News Items tag as: KMMAR2024

BC Coroners Service contracting storage space as morgues fill up
April 01, 2024 - 7:00 AM

Lower Mainland morgues are running out of space, so the province is looking for private storage.
Breach of privacy?: Recreational drone lingers over people's yards in Kamloops neighbourhood
March 31, 2024 - 7:00 PM
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A couple living on Kamloops' North Shore reported a recreational drone was hovering around their house and property a couple of days ago.
WE DO RECOVER: Drug addicted Kamloops mom gets her life back
March 31, 2024 - 6:00 PM

Jaimie-Lynn Burt is a cheerful, vibrant woman in her 20s who is raising three small children and looking forward to continuing her university studies in the future.
Why foster parenting is no easy task, a Kamloops foster parent's account
March 31, 2024 - 7:00 AM

With roughly 5,000 children and youth in the foster care system in BC there's a need for more foster care homes, but the role of foster parent can be confusing, difficult and stressful.
Neighbours report arson at a home in Kamloops last night
March 30, 2024 - 2:30 PM

Neighbours report two men set a house in Kamloops ablaze last night.
Former Kamloops non-profit employee claims she was sexually assaulted by her boss
March 30, 2024 - 7:00 AM

A woman who once worked at a Kamloops non-profit agency aimed at supporting women claims she was sexually assaulted by her boss, then advised she should have been more assertive.
City's top employee unanimously reinstated by Kamloops councillors
March 29, 2024 - 10:30 AM

Kamloops city council promptly reinstated its top employee after the mayor suspended him just two days earlier.
Just three prescribed burns will prepare Okanagan for wildfire season
March 29, 2024 - 6:00 AM

Only three controlled burns will take place in the Okanagan this spring in an effort to reduce fire fuel and prepare for the wildfire season ahead.
Kamloops mayor points to botched presentation for attempt to oust acting CAO
March 28, 2024 - 12:00 PM

Mayor Reid Hamer-Jackson's state of the city speech would have been much different if not for last-minute interference by the city's top employee and deputy mayor.
TRU president accused of 'silencing' critics at former university
March 28, 2024 - 6:00 AM

A new policy at Thompson Rivers University meant to stifle news reporting on its decision making was introduced by the school's president this week.
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iN RESPONSE: Readers have their say
Following are a collection of reader responses to stories or letters to the editor for the fourth week of March 2024. They have been edited slightly for readability. Got something you want to add? Send an email to editor Marshall Jone

$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

Marijuana gummies send 11 New York middle-schoolers to hospitals
MORICHES, New York (AP) — Police and a middle school in suburban New York are looking into how a student got hold of marijuana gummies and gave them to about a dozen schoolmates, sending 11 of them to hospitals. The episode happened M

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: KMMAR2024

BC Coroners Service contracting storage space as morgues fill up

Breach of privacy?: Recreational drone lingers over people's yards in Kamloops neighbourhood

WE DO RECOVER: Drug addicted Kamloops mom gets her life back

Why foster parenting is no easy task, a Kamloops foster parent's account

Neighbours report arson at a home in Kamloops last night

Former Kamloops non-profit employee claims she was sexually assaulted by her boss

City's top employee unanimously reinstated by Kamloops councillors

Just three prescribed burns will prepare Okanagan for wildfire season

Kamloops mayor points to botched presentation for attempt to oust acting CAO

TRU president accused of 'silencing' critics at former university

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