Why there’s a big pile of garbage in Kamloops’s McArthur Island Park

A dump truck load of garbage was spotted in a Kamloops parking lot today and some residents wondered where it came from.

City of Kamloops workers were at the parking lot in McArthur Island Park today, Sept. 30.

They said a garbage truck driver dropped the load garbage due to problems with the truck and the fear it had caught on fire.

The city workers would not comment further.

Most non-essential city services have been suspended for the National Day of Truth and Reconciliation so no one at city hall was immediately available to comment.

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