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Public to get say on proposed food truck changes
KAMLOOPS - With food truck season just around the corner the public will get their say on when and where the specialized food vendors will be allowed in the city. Last year, the first year of a pilot project, trucks were allowed on private property from 7 a.m. until 11 p.m. and on public property...
Young actors needed in Kamloops for Mary Poppins production
KAMLOOPS - Know a young boy or girl who loves acting and singing? This might be the job for them. A production of Mary Poppins is on the agenda for Western Canada Theatre this year and young actors and singers are needed to fill the roles of the Banks children. A 10- to 13-year-old girl...
City plan to fill in sculpture is ‘breaking the law for artistic expression’
KAMLOOPS - The artist behind a rock sculpture in Riverside Park is concerned about the city’s plan to alter his piece of work to prevent others from entering the space beneath it after a woman died there last month. Bill Vazan, a Montreal-based artist, was commissioned to carve his granite stones piece Raven’s Nest in...
UPDATE: All children accounted for after Summit Elementary locked down
KAMLOOPS - All students are accounted for while police continue to investigate a threat that locked down Summit Elementary around 2:30 p.m. Wednesday, April 15. Cpl. Cheryl Bush says a person called into the school and made a non-specific threat, though they did say they had a weapon, which triggered a police response. Parents and...
Traffic court on its way out with new e-ticketing system
WILL THE DECISION RELIEVE BACKED UP PROVINCIAL COURTS AND SAVE MONEY OR WILL IT STRIP YOU OF YOUR RIGHTS? KAMLOOPS - A critic of a new amendment to the Motor Vehicle Act — which will introduce driving notices instead of tickets and remove provincial traffic courts for disputes — calls the move unconstitutional and plans...
Busy wildfire season predicted for Interior
THOMPSON-OKANAGAN - Be prepared for a fire season reminiscent of 2003 — maybe — regional emergency personnel were told at a workshop this week. Comparisons to the year more than 200 homes were destroyed in the Okanagan Mountain Fire and 72 homes lost in the McLure Fire were heard at a spring readiness workshop hosted...
Alpine vehicle restrictions take effect
THOMPSON-OKANAGAN - Hefty fines await users of off-road vehicles who veer off existing roads and trails when operating at high elevation. ATV and off-road vehicle riders who damage an ecosystem on Crown land can now face fines of up to $100,000, one year in jail, or both. The Ministry of Forests, Lands and Natural Resource...
Kamloops councillors back hospital laundry workers
KAMLOOPS - The health of the hospital is so much more than just doctors and nurses and potential job cuts to laundry services could deeply hurt the hospital. This is the message Donisa Bernardo, the Hospital Employees' Union's financial scretary, brought to Kamloops city council Tuesday, April 14. The organization is concerned about the amount...