Levi Landry

He said his values "don't align" with the party's new direction under new leader Kerry-Lynne Findlay.

The Mexican farm workers don't have access to emergency social services.

Hamer-Jackson's penchant to cling to past grievances and conflicts with staff and council has been a theme throughout his term.

"The city refuses to engage further with Hotel Eldorado and, instead, opts to bully the hotel into doing what the city thinks should happen."

"The bigger picture here is, how do people like their smoke? We can have it in a controlled way… or we can have what we have now."

First it was a lingering drought, now wildfires are adding to a devastating season for farmers.

It would add a novel punitive measure into council's remuneration policy.

The new bylaw would give the city the power to withhold an elected official's salary to repay outstanding debts to the city.

The ordeal lasted seven years as the commission wanted to return three acres of a Lake Country property to farm-use.

"The province reports the natural condition, and in the Okanagan… it is not really a natural condition because of all the reservoirs in the hills."

Cell tower maps suggest it may be even worse in Vernon.

It was open for less than a year before staff losses amid the COVID-19 pandemic prompted its closure.

It would have extended Commonwealth Road to Glenmore Road easing travel times and making for a safer drive.

Major routes like the Trans-Canada and Coquihalla remain clear, but fires are encroaching on some Thompson-Okanagan routes.

Often, it's because investigators need tips from the public.

If construction of the new detachment is delayed too long, Kamloops could become what appears to be the first BC city to have RCMP force the build.

Some said an October election would confuse voters, while others acknowledged a soured public sentiment toward counter-petitions for major projects.

The local river safety advocate wants to see the city do more to keep swimmers safe as another person was swept away by the Thompson River.

"Every year governments delay meaningful habitat protection, we lose more of what cannot be replaced."

Tk'emlups te Secwepemc is working with the City of Kamloops to investigate the site.

Crews are still on the scene, but air tankers were nearly finished with their objective by around 2 p.m., less than two hours after it was reported.

The 97-year-old was hit by a chartered bus on Benvoulin Road on Sunday.

A Penticton woman already sent a petition to Parliament, but the federal government told her to ask Victoria.

"It's really challenging in the early season to predict where we ended up this year."