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City hires from within for utilities director

January 11, 2014

The City has a new utilities director. Jen Fretz, who has worked her way up through the municipal ranks, is the new leader for streets, sewers and water....

Books are for donating and reading during literacy event

January 10, 2014

January is a month of literacy. On its last day of publication Saturday, the Kamloops Daily News is putting out a supplement mapping out free events and ...

City union taking offer to vote next week

January 10, 2014

The union representing about 500 City workers is putting an offer on the table and holding a vote on it next week. City administrator David Trawin said Friday...

City Briefs: Award nominations sought

January 10, 2014

Nominations for the province's highest recognition of excellence and lifetime achievement - the Order of British Columbia for 2014 - are now being accepted. The award ...

Province urges more dispute resolution

January 10, 2014

The B.C. government is urging the use of alternative dispute resolution professionals to turn down the heat on family law matters. Under the new Family Law ...

Wheelchair ultimatum

January 10, 2014

As prognoses go, Shayne Turner's is pretty grim. Turner, 56, was diagnosed last year with severe spinal cord compression, a progressive condition.

Chase creates citizen task force in hunt for new doctor

January 10, 2014

A doctor described as tenacious has pulled together some residents of Chase to help recruit another physician. Dr. Cornel Barnard is leading the charge for a ...

H1N1 expected to peak in a week or two

January 10, 2014

Interior Health doesn't have numbers for Royal Inland Hospital, but it's likely some of the 17 people within the authority hospitalized due to H1N1 flu are at RIH....

Builders welcome Canada Post decision

January 10, 2014

Canada Post has agreed to defer a controversial community mailbox fee it plans to charge for new housing developments, a decision applauded by the Canadian Home Builders ...

Passion and persuasion

January 10, 2014

An entrepreneur hired to create a promotional video for the city decided that the $10,000 contract wasn't sufficient to do his subject full justice.

Spring-break decision still up in air

January 10, 2014

Whatever decision school trustees make on a two-week spring break hinges on the support of the unions, the head of the Kamloops-Thompson School District said Thursday....

Kamloops woman victorious on Chopped Canada

January 10, 2014

A Kamloops chef is the newest champion of the adrenalin-inducing Food Network TV show, Chopped Canada. Shelley Robinson, a 49-year-old former executive chef ...