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Kamloops mail carriers speak out after Canada Post cuts door-to-door service

"THERE'S SO MUCH MORE TO JUST DELIVERING MAIL THAT WE PROVIDE IN A COMMUNITY." KAMLOOPS - Instead of walking to deliver mail, Kamloops’ Canada Post workers walked the corner of Summit Drive and Columbia Street Friday to protest the Crown company’s plan to remove door to door service next year. The announcement to strip the service...

Biosolids protest expected to disrupt downtown traffic in Kamloops

KAMLOOPS - The Nicola Valley biosolids protest is coming to Kamloops this morning, and RCMP are warning there may be traffic disruptions. Friends of the Nicola Valley are planning a protest today, June 19, at 11:30 a.m. at the corner of Victoria Street and Fifth Avenue. It is expected the protest will last several hours...

National Day of Action draws small crowd at MLA’s office

KAMLOOPS – Environmental protesters were in Kamloops to speak out against the re-opening of the Mount Polley mine this afternoon. Protesters stood in front of Health Minister Terry Lake’s North Shore office as part of National Day of Action, which is aimed at putting a stop to the re-opening of the mine that had a...

Breast-feeding supporters plan West Kelowna ‘feed-in’

WEST KELOWNA - A group of breast-feeding supporters are planning a mass 'feed-in' at the next West Kelowna council meeting, dissatisfied with the reception given by councillors to a delegation promoting breast-feeding at the last council meeting. Last week, as part of a class project, a delegation of UBC Okanagan nursing students and a public...

National anti-terrorism bill demonstrations make stops in Thompson-Okanagan

THOMPSON-OKANAGAN – Demonstrators gathered across the country today to protest the government's proposed anti-terrorism legislation. In the Thompson-Okanagan rallies were held in Kamloops and Vernon. Organizers dubbed the nationwide protests "Defend our Freedom." The Conservative government introduced the legislation, known as Bill C-51, in January and says it will make Canadians safer. Dozens of people...

Vernon joins Canada-wide rallies against Bill C-51

VERNON - Vernon residents will protest a controversial piece of government legislation at a rally Saturday afternoon. The focus of the protest is Bill C-51, the federal government’s Anti-terrorism Act. The proposed legislation would allow federal authorities to investigate terrorism by accessing the public’s private information, and sharing that information among intelligence and law enforcement...

Police believe Cherryville vandal was motivated by logging dispute

CHERRYVILLE - Police believe a recent act of vandalism was motivated by a controversial logging operation in Cherryville. Heavy equipment belonging to the company contracted to build a logging road in the Cherry Ridge area was vandalized sometime around Jan. 13, Lumby Cpl. Henry Proce says. The construction of the road is part of a...

Unhappy hunters march to deliver message to Liberal government

WEST KELOWNA – Hundreds people took to the streets of West Kelowna Saturday, Jan. 31, to protest the provincial government’s proposed changes to the allocation of animals for hunting. The peaceful protesters marched from the old Zeller’s parking lot on Old Okanagan Highway to Premier Christy Clark’s office on Dobbin Road to deliver personalized letters...

Hunters to march on Premier’s office

KELOWNA – The president of the Oceola Fish and Game Club isn’t going to Saturday's protest at Premier Christy Clark’s office for himself. He’s doing it for his step-son Colin and others of his generation. “I grew up in the Cariboo and general open season on moose ran from September to November,” Sean Richardson says....

Native court workers protest for equal pay

OKANAGAN - Native court workers are standing up against the government asking for equal pay after being cut out of a deal five years ago that increased the wages of others but not court workers. Jack Kruger, a veteran native court worker and counsellor, has spent the past two days outside the Penticton and Kelowna...