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Jennifer Stahn

Jennifer Stahn

  • Joined: January 01, 2023
  • Articles: 4312

Council lifts self-imposed gag order on Ajax delegations at meetings

KAMLOOPS - It took nearly an hour of back and forth between council members, but a vote allowing the public to again be able to speak about the proposed Ajax Mine during council meetings has passed. A moratorium was put in place on delegations and public enquiries regarding the proposed mine during council meetings after...

Walsh to take another run at saving former Kamloops Daily News building

KAMLOOPS - After a confusing meeting back in December that left Coun. Denis Walsh frustrated by his own mistake, he plans on bringing the issue of saving the former Kamloops Daily News building back to council next week. Walsh announced in a news release he once again plans to ask council to rescind his own...

MP Youth Awards launched in Kamloops region

KAMLOOPS - Member of Parliament Cathy McLeod is pleased to announce the launch of the MP Youth Awards for the riding of Kamloops-Thompson-Cariboo. “During my eight years as the Member of Parliament, I have been given the opportunity to meet with hundreds of local community leaders who contribute to making Kamloops-Thompson-Cariboo a better place in...

Three Kelowna residents arrested in stolen minivan

KELOWNA - A stolen minivan was recovered and three Kelowna residents arrested Monday night after a ‘high risk traffic stop’ at a hotel parking lot near Orchard Park Shopping Centre. The vehicle, which was reported stolen from the 200 block of Glen Park Drive on Jan. 9, was located by an officer driving in the...

Snowfall warning for Coquihalla Highway

THOMPSON-OKANAGAN - While temperatures continue to warm up in town, a system is expected to drop enough snow on area highways today to prompt a snowfall warning for at least one section of highway. Environment Canada has issued a snowfall warning for the Coquihalla Highway from Hope to Merritt, where up to 25 centimetres of...

Mild week ahead for the Okanagan

OKANAGAN - We can expect temperatures to hover around the freezing mark this week, with temperatures expected to be at or near seasonal normal temperatures throughout the Okanagan. Environment Canada is calling for daytime high temperatures to range from -1 Celsius to 2 C this week, with overnight lows expected to reach between 0 C...

Temperate week ahead for Kamloops

KAMLOOPS - We can expect temperatures to hover around the freezing mark this week, with temperatures expected to be at or near seasonal normal temperatures in Kamloops. Environment Canada is calling for daytime high temperatures to be at or just below 0 Celsius this week, with overnight lows expected to reach between -2 C and...

Kamloops gas prices among the cheapest in B.C.

KAMLOOPS - If you’ve been tracking the gas prices in Kamloops you know they go up and down, and on a regular basis, and this week we are back below $1 per litre, about 13 cents below where we were a week ago, and right where we were a year ago. BCgasprices.com, a consumer-driven gas...

Joyful, light-hearted music to start the New Year with Kamloops Symphony

KAMLOOPS - Kamloops Symphony returns to Sagebrush Theatre to celebrate the New Year with their programme The Magic of Vienna. The Magic of Vienna was designed after the famous New Year’s concert by the Wiener Philharmoniker. The first New Year’s performance there was on Dec. 31, 1939. It has become an annual tradition, now televised...

2016 winter film series announced

KAMLOOPS - The Kamloops Film Society would like to announce the 2016 Winter Series starting Jan. 14 and continuing each Thursday until Feb. 18. Films are screened at The Paramount Theatre, 531 Victoria St. at 7 p.m. Tickets at the door, MovieMart or online.  JANUARY 14 AL PURDY WAS HERE is the portrait of an...

STAHN: Our love-hate relationship with snow

Whether you love winter or hate it there seems to be one thing most people can agree about at this time of year, and that’s the need to complain about the ‘bad job’ snow clearing operators are doing. Everywhere you turn people are complaining about the city doing a bad job, their neighbours not doing...

Early season numbers show decent snowpack in the Thompson-Okanagan

THOMPSON-OKANAGAN - Several snow systems pommelled the region at the end of 2015, leaving the snowpack levels at a good level to start 2016. At 143 per cent, Similkameen is most above normal for this time of year, but with the lowest in the region sitting at 92 per cent of normal snowpack levels, low...

Art Exposed seeks submissions

KAMLOOPS - Entering its sixth year, the Kamloops Arts Council's ART EXPOSED is a community-centred visual arts exhibit.  Unique to the TNRD, Art Exposed is open; area residents are invited to submit artwork in any medium - 2D and 3D. Artists of all ages and levels may enter up to two pieces of artwork; all work...

Warmer weekend ahead for the Okanagan

OKANAGAN - After cooler temperatures and lots of snow over recently, this weekend marks what should be a welcome break for many in the Kamloops area. Environment Canada is calling for highs to be just above seasonal normals of -1 Celsius all weekend, with Penticton expected to reach 2 C today, Jan. 8, and tomorrow,...

Warmer weekend ahead for Kamloops

KAMLOOPS - After cooler temperatures and lots of snow over recently, this weekend marks what should be a welcome break for many in the Kamloops area. Environment Canada is calling for highs to be at seasonal normals of -1 Celsius all weekend, and heading into next week, but overnight temperatures will range from just -2...

Apply now to be an Art in the Park vendor

DEADLINES RANGE FROM FEB. 6 TO APRIL 26 KAMLOOPS - It's the largest arts event in Kamloops, and the biggest one-day event of the year. Artists and artisans who wish to show and sell their work at Art in the Park on Canada Day 2016 are encouraged to submit their applications now. More than 90...

Armed robbery in Clinton

CLINTON - A lone suspect made off with an undisclosed amount of cash after an armed robbery at a Clinton grocery store last night. The lone suspect entered the store around 7 p.m., Jan. 6, and produced a weapon before taking off with an undisclosed amount of cash. The suspect is described as about 6’...

Heap the Honda Children’s Book Drive

KAMLOOPS - The seventh annual Heap the Honda Children’s Book Drive, sponsored by Kamloops Honda in partnership with Literacy in Kamloops, takes place Jan. 9 to 30. Over the past six years, more than 60,000 children’s books have been donated to Heap the Honda. Books are sorted, cleaned and stickered by teams of volunteers and...

Brian Harvey Award given to the Glenmore-Ellison Improvement District

The Water Supply Association of B.C. has represented its member’s water supply concerns for over 90 years. Our mission statement is to represent the interests of British Columbia’s public, domestic and irrigation water suppliers and their customers with the main objective of working to promote the development, conservation and proper utilization of the water resources...