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Kamloops resident donates modern equipment to hospital
May 21, 2015 - 7:29 PM

KAMLOOPS – Local businessman and philanthropist Ken Lepin has donated $300,000 and an important piece of medical equipment to Royal Inland Hospital.
RCMP warn of social media scam
May 21, 2015 - 5:35 PM

KAMLOOPS - A scam using social media to get money out of unsuspecting victims saw one local senior citizen bilked of $300 this week.
Residents reacting to 'urban myth' regarding Westsyde Pool closure: Councillor
May 21, 2015 - 4:26 PM

KAMLOOPS – The Westsyde Pool is set to close for repairs for more than a year beginning this summer and while it may be an inconvenience, starting a public petition won’t change the closure.
UPDATE: 16-year-old Kamloops girl located
May 21, 2015 - 2:33 PM

UDPATE: 5:21 P.M., MAY 21, 2015
No jail for break and enters
May 21, 2015 - 2:27 PM

KAMLOOPS - After breaking and entering two separate residential garages last year, a babysitter will serve his four-month sentence in the community rather than jail.
Update: Kamloops RCMP locate missing 14-year-old
May 21, 2015 - 2:25 PM

UPDATE 11:57 A.M. MAY 22, 2015

Police confirm the teenager was located and is no longer considered missing.

2:33 P.M., MAY 21, 2015

KAMLOOPS - Help is needed to find a teen last seen by her family Tuesday.
Groups against Ajax Mine raising funds to hire experts
May 21, 2015 - 11:28 AM

KAMLOOPS – An online fundraiser started this week by groups opposing the proposed Ajax Mine aims at hiring 'independent experts' to review the application documents that are set to be submitted this summer.
Man says bull called Slow Poke was violent despite name, sues Vernon rodeo company
May 21, 2015 - 10:29 AM

KAMLOOPS - A novice rider is suing a rodeo company in Vernon, B.C., over a bull named Slow Poke that he alleges failed to live up to its name and caused him serious injury.
Hot temperatures in Kamloops not quite record-breaking
May 21, 2015 - 9:29 AM

KAMLOOPS - Temperatures soared into the high 20s Wednesday, and will get even hotter Thursday and Friday, but it wasn’t quite enough for a record.
Laundry workers bring anti-privatization message to Interior Health
May 21, 2015 - 8:31 AM

THOMPSON-OKANAGAN - Hospital Employees' Union reps will get their first chance to argue their case against privatizing laundry services in front of the Interior Health Authority board next week.
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GEORGE: Why we should care about sustainability
OPINION Earth Day is one of the times when I post my favourite definition of sustainability on Facebook. I feel that it is important to remind people that the lives we lead are about as far from being sustainable as