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City wins case after rejected contractor takes matters to court
KAMLOOPS - A Supreme Court Justice dismissed a civil suit between the City of Kamloops and a construction company that was denied a bid on a municipal project after ruling construction company officials did not comply with instructions on the paperwork. True Construction Ltd. challenged city officials after its bid in 2010 to build the...
B.C. sending more firefighters out-of-province
THOMPSON-OKANAGAN - B.C. is answering a request for assistance from the Yukon, sending 31 firefighters there to help fight wildfires. According to B.C. Wildfire, the request was made through the Canadian Interagency Forest Fire Centre, responsible for coordinating sharing of firefighting personnel and resources with other jurisdictions. B.C. just sent 21 firefighters, four fixed wing...
No fireworks and possibly no campfires allowed this weekend
THOMPSON-OKANAGAN – Without a significant amount of rainfall Tuesday night, the Southern Interior could see a fire danger rating of ‘extreme’ by the start of the weekend. And that could mean no campfires on the weekend before Canada Day. Kelsey Winter of B.C. Wildfire says the fire danger rating in the Kamloops Fire Centre, which...
UPDATE: Hillside Centre patient located
UPDATE: 4:11 P.M., JUNE 23, 2015 RCMP say Jordan Abbate has been located safe and sound. 11:29 A.M., JUNE 23, 2015 KAMLOOPS - An 18-year-old male requiring medical care left the psychiatric centre Monday night and has not been seen since. Jordan Abbate was last seen around 10:40 p.m., June 22, when he left Hillside...
Big raises and six-figure salaries for Kamloops city employees
KAMLOOPS – More city employees continue to surpass the six-figure salary mark and as a result the city’s overall salary spending increased by more than $2 million in 2014. The city released its annual statement of financial information, which lists the top earners employed by the City of Kamloops, earlier this month. While the top...
Three strikes and you’re paying for it
KAMLOOPS - Mounties and community volunteers were out in full force on one of the city’s busiest roadways today, June 23, to remind people of the dangers and price of speeding. Citizens on patrol are stationed near Guerin Creek Way off of Summit Drive to count the number of drivers going above the 60 kilometres...
Deceit, identity theft and bigger breasts will cost jailed fraudster over $17K
KAMLOOPS - After stealing an 83-year-old man’s identity to use as a co-signer on breast implants, a tummy tuck and liposuction, a local woman owes more than $17,000 along with nine months in jail, a Kamloops Provincial Court Judge decided today, June 23. Judge Len Marchand sentenced Brandie Bloor, a woman with a history of...
TNRD says recycling services will continue
KAMLOOPS - Recycling pickup is not being offered to Kamloops residents while Emterra Environmental employees strike, but the regional district does not foresee any disruption in recycling services oustide of the city. In a release today, June 23, Jamie Vieira, Manager of Environmental Services for the Thompson-Nicola Regional District, says even though the district uses...