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Levi Landry
Levi is a recent graduate of the Communications, Culture, & Journalism program at Okanagan College and is now based in Kamloops. After living in the BC for over four years, he finds the blue collar and neighbourly environment in the Thompson reminds him of home in Saskatchewan. Levi, who has previously been published in Kelowna’s Daily Courier, is passionate about stories focussed on both social issues and peoples’ experiences in their local community. If you have a story or tips to share, you can reach Levi at 250 819 3723 or email LLandry@infonews.ca.
What happens when a BC school is locked down
"We can't stand outside and wait for teams to arrive while people are actively being killed inside, right? So it's all hands on deck, and the first person that arrives gets to go first."
Kamloops woman’s cancer test cancelled due to IH mandates for OB/GYNs
"By mandating that, it means a whole group of other people don't get their health looked after."
RCMP, fire department take largest share of proposed Kamloops tax hike
"If we're going to drive down the tax rate, we've got to start with areas with the biggest tax hit."
Campaign to recall Kelowna-Lake Country-Coldstream MLA Tara Armstrong begins
“Based on the sentiment, people that I’ve talked to in the riding, there’s really a lot of people disgusted with her and her politics."
The problem with Penticton’s new anti-racism bylaw
"How do we ensure free speech is encouraged and speech that crosses the line is not? Is it the recipient? Is it the person that investigates the speech, is it the courts?"
Penticton spent 18 months writing a unique racism bylaw to target just one person
And iNFOnews.ca has learned that that one person has now moved, largely resolving the problem.
Former Kamloops CAO awarded $412,000 severance
He signed the deal five months ago, blaming the mayor for his departure.
Man who poured beer on Kamloops mayor not facing charges
Police said Mayor Reid Hamer-Jackson and the suspect came to "a peaceful conclusion."
$1.5M condos in Kamloops? They’re already selling
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Completion of the first tower at City Gardens has been delayed a few months to the spring of 2026.
RCMP admit messaging amid Kamloops high school gun scare ‘not ideal’
"The Kamloops situation was not ideal because, obviously, for all involved it probably would be best if we could come out quickly with a resolution on that."
Pop-up drop-in centres for homeless people in Kamloops
"The idea is that in a four-hour block of time, a person would experience a microcosm of what they would get if they went into a drop-in centre."
Unauthorized OneBC event planned at Thompson Rivers University
The school hasn't cleared the event, but that hasn't stopped OneBC leader Dallas Brodie and author Frances Widdowson from moving forward on their plans.
Kamloops parents left in dark after gun report at school
“There was a big question mark out there. You don’t want to send your children into the line of fire on a question mark."
Interior Health to test virtual doctors at rural hospitals next year
"New things have to be tried so we don't require people to work more hours."
New Interior Health CEO says she’s on a mission to ‘rebuild trust’
“I think perhaps we have put our heads down in the best and just tried to keep on keeping on. We haven’t communicated as well as we could and we haven’t leveraged community force.”