Jennifer Stahn
Stone not taking responsibility lightly
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...
Ajax 3D model pleases councillor
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...
Ajax supporters petition council
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...
Next four years decided today
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.
Favourable weather helps with suppression efforts
KAMLOOPS – Spotty showers, cooler temperatures, and decreased winds, have allowed fire fighters to make good headway on the Spatsum Creek wildfire. With no additional growth yesterday, the fire remains estimated at 1,400 hectares in size. Over 110 fire fighters are on site today, assisted by six helicopters and five water tenders. More crews are...
Hidden Trails development goes to public hearing
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: Spatsum Creek fire – highway 97C open again
UPDATE: 5:55 p.m. May 13, 2013 Thompson Nicola Regional District has rescinded the evacuation order this evening.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...
UPDATE: Spatsum Creek wildfire grows, evacuations ordered
UPDATE: 2:43 p.m. May 13, 2013 Thompson-Nicola Regional District has distributed an update of the evacuation notice for the area south of Ashcroft. The new Evacuation Order, issued at 1:30 p.m., Monday, May 13, now encompasses the area from the intersection of Highway 97C and Barnes Lake Road, including all properties on Barnes Lake Road,...
Snow expected on Interior highways
The Coquihalla Highway, Highway 3 and Highway 1 are all expected to come under some late season snow tonight as a cold front sweeps across the southern parts of the province. Environment Canada says the Coquihalla from Hope to Merritt, Hwy 3 from Paulson Summit to Kootenay Pass and the Trans Canada Highway from Eagle...
Kamloops Emergency Management Program Monitors Flood Watch
The City of Kamloops is working closely with the B.C. River Forecast Centre and weather experts as part of its active monitoring of river levels throughout the North and South Thompson river systems. Snowmelt has been rapid over the past week as a result of unseasonably high temperatures. Rivers across the Southern Interior have been...
Coroner identifies deceased Alberta man in highway collision
BC Coroners Services has confirmed the identity of an Alberta man who died in a highway crash Friday morning as 72-year-old Herbert Edwin Rachel of Wildwood, Alta. Police believe Rachel had been following behind family in a vehicle when he allegedly crossed the intersection at Holman Road on the Trans Canada Highway and was hit...
City regularly donates excess equipment
The recent donation of a pickup truck to Interior Community Services raised a few eyebrows at an April Kamloops city council meeting - but it is actually just one of several pieces of equipment to be donated in the past year under a little-known policy on surplus items. City purchasing manager Shawn Bourrie says the...
Raising much-needed funds for SPCA
The annual City Challenge is on, and so far less than half of what the Kamloops SPCA has normally raised by this point has come in and that could mean trouble for the shelter. As of this morning, Friday, May 10, only $4,440 has been raised – well under the $10,000 mark the association is...
Third temperature record broken this week
For the third time in five days Kamloops has broken the record high temperature, this time with a high of 32 C. The previous record high for May 10 was 28.9 degrees in 1969. By 3 p.m. temperatures in Kamloops had soared to above 30 degrees. 15 other Interior locations also broke or tied record...
Another day, another record in Kamloops
For the second time this week temperature records have been broken in Kamloops, and there is a good chance we will hit the record mark again today. By 4 p.m. on Thursday the record had already been broken with a recorded temperature of 31.2 C and reached a high of 32.3 C at the hottest...