Kmfeb2715
Catholic school chooses uniforms over heavy regulations
KAMLOOPS - More Catholic students are getting uniforms after St. Ann’s Academy decided to forgo stricter dress codes and stick with the Catholic School standard of uniforms for all its students. In a letter to parents last week, the school council said the decision to phase in uniform requirements for the secondary school students was...
Millions promised for pipeline construction inconvenience
KAMLOOPS - The Kinder Morgan crude oil pipeline expansion has yet to be approved but it's not stopping the company from signing millions of dollars worth agreements with communities that will be affected by the project. Kamloops and four parts of the Thompson Nicola Regional District signed agreements with the company Thursday, Feb. 26, joining...
$130k donation means better care for trauma patients at RIH
KAMLOOPS – A Kamloops resident is making sure Royal Inland Hospital has the equipment it needs to help doctors and nurses save lives in the emergency room. Guy Mercier made the $130,000 donation through the Royal Inland Hospital Foundation, which paid for the other $437,000 required to complete the project. At a conference Friday afternoon,...
Marijuana grow operation unplugged near Falkland
VERNON – A month long investigation ended with an RCMP emergency response team raiding a suspected grow operation in the Falkland area. The heavily armed officers executed a search warrant Thursday, Feb. 26 once it was determined there wasn’t a medicinal marijuana license associated with the property, North Okanagan RCMP spokesperson Gord Molendyk says in...
YMCA Strong Kids campaign gets provincial boost
KAMLOOPS - The YMCA gives families a chance to be physically active together and the provincial government decided to recognize that effort with funding as the Strong Kids fundraising campaign enters the final week. Health Minister Terry Lake was on hand at the new John Tod Centre YMCA location to make the $250,000 funding announcement...