News Items tag as: Thompson Nicola Regional District 2024

TNRD gives way to residential RVs for North Thompson mobile home park
June 02, 2024 - 3:30 PM
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The Thompson Nicola Regional District changed course on residential RVs last month, giving permission to a North Thompson mobile home park to let residents live in them for at least the next three years.
Man in 20s dies in house fire in Blackpool north of Kamloops
May 09, 2024 - 8:21 AM

A young man died in a house fire in the small community of Blackpool about 115 kilometres north of Kamloops along Highway 5 North Wednesday.
Doomed effort to reduce Thompson-Nicola rural taxes slammed by municipal officials
February 23, 2024 - 6:00 AM

A proposal that would reduce the bulk of an impending tax hike for rural residents had a rural director of the Thompson Nicola Regional District battling against municipal directors.
Rural director questions if Lytton rebuild is viable
January 22, 2024 - 7:00 PM

It's been more than two years since a wildfire wiped out the village of Lytton and governments have little to show for their rebuild promises.
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Why some bars and most breweries close early in downtown Kelowna
It’s 10:30 p.m. and the night feels young inside one of Kelowna’s charming breweries, but your hope of painting the town red is dashed by last call. That’s a pretty common experience for folks who aren’t familiar wit

Penticton 'potio' weed lounge going strong despite stifling regulations
A cozy, clean patio with picnic tables where Penticton’s potheads can gather outside a dispensary to get stoned is a surprisingly rare space. As of February 2024 cannabis shops in BC could have outdoor lounges for people to smoke, but

Door-to-door scams target Penticton seniors
Penticton seniors are being targeted by scammers posing as maintenance workers. Penticton RCMP say the suspects are focusing on apartment complexes and retirement homes, claiming they need to check safety systems like fire alarms and sprink

TNRD gives way to residential RVs for North Thompson mobile home park