Jennifer Stahn

An agreement between the city and the airport management group will remain essentially unchanged after an arbitration ruling stated the lease agreement is to remain the same. In 1997 a 45-year lease agreement was signed between the Kamloops Airport Authority Society and YVR Airport Services Ltd. to manage and operate the Kamloops Airport. The agreement...

The Wells Gray Search and Rescue team spent three times more hours in training than performing tasks over the past 12 months. This is typical of search and rescue groups in B.C. as volunteers often spend hours upon hours preparing for a worst-case scenario. Once they receive a call out they work hard to avoid...

An announcement more space could soon open up at Royal Inland Hospital comes as the facility continues to face crippling overcrowding requiring offices to be reassigned for patient beds and forcing postponement of some 30 surgeries. Though RIH has seen capacity levels reach highs of 132 per cent since mid-April it could see some relief by...

Casey, the dog surrendered to the Kamloops SPCA branch with a massive tumour on his left shoulder, is five days out of surgery and looking better every day according to his foster parents. A large portion of his torso was shaved in preparation for the surgery and about 40 staples were used to close the...

Within a year of breaking ground a $75 million internet data centre overlooking the Thompson River in Kamloops should be ready to officially open this summer—but the facility won't be the same as others they've built in the past. Telus claims the data centre, located next to the Q9 data centre near the corner of...

The question of how dangerous the intersection at Batchelor Drive, 8th Street and Westsyde Road is in comparision to others in Kamloops was raised today by a city councillor who says he's had negative experiences navigating the area. “If it's not in the top 20, is it close? It is a difficult intersection to get...

Transit service set to continue A three-year pilot program offering bus service from Clearwater and Barriere to Kamloops is set to get board approval as a permanent program – a program that could cost an average of just over $2 per year to just under $10 per year to homeowners. The Valley Connector Transit Service...

The B.C. Lions team has been counting down the days to training camp, as have many fans in Kamloops who are anxious to see their favourite team up close and personal at Hillside Stadium. The training camp kicks off this Thursday in Kamloops as the B.C. Lions rookies take to the field for a three-day...

Risk of overdose, violent reaction If it looks like brown sugar or smells like perfume, don't use it staff at ASK Wellness Centre are warning. An increased risk to users of illicit drugs comes as brown heroin and perfume-smelling crack cocaine are making some people violently ill and causing overdoses in Kamloops. Kira Haug of...

Fire service coverage could soon span between McLure and Vavenby, uninterrupted, at a cost of approximately $200 per year for the average residence in the service area. Fire chiefs from McLure, Barriere, Little Fort, Blackpool, Clearwater and Vavenby have been discussing the idea for ten years and two years ago the board of directors approved...

Not considered high-risk for collision The intersection of 8th Street, Batchelor Drive and the Halston Avenue ramps was fourth in the city for traffic collisions in 2012 with 31 crashes, but the city does not consider the intersection high-risk based on a network screening study. In 2006 the city identified the intersection of 8th Street...

The Tournament Capital of Canada is looking to stay ahead of the competition by bringing in an additional $350,000 in revenues through the renaming of several city-owned sport venues. Henry Pejril of the Kamloops Sports Council says several other communities have already modeled tournament hosting programs after Kamloops and the new partnerships will allow the...

With nearly 100 teams registered for the annual Bike to Work Week you may notice an influx of bicycles in Kamloops this week. The fifth annual event runs from today, May 27, to Sunday, June 2 and will see commuters use bicycles to get to work and school and enjoy events such as lemonade stands...

A Kamloops dog is expected to make a full recovery after veterinarians removed a 23-pound fatty tumour that threatened its mobility. Casey is an eight-year-old Labrador cross, surrendered to the B.C. SPCA Kamloops Branch last week with a tumour the size of a basketball on his shoulder. The tumour displaced his leg, was putting a lot...

Concerns over skateboarding and long boarding in a Sahali neighbourhood means the city will be drawing the line between two bylaws – one which allows skateboarding in the city and another that defines nuisance behaviour and noise. A letter complaining of boarders in the area of Tolima Court off of Monarch Drive outlines many evenings...

Lowered risk for area rivers Merritt received over 30 millimetres of rain between Tuesday morning and Wednesday evening and that rain has helped propel Nicola Lake to near-flooding levels, even though officials say rivers around the Interior have already peaked and are starting to recede. The Nicola Lake could flood properties around the lake as...

Where do people who have addictions go in Kamloops? What about those living with disabilities? And if they have no place to call home? How do they get back on their feet after facing homelessness? These were some of the many questions the United Way attempted to help answer on a Seeing is Believing tour...

CASEY'S BASKETBALL-SIZED TUMOUR TO BE REMOVED UPDATE: 12:15 p.m. May 23, 2013 Casey has been living in a foster home for about a week now and Marg Barker says she is going to miss him when he gets adopted. Casey was dropped off at the SPCA last week when his owner could no longer care...

Music, Art, Dance to fill streets Demonstrations, music, flowers and paintings will help set the scene for the 2013 Spring Arts Festival in Kamloops this week as the Kamloops Central Business Improvement Association and the Kamloops Arts Council come together for the third annual festival. The three-day festival begins today, Thursday, May 23 at a...

Between 10-40mm of rain has fallen across the region since yesterday morning with parts of the Fraser Canyon and Shuswap areas seeing the highest amount of precipitation. In Kamloops a new rainfall record was set as the airport measured 22mm of rain over a 24 hour period, nearly double the previous record of 10.1mm set...

Shumway Lake south of Kamloops will play host to sprint canoe and kayak teams aiming to represent the province at the Canada Summer Games in Quebec this August. The training squad selection trials will feature 5km, 1,000m, 500m and 200m races sanctioned by CanoeKayak B.C. On both Saturday and Sunday this weekend. Five Kamloops athletes...