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Why rescuing that baby wild animal is a bad idea
May 30, 2015 - 8:31 AM

THOMPSON-OKANAGAN – Encounters with wild animals don’t happen every day so it’s hard to know what to do when you come across a baby animal you think might have been abandoned by its parents.
UPDATE: Severe thunderstorm warning for North Okanagan ended, watch ended for Thompson-Okanagan
May 29, 2015 - 4:38 PM

THOMPSON-OKANAGAN - Environment Canada has ended the severe thunderstorm watch for the Thompson-Okanagan.
Kamloops girl's life cut short by abuse and neglect
May 29, 2015 - 4:31 PM

KAMLOOPS - In a lengthy report documenting the plight of a young aboriginal girl failed by several bureaucracies, a critic says apathy, incomplete reports and inaction from ministry workers were significant contributors to a Kamloops girl's continual homelessness and eventual death at 19 years of age in the squalor of Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside.
Case against former immigration society director fails
May 29, 2015 - 3:56 PM

KAMLOOPS - A judge has dropped a series of claims, including defamation and breach of confidentiality allegations against a former Kamloops Immigrant Services executive director who claimed the board chair harrassed staff in a toxic workplace after she and five other employees were dismissed.
Showdown on Victoria: Food truck owner argues with city over downtown location
May 29, 2015 - 2:31 PM

KAMLOOPS – Recent changes to food truck regulations in the city haven't made things much clearer for vendors, and as a result at least one truck owner has been in an ongoing battle with the city over where he can, or cannot, operate.
More B.C. wildfire personnel headed to Alberta
May 29, 2015 - 1:01 PM

KAMLOOPS - Forty-one B.C. wildfire personnel, including two unit crews and an agency representative, will join the 88 others deployed earlier this week to fight wildfires in Alberta.
Kamloops property tax notices in the mail
May 29, 2015 - 11:31 AM

KAMLOOPS – It's that time of year again, property tax notices began arriving in the mail this week.
Ombudsman disagrees with accusation of biased CBC Ajax coverage
May 29, 2015 - 5:32 AM

KAMLOOPS – A complaint against coverage of the Ajax debate on CBC radio in Kamloops went all the way to the public broadcaster’s highest authority, but ultimately, the complaint was deemed meritless by CBC ombudsman Esther Enkin who says private citizens have the same right to their opinions as do experts.
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THOMPSON: America is making a choice between democracy or authoritarian rule
OPINION America is awaiting a call from voters, the election results. It is a reprieve of sorts, much like a governor’s last minute call in an old movie sparing a condemned innocent prisoner from execution. The

Popular spots to enjoy ramen in Okanagan, Kamloops
Fall is here and the weather is turning colder so many are turning to comfort foods in the Okanagan and Kamloops. A warm, hearty soup is a definite go-to during the chilly seasons and one particular style, ramen, is becoming more and more p

Study says city policies drastically increase housing costs in Kamloops, Okanagan
A research paper explored how municipal government policies increase the cost of housing in B.C., and it showed that 40 per cent of a home’s cost in Kamloops and the Okanagan was due to the “zoning effect”. While at Simon

Kelowna trailer park residents face 'demoviction' from their affordable homes
Walking into Central Mobile Home Park in Kelowna you see well kept yards, towering evergreen trees, people walking their dogs and chatting with neighbours. The community of mostly seniors is slated to razed to make space for redevelopment but the

News Items tag as: KMMAY2915

Why rescuing that baby wild animal is a bad idea

UPDATE: Severe thunderstorm warning for North Okanagan ended, watch ended for Thompson-Okanagan

Kamloops girl's life cut short by abuse and neglect

Case against former immigration society director fails

Showdown on Victoria: Food truck owner argues with city over downtown location

More B.C. wildfire personnel headed to Alberta

Kamloops property tax notices in the mail

Ombudsman disagrees with accusation of biased CBC Ajax coverage

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