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City hopes to solve quorum issues with technology
KAMLOOPS - Last year the city tried to fix an ongoing problem of getting enough members to show up for the meetings by merging the arts and heritage committees but when there was pushback staff was asked to look at another way to fix the problem. Now city committees do have another tool in their...
Security tightened at ministry office
KAMLOOPS – Enhanced security, including locked doors and a security guard, was put in place at a Brocklehurst ministry office recently but officials are staying tight-lipped as to what led to it. The Ministry of Children and Families office on Southill Street had 'enhanced security' for an undisclosed period. “Based on information received by the...
Tokyo Police Club coming to Sun Peaks
KAMLOOPS – Canadian band Tokyo Police Club will be at Sun Peaks next month for the Dew Tour Am Series competition. The concert will take place at the base of the mountain after two days of slopestyle and big air competitions on March 27 and 28. “The weekend will be absolutely packed with talent, both...
Accused in Clearwater murder case awaiting bail review
KAMLOOPS – A man accused of murdering his former common-law wife and taking their three children hostage will find out if he is eligible for bail in a week. Iain Drummond Scott, born 1972, appeared for a bail review last week in Kamloops Supreme Court. Details of the hearing are covered by a publication ban...
How boring is your office?
KAMLOOPS - There's some stiff competition when it comes to dull work spaces in Kamloops, if the submissions to a current contest are to be believed. There's only a week left in the Boring Office Contest, which was started Feb. 5 by the Kamloops Art Gallery so workers could spotlight their sad work space and potentially win...
New high stack design to reduce impact of Domtar emissions
KAMLOOPS - Though a major project has been delayed by nearly a year, Domtar is well on the way to living up to its promise to reduce emissions by 68 per cent by 2016. As part of the air permit process Domtar assumed the obligation, through purchasing the mill in 2007, to achieve a 61...
Rockets and Blazers to host Super Series games
THOMPSON-OKANAGAN - The 2015 Super Series is again bringing high-level hockey to the region, with the Rockets and Kamloops set to host the two opening games. The Canadian Hockey League announced today, Tuesday, Feb. 17, that Kelowna and Kamloops are among the six host cities for the 2015 Subway Super Series, set to be played...
UPDATE: Missing woman found
MERRITT - The missing woman the Upper Nicola Band and Okanagan Indian Band were in search for has been located. Before she was found, Annie Joe Gottfriedson, 20, of the Upper Nicola Band was last seen Feb. 16 at noon near Nicola Street in Merritt. “Our concerns run deep for Annie Jo and her family,”...
How long will this spring weather last?
THOMPSON-OKANAGAN - We saw several high temperatures records broken over the weekend and while the record breaking weather is likely over, the warm temperatures should stick around a while longer. Lisa Coldwells of Environment Canada says looking into the early part of March arctic air will stay on the other side of the Rockies and...
Kamloops set to boost rent bank
KAMLOOPS - A program aimed at helping working people struggling to pay their rent is set to get a boost from the city through affordable housing funding. Administered by the Elizabeth Fry Society, the rent bank has been helping individuals and families by providing loans to help cover rental costs for just over two years....
Officials at Kamloops mill come to agreement with union
KAMLOOPS – Officials at Domtar have reached an agreement with the Unifor union to support local trade apprenticeship students with training opportunities at the pulp-mill in Kamloops. The agreement follows the issues caused by the pulp-mill’s A-Line closure in 2013. The decision resulted in a layoff for 125 workers and an 80 per cent reduction...
Don’t be alarmed by the alarms
KAMLOOPS - Domtar is running a test of emergency response systems this morning, and while a company spokesperson says it likely will not be heard by many people they want to reassure everyone it is just a test. “We do it periodically to test our emergency response systems to make sure they are all working,”...
New Gold air quality better than originally indicated
REPORTING METHODS UPDATED KAMLOOPS - The amount of fine particulate matter produced by the New Gold mine just outside of Kamloops is a lot lower than originally thought, according to recent numbers from the company. When the 2012 numbers were released last summer it appeared the New Afton Mine was the third worst polluter in...
Anti-terror bill a ‘privacy game-changer’: Privacy Commissioner
KAMLOOPS – Now's the time to start questioning the federal government's terrorism Bill C-51 that could significantly alter our expectation of privacy, says B.C.'s privacy commissioner. The new legislation gives federal authorities sweeping new powers to investigate terrorism but also expands their access to private information about Canadian citizens and share it among intelligence and...
TIMELINE: Bank robber strikes three provinces in two months
VERNON - A man police are calling a serial armed robber has stolen cash from eight different banks across three provinces in just 52 days, and police are worried he's not done yet. The first in a series of similar incidents happened at 2:50 p.m. on Dec. 1, 2014, when a man dressed in dark...