemp. The 5-bedroom, 3.5-bathroom, 2,430 square foot home at 278 Summer Wood Drive in the Echo Ridge development in Kelowna meets the pro

News Items tag as: KMJUN2215

More B.C. wildfire crews heading north to Alaska

Dial-a-dope dealer caught in undercover sting

Cisco Road wildfire evacuation alert rescinded

TRU professor to spend summer conducting beer research

Court anticipates guilty plea from accused murderer

City of Kamloops could spend $10 million to buy Owl Road landfill

Scorching temperatures ahead for Thompson-Okanagan

Emterra workers walk off the job in Kamloops; recycling pickup stops

First Nation welcome signs cut down near Kamloops on eve of Aboriginal Day

Woman taken to hospital after incident at Kamloops pool

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