The British Columbia government announced an investment of $4.16 million in Thompson Rivers University (TRU) for skills training in high-priority trades seats.

Firefighting aircraft will be visible in the skies above West Kelowna at about 1 p.m. on Wednesday, Oct. 26, as part of an aviation demonstration associated with the Wildland Fire Canada 2016 conference.

Effective at noon on Saturday, Oct. 15, the current Category 2 and Category 3 open burning prohibitions will be rescinded throughout the Kamloops Fire Centre.

Kamloops-South Thompson MLA Todd Stone on behalf of Suzanne Anton, Attorney General and Minister of Justice, announced that government is adding 23 new deputy sheriffs, who start work next week in communities throughout the province, including one in Kamloops.

Under the BC Rural Dividend, the Province is providing $71,600 to the Adams Lake Indian Band, MLA for Kamloops-South Thompson Todd Stone announced.

Yesterday crews conducted the final large scale rock-clearing blast, marking a significant construction milestone on the Trans-Canada Highway four-laning project located approximately 40 kilometres east of Kamloops. 

Kamloops residents should be advised that the Red Bridge on Mt Paul Way in Kamloops will be closed to vehicle traffic on Sunday, Oct. 2, 2016, for bridge maintenance to reinforce the wooden deck and repair the pothole at the south end of the bridge.

Families in the Kamloops/Thompson school district will benefit from improved transportation services thanks to $666,817 in funding under the new provincial Student Transportation Fund.