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1 week ago | 
radionl.com | Paul James |Drew Ferreira
A decision by the BC government to green-light Teck Resources to expand operations at its Highland Valley Copper mine is being met with a sense of relief in the region. “It’s a major driver of our small economies in our communities here,” said Barbara Roden, Mayor of Ashcroft and Chair of the Thompson Nicola Regional District Board.
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4 weeks ago | 
radionl.com | Jeff Andreas |Paul James |Stacey Thompson
Local leaders from Kamloops and the Thompson-Nicola region say they’re making important progress advocating for housing and infrastructure needs while attending the Federation of Canadian Municipalities conference in Ottawa this week.
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1 month ago | 
radionl.com | Paul James |Drew Ferreira
A push to have a cardiac catheterization laboratory established at Royal Inland Hospital in Kamloops is getting some new advocacy. It’s coming from the Thompson Nicola Regional District. The TNRD will be penning a letter to Interior Health and the Health Ministry, on the impassioned plea of the Director for the Lytton area, Tricia Thorpe.
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2 months ago | 
radionl.com | Paul James |Drew Ferreira
If you’d been noticing a heavier police presence downtown and the southern parts of Kamloops over the last week or so, the Mounties have an explanation. RCMP have confirmed a series of busts have taken place over the course of the last week or so, with the Crime Reduction Unit expanding their uniform presence on the streets, targeting those who have been under previous surveillance by the Mounties.
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Mar 13, 2025 | 
radionl.com | Paul James |Drew Ferreira
The flow of train traffic up and down the North Thompson corridor has resumed. It had been suspended, following a derailment near Barriere yesterday afternoon. Canadian National confirms the tracks were repaired and trains began moving in the early afternoon on Thursday. “CN crews worked safely through the night at the site of the five-car derailment that occurred last evening at 5:40 pm local time near Barriere,” said the railway in a statement.
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Mar 5, 2025 | 
radionl.com | Jeff Andreas |Paul James |Drew Ferreira
No reported injuries, but it sounds like there was a bit of mishap during work on the new city gardens apartment complex downtown. In a breif statement from Kelson Group representatives says “what we can say is: that eyewitness reports indicate a portion of the cement roof over the underground parking lot on the site gave way around 11:00 this morning.”That is the location for where the 2nd Tower is going to located.
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Feb 18, 2025 | 
radionl.com | Paul James |Drew Ferreira
We now have a timeline for when a municipal promise to the Province will be fulfilled to increase traffic flows to and from Cascades Casino. The City of Kamloops has confirmed that March 15th will see the start of construction to create a 2nd left turn lane off of the Exit 367 off-ramp to Pacific Way. Pacific Way is the quickest access route for those coming up through downtown Kamloops to access popular shopping locations in the area, including Costco, as well as the Aberdeen Mall.
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Feb 12, 2025 | 
radionl.com | Paul James |Drew Ferreira
A further lease on life for the New Afton Mine just outside of Kamloops. A geo-technical survey has come back, showing that the mine site has enough gold and copper resources in it to keep operational for at least the next six years. New Gold, which operates the mine just west of Kamloops, says — in fact — that the geo-technical analysis launched last year shows the company is going to be able to ramp up its output.
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Feb 10, 2025 | 
radionl.com | Paul James |Drew Ferreira
We’re now getting more details as to why there was such a large police presence in north Kamloops on Friday morning, which shut down Tranquille Road for a time.
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Feb 5, 2025 | 
radionl.com | Paul James |Drew Ferreira
A sense of urgency appears to have been the catalyist for — what turned out to be — immediate action to get the Lytton Ferry back up and running this week. As of 3pm on Wednesday afternoon, the vital link crossing the Fraser River had been restored. “Please note the Ferry is restricted to light traffic (6,000 gvw) and school buses only at this time,” said Yellowhead Road and Bridge, the operator of the Ferry, in a note sent out at 3pm on Wednesday.
