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No decision yet on proposed elimination of TRU's BFA program

No decision yet on proposed elimination of TRU's BFA program

Sep 19, 2023 / 4:00 am

Thompson Rivers University senators heard impassioned pleas Monday from students and faculty members who want to see the school's embattled visual arts...

Municipalities say they need provincial support amid drug decriminalization

Municipalities say they need provincial support amid drug decriminalization

Sep 19, 2023 / 4:00 am

A Kamloops city councillor is joining officials from municipalities across B.C. calling for more provincial supports to deal with the impacts of increased drug...

Jail, community service for man caught touching himself outside fast-food drive-thru

Jail, community service for man caught touching himself outside fast-food drive-thru

Sep 19, 2023 / 4:00 am

A Kamloops-area man who was caught touching himself on a picnic table near a drive-thru in Cache Creek has been ordered to spend a day in jail and complete 20...

Landmarks, venues to be lit red for United Way BC Day

Landmarks, venues to be lit red for United Way BC Day

Thompson-Okanagan Sep 18, 2023 / 6:00 pm

United Way is hosting a series of breakfast events as a number of venues and landmarks light up in red for United Way BC Day next week. The kick-off breakfast...

Kamloops Mounties search for men in connection with Saturday morning shooting

Kamloops Mounties search for men in connection with Saturday morning shooting

Sep 18, 2023 / 5:08 pm

Police are searching for two men in connection with a shooting Saturday at a motel in Aberdeen. No one was injured when shots were fired just after 2:30 a.m....

Mounties investigating second Kamloops shooting in three days

Mounties investigating second Kamloops shooting in three days

Sep 18, 2023 / 3:21 pm

Police are investigating an early-morning shooting Monday in North Kamloops, and they’re not ruling out a connection to gunplay over the weekend in...

School asking students to stay inside Wednesday during anti-SOGI protest, march

School asking students to stay inside Wednesday during anti-SOGI protest, march

Sep 18, 2023 / 1:38 pm

A Kamloops school is asking its students to stay inside on Wednesday when anti-SOGI protesters are slated to march from the courthouse to the school district...

Judge not convinced by joint submission for house arrest for Kamloops-area wildfire arsonist

Judge not convinced by joint submission for house arrest for Kamloops-area wildfire arsonist

Sep 18, 2023 / 11:09 am

The lawyer representing a Kamloops firebug says "significant" news coverage of her charges and guilty plea should weigh in her favour when a judge is...

Kamloops council on board with developing city-wide shoreline cleanup initiative

Kamloops council on board with developing city-wide shoreline cleanup initiative

Sep 18, 2023 / 4:00 am

The City of Kamloops is working to develop an adopt-a-beach program and a city-wide shoreline cleanup initiative after a councillor’s motion was adopted...

Probation, anger management ordered for man who bit two people in rage at pizza shop

Probation, anger management ordered for man who bit two people in rage at pizza shop

Sep 18, 2023 / 4:00 am

A Kamloops-area man who bit his wife and another man during a drunken rage inside a Cache Creek pizza shop has been ordered to spend 18 months on probation and...

School district adds new elementary teaching positions as enrolment grows

School district adds new elementary teaching positions as enrolment grows

Sep 18, 2023 / 4:00 am

The Kamloops-Thompson board of education has added five new teaching positions to the district to handle climbing elementary school enrolment. Grant Reilly,...

Speaker series hosting lawyer, podcast host's talk about work-life balance

Speaker series hosting lawyer, podcast host's talk about work-life balance

Sep 17, 2023 / 6:00 pm

A family lawyer and podcast host will be in Kamloops next week giving a leadership speech about how to thrive at work and love being at home. Toni Nieuwhof will...

Roads reopen near Overlanders Bridge after earlier police investigation

Roads reopen near Overlanders Bridge after earlier police investigation

Sep 17, 2023 / 3:22 pm

UPDATE: 3:23 p.m. Roads have reopened in the area after an earlier RCMP investigation in the vicinity of the Overlanders Bridge. ORIGINAL: 1:25 p.m. Kamloops...

Kamloops Symphony to play tribute for Kamloops-born jazz clarinetist

Kamloops Symphony to play tribute for Kamloops-born jazz clarinetist

Sep 17, 2023 / 3:00 pm

The Kamloops Symphony will be performing its first concert of the 2023-24 season, titled Rhapsody in Blue, featuring a tribute to prolific Kamloops-born jazz...

Fairbairn says international students one of TRU's 'greatest strengths' as feds consider immigration cap

Fairbairn says international students one of TRU's 'greatest strengths' as feds consider immigration cap

Sep 17, 2023 / 12:00 pm

As Ottawa floats the idea of capping the number of foreign students allowed into the country, Thompson Rivers University's president is hailing...

North Shore festival was a celebration of diverse cultures

North Shore festival was a celebration of diverse cultures

Sep 17, 2023 / 8:00 am

Thousands of people showed up to take part in the vibrant, lively Dearborn Ford Tapestry Festival, which was held at McDonald Park on Saturday. Organizer Patti...

Fire sparked on Coquihalla doused by those driving by Friday

Fire sparked on Coquihalla doused by those driving by Friday

Coquihalla Highway Sep 17, 2023 / 4:00 am

A group of passersby jumped into action Friday evening after coming upon a fire burning on the side of the Coquihalla Highway. Alyshia and Ken Ahner were...

Ministry investigators unable to determine cause of pink substance in Guerin Creek

Ministry investigators unable to determine cause of pink substance in Guerin Creek

Sep 17, 2023 / 4:00 am

Investigators from B.C.’s Ministry of Environment still aren’t sure what caused parts of Guerin Creek to turn pink this week, but say no...

45-day jail sentence for man who punched woman in face outside downtown Kamloops store

45-day jail sentence for man who punched woman in face outside downtown Kamloops store

Sep 17, 2023 / 4:00 am

A homeless Kamloops man who punched a woman in the face outside a downtown convenience store has been ordered to spend 45 days in jail. Robert Francis Snowdon,...

Yacht Club approved for use as temporary winter shelter, operator yet to be identified

Yacht Club approved for use as temporary winter shelter, operator yet to be identified

Sep 17, 2023 / 4:00 am

The Yacht Club and the former Stuart Wood schoolhouse have once again been identified as temporary shelter locations for this winter, but so far, an operator...