Jennifer Stahn

KAMLOOPS – International students in the halls of Kamloops schools are turning the district a tidy little profit but the district is hoping for even more as it looks to more than double the program over the next several years and improve the profitability of the program. Tuition from international students earned School District 73...

KAMLOOPS – The city is concerned about the damage to buildings and people from the airborne shock waves that will be generated by blasting at the proposed Ajax mine. The concern is about the lack of air blast requirements included in the application information for the copper mine. On Tuesday council will take a look at...

KAMLOOPS – Dale McLean of Edmonton is moving to Kamloops to take over the position of fire chief, the city announced Friday. The position became available after Neill Moroz left in May for personal reasons. The city said at that time they were willing to wait for the right person and Community Safety Director David...

KAMLOOPS – With rain being forecast every day this weekend and highs expected to reach only 14 C today, four degrees lower than seasonal normals, people may be turned away from some of the outdoor events taking place this weekend but there are many indoor options to enjoy as well. Starting today the Provincial Winter...

KAMLOOPS – Some local farmers are attempting to enhance the economics of their career by turning to agri-tourism and other social enterprise elements to help pay the bills, but not everyone plays by the rules. Land ownership doesn't entitle a farmer to do anything they please with the land without checking it out first with...

KAMLOOPS – It's true. Donkeys can be stubborn. Yet there are stereotypes out there that are false and that's one of the battles Turtle Valley Donkey Refuge continues to face on a regular basis. Donkeys are also social, need maintenance at 'the donkey spa' in the form of regular hoof and teeth trimming and will...

KAMLOOPS – The city has turned down the opportunity to sign on as a contractor for Multi Material B.C. and Glen Farrow says that means it's business as usual right now in Kamloops. The not-for-profit group is offering membership to producers and other stewards for the collection of recyclable products under a stewardship plan and...

KAMLOOPS – The Boys and Girls Club and the Kamloops YMCA will soon have a new home at the former John Tod school, it just won't include renovated common spaces like a lobby after it was realized the costs were simply getting too high. The original budget of $1.5 million was blown out of the...

KAMLOOPS – Council chambers were filled with a lot of opinion, a lot of passion and a lot of questions today as councillors discussed a policy around street banners and what constitutes discrimination against women. “I'm reading it and I'm trying to understand how it doesn't fall in line with this,” Coun. Nelly Dever said...

KAMLOOPS – After some hesitation over whether now is the right time to be considering rezoning properties, city council agreed to send a proposal to amend the official community plan to allow for 88 new housing units north of the Thompson Rivers University campus and west of Summit Drive to a public hearing. The official...

KAMLOOPS – It's not the first time the question has been asked but it's the first time an entire session is being devoted to concerns over whether the Tournament Capital will retain that title if the proposed Ajax mine is approved. This Sunday two Tourism Management professors from Thompson Rivers University will discuss their take...

KAMLOOPS – The Great Canadian Shoreline Cleanup is taking place across Canada this week and in the Kamloops area alone cleanup for nine different sites have been organized while another dozen sites were identified as being in need of cleanup. Several sites along the Rivers Trail from the airport through to Riverside Park are included...

KAMLOOPS – The final costs are still to be seen as both School District 73 and the CUPE Local 3500 arrange a time to talk collective agreement. School district superintendent Terry Sullivan says they have always been supportive of school support staff getting a wage increase and he's glad they can finally sit down and...

KAMLOOPS – A committee formed to look at what type of safety and security measures are currently in place at School District 73 schools has found the only consistent theme throughout is the inconsistency of existing procedures. District manager of health and safety Michelle Marginet led a committee of a dozen people in discussing the...

KAMLOOPS – A separate longboard training facility south of the planned location at West Highlands Park is in the works and members of the club are excited for the potential the new site brings. A longboard facility was one of the top requests made following an open house last year, along with items like trees...

KAMLOOPS – The coordinator of the Welcoming Communities Program wants the city to know the street banner proclaiming 'Protect Human Life Week' makes it appear they continue to support "discriminatory activities". The banner went up earlier this month on Tranquille Road and within the week Alyssa Gelding once again sent a letter to council outlining...

KAMLOOPS – It was a busy week in the Kamloops area with storms knocking out power to thousands of residents, the stabbing of two men near McDonald Park and an E. coli outbreak attributed to Gort's Gouda in Salmon Arm. The sport of longboarding is quickly growing in popularity in Kamloops and it's easy to...

KAMLOOPS – A tattoo is more than just ink on your skin — it's the time the artist puts in to designing it and then inking it onto your skin. It's a piece of art you will carry with you for the rest of your life and every one is a truly a unique expression....

KAMLOOPS – Have questions or concerns over which areas of the city will be allowed to house medical marijuana grow operations? The city will present a plan at a public hearing Tuesday to allow grow operations in industrial zoned areas based on new Health Canada regulations. The new Health Canada regulations were designed to provide...

KAMLOOPS – The autumn equinox is Sunday and while that means the official end of summer it does not mean there is nothing to do in and around the city. Friday night the fun begins with the first regular season game for the Blazers when they face the Kelowna Rockets in the first of two...

KAMLOOPS – Support from the Union of B.C. Municipalities came today for a resolution penned by concerned Kamloops residents asking the province to modernize the Mineral Tenure Act. Members of the Kamloops Area Preservation Association, Kamloops Moms for Clean Air and Kamloops Physicians for a Healthy Environment came together to ask local governments to lobby...