Rick Mercer is calling out the Conservative candidate in Burnaby North-Seymour for sharing a doctored quote from the TV personality on social media. On Monday, the Burnaby North-Seymour Conservative Constituency Association, who is backing candidate Heather Leung, posted a photo of the comedian on Facebook with a quote taken from a “Rick’s Rant” segment that […]

Effective at noon (Pacific time) on Wednesday, Sept. 18, 2019, Category 2 and Category 3 open fires will be permitted throughout the Kamloops Fire Centre’s jurisdiction, due to a decreased risk of wildfires in the region. Use of the following equipment and activities will also be permitted: fireworks, including firecrackers; sky lanterns; burn barrels or […]

By ROY WOOD The Peanut Pond townhome development took another step forward today as council approved the “form and character” of the proposal while at the same time moving to ensure it will be family friendly. The 54-townhome development will sit on the hillside between Peanut Pond and Highway 3, behind the Super 8 Motel. […]

OSOYOOS COUNCIL BRIEFS Craft brewery in the works for Watermark Locally-produced beer may soon be available at the south end of the Watermark Resort complex after Osoyoos council gave initial approval of the idea this afternoon. According to a report to council from senior planner Don McArthur: “Wesley Grieve has expressed interest in leasing space […]

Anglers recently won a court battle against the owners of Douglas Lake Cattle Company, granting them access to Minnie and Stoney lakes after the ranch blocked access roads. Ed Hendricks A recent B.C. Supreme Court decision restoring public access to two fishing lakes on land owned by the Douglas Lake Cattle Company has reinvigorated efforts […]

Internationally renowned Red Sky Performance bring their newest work TRACE to Venables Theatre. Trace explores Indigenous connections to ancestral origins and all things traceable through dance. Inspired by Anishinaabe cosmology, our star and sky stories, Trace maps our origin and evolution. For tens of thousands of years, Indigenous peoples of Turtle Island have mapped the […]