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More controlled burns planned for Lytton area

LYTTON - With a goal of reducing interface wildfire risk and restoring natural ecosystems B.C. Wildfire will be in the Lytton area over the next two weeks performing prescribed burns. This year work will be done in a subdivision above Loring Way east of Lytton, in Skihist Provincial Park and in an area northwest of...

Facility catering to Kamloops legal field moving forward

KAMLOOPS - A new meeting facility designed with mediation and arbitration in mind is set to open in Kamloops later this year. Centrepoint will feature 4,200 square feet and will feature hearing, discovery and breakout rooms as well as private serviced offices for small companies, legal professionals and business people in town on assignment. “In...

Blazers player cracks WHL all-star team

KAMLOOPS - It’s the end of the regular season in the Western Hockey League and though the Kamloops Blazers did not make the playoffs, one player still made the all-star team. The all-star teams along with the 2015 WHL Awards finalists were named Wednesday, March 25, with awards set to be handed out May 6....

Proposed legislation will strip presumption of innocence: Defence lawyer

KAMLOOPS – New legislation proposed by the B.C. Liberals this week throws out the presumption of innocence and instead presumes people accused of impaired driving are guilty until they prove otherwise, says a Vancouver defence lawyer specializing in impaired driving. Amendments to the Motor Vehicle Act strengthen the government’s controversial Immediate Roadside Prohibition, which avoids...

Interior Target stores will be closed before Easter

THOMPSON-OKANAGAN - By April 2 a total of 62 Target stores will be shut down, including those in Vernon, Kelowna and Kamloops. Target Canada opened doors in Western Canada in May 2013. In January 2015 it was announced the company would be shutting down all 133 stores and liquidation sales began immediately. Last week the...

Crash on Coquihalla possibly due to winter conditions

KAMLOOPS - Fresh snow and slush, and ‘inadequate winter tires’, may have led to a crash near the Inks Lake brake check this morning that caused injuries to several people. The crash occurred around 8 a.m. on Wednesday, March 25, according to Rural RCMP Staff Sgt. Doug Aird. An older model Dodge van heading northbound...

Noted Kamloops neurosurgeon passes away

KAMLOOPS - Dr. Gur Singh, a leader in the community and the medical field, passed away Tuesday morning. Singh, a neurosurgeon, was diagnosed with Lou Gehrig’s disease last year and passed away Tuesday, March 24. “My beloved father passed away peacefully this morning at Royal Inland Hospital, a hospital he served passionately for almost half...