Jennifer Stahn

UPDATE: 10:30 a.m. May 22, 2013 Power has now been restored to the Aberdeen area of Kamloops after nearly six hours without power for some homes. The outage was discovered just after 4 a.m. and power started returning to some homes around 8:30 a.m. and by 10:30 a.m. power had been restored to all homes...

The closing of the federal Grassland Applied Technology Centre on Ord Road in Kamloops came as a surprise to many and Coun. Nancy Bepple wants to know what the province and the Government of Canada are doing to ensure the cattle industry will receive support. Bepple notes 29 per cent of the province's beef industry...

Much needed renovations to the Kamloops Food Bank are underway thanks to a generous donor and a necessary stamp of approval from the city. In April a volunteer that died left $100,000 to the food bank, which on the heels of a fire nine months earlier was even more appreciated as renovations became more of a...

UPDATE: 1:30 p.m. May 21, 2013 The Kamloops Fire Centre is now reporting the Spatsum Creek fire is 100 per cent contained. Crews continue to work on hot spots. 8:48 a.m. May 21, 2013 Continued mild weather has helped crews gain control of a fire that quickly grew to 1,400 hectares last week forcing evacuations...

There could be a new company coming to Fulton Field in Kamloops sometime in the near future - Jim Anderson of Venture Kamloops says the group is in the beginning stages of preparing to make a pitch to a company interested in the possibility of setting up shop at the airport. Anderson says the marketing...

UPDATE: 10:40 a.m. May 17, 2013 The Spatsum Creek wildfire is now considered 75 per contained and all evacuation alerts have been rescinded by the Thompson Nicola Regional District. The fire remains at 1,400 HA and 124 fire fighters are on site along with four helicopters helping with bucketing support and actioning hot spots. Mop...

While many are looking forward to the Victoria Day long weekend, hospital officials are worried what might happen if the nice weather holds out and have already postponed surgeries as they prepare for a possible surge in capacity. The effect is often seen during the May long weekend and with Royal Inland Hospital already at...

OCCUPANCY AT 125% Another five surgeries have been postponed this week as administration at Royal Inland Hospital prepares for a possible long weekend surge in the emergency room. Health services director Kris Kristjanson says occupancy is at 125 per cent today with three elective surgeries postponed today and another two tomorrow. The surgeries represent a...

With six dinners already providing more than 700 meals to children and their families – the Rotary Club of Kamloops is glad to have approval to continue the program. The club partnered with the food bank and School District 73 to host the meals in the NorKam Secondary School cafeteria as part of a pilot...

The Kamloops board of education is content with its bullying policy for now and sees no need to tailor-make it for homophobic bullying despite a Kamloops Thompson Teachers Association claim that school administrators aren't properly dealing with the issue. Some trustees say they want to ensure all staff are trained to deal with those issues,...

Kamloops is focussing its approach in how it recruits doctors and it appears to be paying off. Jim Anderson of Venture Kamloops, the arm of the City assigned to attract professionals and businesses, told council this week the group was chasing opportunities in many areas before he got on board. Focussing has resulted in better overall practices...

That is the question of council Free transit on Canada Day – over the past two years more than 11,500 rides have been given free of charge to users of the conventional transit system in Kamloops. This year some city councillors are asking whether the free service should be extended to users of custom transit...

Candidate signs in Kamloops South Thompson created a stir throughout the election and today volunteers from Todd Stone's office decided to offer a little gratitude at the intersection of Hillside Drive and Notre Dame Drive following his victory in Tuesday nights election. Throughout the last four weeks signs at that intersection and around other parts...

Surrounded by family, friends and supporters of environment minister and Kamloops North Thompson Liberal candidate Terry Lake was emotional Tuesday night as the results rolled in varying his lead over NDP candidate Kathy Kendall. Lake earned 52 per cent of the vote, more than enough to keep his seat. Early on, Lake and his daughter...

Despite many early predictions the NDP would take Kamloops ridings, Liberal candidate Todd Stone has been elected the next MLA of Kamloops South Thompson as the bellwether status of the city stands. Stone was declared the winner fairly early in the night and by the time all but one of the ballot boxes were counted...

KGHM Ajax Mine Ltd. has met a promise with the release of the 3D model today and Coun. Nelly Dever says the public will be pleased with the improvement of this model over one released last year. Dever is happy the company has met every request by council on the model and believes the difference...

It is officially election day, and that means thousands of voters will be busy trying to get their vote in before the 8 p.m. deadline as candidates sit and wait to hear whether they are one of the chosen ones.

Council continues to gather information as members prepare to assume positions on the Ajax debate. This time the information comes in the form of a petition with more than 1,600 signatures in support of the proposed mine. The petition, set up through Change.org, asks city council to consider the development of the mine. The debate...

Residents will get to voice their opinion on a proposal for Hidden Trails that would see 54 townhouses and 33 apartment style units built on Prairie Rose Drive and Rockcress Drive. The developers are asking for the three pieces of land to be rezoned to different multiple family zoning. The Mount Dufferin land use plan...

UPDATE: 5:55 p.m. May 13, 2013 Thompson Nicola Regional District has rescinded the evacuation order this evening. All orders have reverted back to evacuation alerts and all properties within the alert area must be ready to evacuate if conditions change. UPDATE: 3:14 p.m. May 13, 2013 Highway 97C has reopened between Highland Valley Road overpass...