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Driver inattentiveness the top factor in crashes

For many, Labour Day long weekend means one last summer get-away and preparing for kids to head back to school. Whatever your plans are, help keep our roads safe – be a role model and make smart driving decisions over the long weekend.

On average, there are approximately 1,725 crashes, 515 injuries and five fatalities in B.C. over the Labour Day long weekend.* Police reported that the top contributing factors in ...more...

Calgary, AB -- The Western Hockey League (WHL) and the City of Whitehorse announced today that the WHL will participate in Scotiabank Hockey Day in Canada by staging a regular season game between the Kamloops Blazers and the Vancouver Giants in Whitehorse on Saturday, February 12, 2011. The game will be featured as part of CBC’s national coverage of Scotiabank Hockey Day in Canada and will mark the first time in WHL history a regular season game is played in the Yukon. The game w...more...

The Honourable Leona Aglukkaq, Minister of Health, today accepted the recommendations on Multiple Sclerosis (MS) research recently presented to her by Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) President Dr. Alain Beaudet. These recommendations are based on a thorough review of the current state of science conducted at an August 26, 2010, meeting of leading North American MS experts.

"At the meeting organized by CIHR and the MS Society of Canada, the scientific exp...more...

On Monday, 20 volunteers from TRU teamed up with 7 volunteers from the City of Kamloops to add a new community garden to The Boys and Girls Club of Kamloops. The Boys and Girls club of Kamloops was one of five clubs across to Canada to receive a grant from the Home Depot Canada Foundation to support the club’s community garden project. The goal of the project is to connect children and families to the food they eat by creating a space where children can plant seeds, grow food, an...more...

Vancouver: On August 31st the Acting Commanding Officer of the RCMP's E Division completed a duty status review of the four RCMP regular members involved in the Kamloops cell block incident on August 18th. As a result of this duty status review, the Commanding Officer has suspended with pay the supervising Corporal and two of the three Constables.

RCMP internal Code of Conduct investigations have been launched to examine the actions of four Kamloops Detachment members who, along with three civilian staff members, were allegedly involved in an incident in the Kamloops Detachment cell block on August 18th. The internal and criminal investigation was launched immediately after the incident was brought to the attention of Kamloops Detachment senior management by an RCMP employee on August 23rd.

Preliminary findings indi...more...

B.C. Utilities Commission approves rate reduction

ICBC will reduce its basic insurance rates by 2.4% beginning November 1, 2010, following a decision from the British Columbia Utilities Commission (BCUC), which is responsible for regulating basic insurance rates in the province.

"Any reduction in our insurance rates is good news for our customers and we thank them for their smart driving decisions that have made this possible," said Jon Schubert, ICBC's...more...