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Windstorm slams BC interior knocking power out to 39,000
March 15, 2015 - 1:53 PM

THOMPSON-OKANAGAN – A major wind storm blew through the B.C. interior Saturday afternoon, March 14, knocking down trees and breaking branches which in turn hit hydro lines cutting the power to about 39,000.
Major snowfall for mountain pass highways in Thompson-Okanagan
March 15, 2015 - 12:35 PM

THOMPSON-OKANAGAN – Winter appears to be reluctant to release it’s icy grip on the mountain pass highways in the Thompson-Okanagan.
National anti-terrorism bill demonstrations make stops in Thompson-Okanagan
March 14, 2015 - 2:56 PM

THOMPSON-OKANAGAN – Demonstrators gathered across the country today to protest the government's proposed anti-terrorism legislation. In the Thompson-Okanagan rallies were held in Kamloops and Vernon.
Don’t forget to book your camping sites this weekend
March 13, 2015 - 7:29 PM

THOMPSON-OKANAGAN - If you decide to sleep in this Sunday you might miss out on the summer you’ve been dreaming of.
Illegal dumping in Lac du Bois 'everyone’s problem but nobody’s problem'
March 13, 2015 - 2:29 PM

KAMLOOPS – The illegal dumping happening in parkland behind a city neighbourhood has been an issue for a number of years, and one city manager says the garbage represents a social issue more than a financial one.
Spences Bridge loses its bridge
March 13, 2015 - 1:13 PM

SPENCES BRIDGE – The old Spences Bridge has finally been dismantled after its closure more than a year ago.

Representatives from the Ministry of Transportation had originally agreed to close the bridge off to vehicles but keep it open so foot traffic and bicycles from the neighbouring community could cross the Thompson River.
No charges recommended against RCMP in parkade death
March 13, 2015 - 10:34 AM

KAMLOOPS – A Kamloops RCMP officer has been found not criminally negligent after he tasered an 18-year-old man who jumped from the Royal Inland Hospital parkade last summer.
Witness to deadly B.C. boat crash recalls tears from man on trial
March 13, 2015 - 10:26 AM

KAMLOOPS - A man whose speedboat crashed on a B.C. lake cradled the head of a dying houseboat operator and cried as he waited for help to arrive, a witness has testified.
Another record day in the Interior
March 13, 2015 - 9:38 AM

THOMPSON-OKANAGAN - This will probably come as little surprise, but it was another record day in the Southern Interior, with a handful of communities setting new records Thursday.
Last minute ideas for spring break in Kamloops
March 13, 2015 - 9:25 AM

KAMLOOPS – There is no shortage of things to do with the kids, or places to send the kids, over the new and improved two-week spring break in Kamloops.
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THOMPSON: Consider the message in America poet Amanda Gorman's 'An Ode We Owe'
OPINION If ever you doubt yourself - or others - especially today’s youth, take a deep breath and don’t give up. It’s easy to look about and feel discouraged, even hopeless at what we face today.

Popular Mediterranean restaurant leaves Penticton for Summerland
A popular shawarma restaurant has wrapped up operations in Penticton and started a new chapter in Summerland. Sheanne Moskaluk, who lives in Naramata, has no problem travelling a little further to Summerland for some of her favourite food a

Lawsuit: California utility targeted Asians in pot searches
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Extraordinary use of electricity has long been a telltale sign of illegal grow houses producing thousands of marijuana plants hidden in seemingly ordinary homes. But a lawsuit filed by a data privacy watchdog

Battle lines being drawn over Kelowna’s newest nightspot
Whether it’s a nightclub or a “whole new way” of enjoying a music hall is at the core of what could end up as a legal battle over the Revelry, Kelowna’s newest entertainment facility. “Should a lawsuit be filed

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