Josh Dawson

2 days ago | castanet.net | Chelsea Powrie |Kathy Michaels |Josh Dawson |Chuck Chiang

The provincial government has acquired more rental housing in B.C. communities, as part of its push to provide more affordable housing . Minister for Housing Ravi Kahlon was in Penticton Thursday to announce that the government's Rental Protection Fund, which allows applicable non-profits to purchase and manage rental properties, has added many more rental units.

2 days ago | castanet.net | Josh Dawson |Chelsea Powrie |Jami Makan |Graeme Wood

The BC Wildfire Service says it is expecting increasing temperatures and strong winds to cause “extreme fire behaviour” on wildfires in the northeast of B.C.In a news release, the BC Wildfire Service said it is expecting a challenging three-day period in the Dawson Creek, Fort St. John and Fort Nelson fire zones beginning on Friday. BCWS said westerly winds could gust up to 70 kilometres per hour as a cold from arrives on Friday.

1 week ago | castanetkamloops.net | Josh Dawson

Kamloops mounties are asking the public for any information that may lead to the location of a missing woman last seen earlier this week. Kamloops RCMP said Katherine Gillis, 42, spends most of her time in Kelowna but was last seen in Kamloops on Monday, May 26. She was on the North Shore in the afternoon and hasn’t been seen since. “Katherine told a family member she was intending on going to Chase,” said Cpl. Dana Napier, spokesperson for the Kamloops RCMP.

1 week ago | castanet.net | Josh Dawson

Dollars coming from the province will be covering the purchase of seven new school buses in the Kamloops-Thompson school district — several more than the district was originally approved for. In an amended response letter from the ministry to the district's five-year capital plan submission, SD73 received approval for funding for an additional two buses, the board of education heard Monday night. That's on top of five other buses it had previously been approved for in April.

1 week ago | castanetkamloops.net | Josh Dawson

Dollars coming from the province will be covering the purchase of seven new school buses in the Kamloops-Thompson school district — several more than the district was originally approved for. In an amended response letter from the ministry to the district's five-year capital plan submission, SD73 received approval for funding for an additional two buses, the board of education heard Monday night. That's on top of five other buses it had previously been approved for in April.