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Rarebirds ready to roost

The Rarebirds housing co-operative is ready to take flight. Since last summer, the group has been working toward its dream of building a co-op home just west of downtown. When completed, the project...

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Old is new again

The new is going over top of the old as Thompson Rivers University’s remodelling of its Old Main Building takes shape. The addition to the building will include one-and-a-half new floors, complete with...

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Aberdeen Glen Village is Fire Smart

Residents of the Aberdeen Glen Village mobile-home park have a chance to become the first community in Canada to be given a Fire Smart Community Program designation. On the weekend, the park hosted a...

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Sears hosts barbecue to help cancer patients, family

The Sears National Kids Cancer Ride will hold a fundraiser barbecue on Saturday, Sept. 1, from 11:30 a.m. to 3 p.m., to raise money to support children with cancer and their families. The barbecue will...

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Changes to the world this salon’s focus

Changes Salon in Kamloops is not only about hair. The Hillside Drive salon raised the most money in Canada among Aveda concept salons during a fundraiser for a water project in India spearheaded by...

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Expect a busy bear month in Kamloops

September is expected to be a busy month for bear activity as bruins continue their search for food before the winter months begin. “Their drive to feed during the month of September is probably even...

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REVIEW: Canadian rockers live up to the hype at ISC

It was a night filled with arguably some of Canada’s best bands and the Kamloops crowd at Interior Savings Centre seemed to love every minute of the Billy Talent concert on Saturday, March 16. With a...

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Kamloops’ Kelly Olynyk is now a Boston Celtic

“With the 13th pick in the 2013 NBA draft, the Dallas Mavericks select Kelly Olynyk from Kamloops, Canada and Gonzaga University. Kelly is not here this evening.” Those were the words of NBA...

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Gift of kindness follows shooting

A woman who was the victim of a random act of violence in Kamloops recently received some good fortune as she continues to try to recover. In June, Tanya Watkins, 25, was sitting on the couch of her...

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Her passion on her sleeve

Atop the cool, black waters of Nicola Lake, sea cadet corps from around B.C. participated in the third annual Anchors Away Interior Nautical Weekend at the Kamloops Sail Association in Quilchena....

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Opening of Sagebrush golf course delayed

By Michael Potestio, Merritt Herald The Sagebrush golf course remains closed for the foreseeable future as golf season in the Nicola Valley begins. Zoning issues and the search for a new owner have...

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As copper prices fall, layoffs loom at Highland Valley

Slumping copper prices have led Teck’s Highland Valley Copper mine to announce it will cut its workforce by six per cent by the end of 2016. Peter Martell, superintendent of environment and community...

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Newmark Group takes another swing at Sagebrush

Just when you thought they were out, they’re back in. It wasn’t exactly a hole-in-one in 2014, but Langley-based company Newmark Group has now acquired the Sagebrush Golf & Sporting Club. The real...

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Merritt RCMP makes first possible contact with fentanyl

The scene outside the Coldwater Hotel on Tuesday evening, where the overdoses took place. David Dyck/Merritt Herald Merritt RCMP believe they have come across their first fentanyl-related drug...

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Search fails to find sign of missing Merritt man

Kamloops Search and Rescue manager Alan Hobler (right) and BCSI Investigations president and lead investigator Denis Gagnon examine what turned out to be deer bones. Michael Potestio/Merritt Herald...

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