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A mid-March public hearing will allow the overtaxed an opportunity to tell the city where to start cutting.

Parents, teachers and professionals have a message for the Kamloops-Thompson school board.<br><br>Special education funding cannot be cut and, instead, must be increased.

Barry Brady couldn't find much positive to say about a talk he had with Education Minister Joy MacPhail yesterday.

Kamloops Indian Band councillors are expected to decide shortly if they will negotiate with the BCGEU or stand firm on a labour code developed by former chief Manny Jules.

Regional entrepreneurs will soon have something which has stalled the growth of a high-tech industry in Kamloops - capital funding. A group of local business people have established Kamloops Ventures Fund (VCC) Inc.

The old cliché couldn't be more bang on: it's better to be safe, than sorry.

Restaurants got a little safer Wednesday following the Kamloops Restaurant Association's annual general meeting.

A mid-March public hearing will allow the overtaxed an opportunity to tell the city where to start cutting.<br><br>"They can ask for changes in service levels, deferring capital projects and user fees," said Coun.

Mel Hale says Victoria should ban privately run water systems after a Sierra Legal Defense Fund report on water regulations gave British Columbia a failing grade.

When Jack Kerssens goes to visit the Big Guy in the sky, you can be sure he'll be leaving some task behind. It might be a project he's pursing for the Child Development Centre or a meeting with other Credit Union directors.