Local News

By Dawn McCormick

The Barriere Community Consultative Group in conjunction with the District Of Barriere and the local RCMP are asking for public input and involvement in establishing a local “Block Watch” under the Block Watch Society .

The Thompson-Nicola Regional Library has a new resource that uses technology to make tracing family trees easier.

District explains why off-coloured water coming out of the taps in Barriere

New initiative by the Ministry of Agriculture to serve more B.C. produced food in hospitals

The 23rd Annual Kamloops Cowboy Festival will be taking place on March 14 - 17, 2019. The festival is hosted by The BC Cowboy Heritage Society and is known across Canada as the best Cowboy Festival of its kind. The venue comes with a dinner and dance, entertainment, trade show, art show, evening shows, a dinner theatre, and over 20 performers.

Interior Lumber Manufacturers’ Association says land is already decreasingly available for logging, mining and back-country recreation

Ebus now has three departures, up from two, on Fridays and Sundays between Kamoolps and B.C.’s largest city

An Emergency tabletop exercise was held on March 1, at the Barriere Ridge specifically for Incident Commanders, District of Barriere operational managers, local Emergency Support Services (ESS) and local EOC (Emergency Operations Center) members.

District of Barriere CAO Colleen Hannigan presented her report to Mayor and Council at the Mar. 4 regular council meeting. Here are some of the highlights.