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What’s open when during the holidays in Kamloops

KAMLOOPS - If you don’t want to show up with your skates to a closed arena, make sure you know the holiday hours of various facilities in Kamloops. City Hall and public works Both City Hall and the public works buildings will be closed on Christmas Day and New Year’s Day. In addition to these...

Climate change warning labels on gas pumps a hard sell in Kamloops

KAMLOOPS – Both Kamloops city council and the Regional District Thompson-Nicola board have said no to climate change warning labels on gas pumps. The group Our Horizon has been travelling the province trying to get local politicians to agree to sticking the labels on gas pumps. Matt Husle with the group made recent pitches to...

Residents in Pinantan Lake say no to fire-protection service

PINANTAN LAKE – Residents in Pinantan Lake have decided against building a fire hall, even after the town’s only store burnt down April 2014. “There appeared initially from our meetings to be a lot of support for it,” Mel Rothenburger, the Thompson Nicola Regional District director for the region, says. The community held an informational...

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...

TNRD looks at options for regulating biosolids

KAMLOOPS - In response to recent concerns around biosolids the regional district is considering changes to regulations around commercial and agriculture composting. The Thompson-Nicola Regional District is reviewing a zoning bylaw to regulate commercial composting and to limit the scale of agricultural composting. In a media release, the district says if the amendment is supported...

Savona Trailers provided illegal camping

KAMLOOPS - Two lake front lots in Savona that were used as a campground up through the 1990s should not have been used for seasonal camping when the new owners took over in 2006 the Supreme Court of B.C. has decided. Thompson Nicola Regional District Development Director Regina Sadilkova says after nearly seven years of...

Rothenburger in the running again

KAMLOOPS - His time as a school board trustee, city mayor and member of the Thompson-Nicola Regional District board was not enough for Mel Rothenburger. This morning he announced his intention to run for the Rivers and the Peaks region of the district in the upcoming election. Rothenburger, who served as mayor from 1999-2005, says...

Crews continue to battle Murray Lake fire

KAMLOOPS - Crews continue to establish a guard around the perimeter of a 340 hectare fire just west of the Coquihalla Highway today, a week after the fire was first discovered. In total 70 crew members are on site south of Merritt, along with nine pieces of heavy equipment and five helicopters working to establish...

UPDATE: Aggressive Murray Lake fire partially contained

THOMPSON-OKANAGAN - An aggressive fire south of Merritt near Murray Lake is now 30 per cent contained, though an evacuation order for all properties adjacent to the lake remains. The Thompson Nicola Regional District issued the state of emergency and evacuation order around 9 p.m. Wednesday due to the potential threat. The evacuation order covers...

Evacuations ordered in Botanie Creek wildfire

The Thompson-Nicola Regional District is issuing a Declaration of State of Local Emergency in Electoral Area "I" (Blue Sky Country) and an Evacuation Order for residents on Botanie Creek Road due to the potential threat to life and health from the Botanie Creek Wildfire north of Lytton. The fire is up to 470 ha and B.C. Wildfire has no...

Mosquito season peaking in region

KAMLOOPS - High waters and low temperatures have given mosquitoes a safe haven in the Thompson Nicola Regional District this year but the peak is almost over and we can expect to see them die off soon. “Right now is prime time, through the July long weekend,” Cheryl Phippen of BWP Consulting says. “This year...

UPDATE: Evacuation alert for Clearwater area rescinded

THOMPSON-NICOLA - Some areas near Clearwater remain on flood watch but the evacuation alert put out last night has been rescinded. The Clearwater River is at a one in 10-year flow level and there was a high risk roads north of Clearwater could flood. While the river went down slightly at the Clearwater Station overnight,...