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 DISCUSSION: Hot takes on cold facts
This is where cold facts yield to the hottest of takes. Here you'll find reader responses to stories and newsletter editorials, or letters to the editor for the week of May 26. They may have been edited slightly for readability. Th

A look back at the glory days of celery production in the Okanagan
Celery isn’t grown commercially locally these days, but once upon a time there were acres of it growing in the Okanagan. Kelowna resident Domenic Rampone’s family immigrated from northern Italy to Kelowna in 1893 where they grew

North Thompson woman refused home insurance over cannabis plants loses human rights case
A North Thompson woman has lost a legal battle against more than a dozen insurance companies after she was refused coverage because she grew medical cannabis on her property. According to a May 2 BC Human Rights Tribunal decision, form

New Kamloops supportive housing site comes with $30M price tag
A new North Kamloops supportive housing project is slated for move-in by 2028. BC Housing is looking for contractors to build the 54-unit building and attached a $30.5 million price tag. That's according to procurement documents,

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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