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Sun Peaks taggers might be motivated by media attention
KAMLOOPS – A certain someone has gained notoriety by spray painting tags all over the Sun Peaks resort, but the director of the Kamloops Graffiti Task Force is hoping the exposure will stop. “The more media coverage they get, the happier they are,” Ronnie Bouvier says. “The challenge will be to get your tag in...
McLeod takes on health role
KAMLOOPS - Our local member of parliament has been moved into a new parliamentary secretary role today, along with several other members. Cathy McLeod, one of five members to be assigned or reassigned today, Monday, Feb. 16, is now the Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Health and Western Economic Diversification. Previously her role included...
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...
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....
Weather records fall in Kelowna and Penticton
KAMLOOPS, VERNON FALL SHORT THOMPSON-OKANAGAN - It was definitely a spring-like weekend and there are several new high temperature records to show for it. In Kelowna the mercury blasted past the previous record, 11.1 Celsius set in 1974, to a balmy 12.8 C on Saturday while temperatures Sunday reached the previous record of 10 C...