Kristen Holliday

A pair of B.C. ministers said they want to see more partnerships between the province and communities to plan for drought response after tensions escalated over water use restrictions in Westwold this summer.

Walk-in services at the South Similkameen Health Centre in Keremeos will be temporarily unavailable on Wednesday, Sept. 27 due to unexpected limited nursing availability.

A FortisBC director’s presentation about plans to deliver natural gas to more B.C. homes drew a crowd to Kamloops council chambers on Tuesday, including many who said the city needs to focus on its climate goals and move away from burning gas.

Kamloops councillors voted unanimously Tuesday to ask the province for a municipal advisor to help with governance issues stemming from discord around the horseshoe at city hall.

The Thompson-Nicola Regional District is seeking an injunction from a judge to get two allegedly unsightly and unsafe buildings removed from a pair of properties outside Cache Creek.

Kamloops city council has announced it will be investigating Mayor Reid Hamer-Jackson for what it says are his “practices” around recording conversations with city staff members without their consent.

Interior Health is celebrating the opening of a temporary primary care clinic in Lytton, saying the area will now have improved health care services while planning work on a permanent replacement for the facility destroyed in a devastating 2021 wildfire continues.

The 13th Annual BC Thanksgiving Food Drive in Oliver was another big day for community support and generosity.

The Desert Valley Hospice Society is taking a leap into the 21st Century with its IT equipment thanks to a $32,482 investment from the Government of Canada’s Community Services Recovery Fund.

Kamloops Mayor Reid Hamer-Jackson says he hasn’t read — and won’t be reading — a council resolution saying he must hand over any recordings of conversations with city staff made without their permission, and was non-committal when asked whether he would comply with the demand.