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📰 News

Stake Lake is finally open again. The Overlander Ski Club had to shut down for six weeks due to conditions. Limited terrain for now, but at least there's somewhere to ski this weekend. (CFJC Today)

B.C. minimum wage goes to $18.25 on June 1. That's 40 cents more — the province says it's keeping pace with inflation. (CFJC Today)

Decriminalization is over. Now what? B.C.'s drug pilot officially ended, and simple possession is illegal again. Kamloops RCMP say it's too early to know how it'll change things on the ground. (Radio NL)

A Kamloops nurse kept increasing doses without telling doctors. Now she's suspended. The care home nurse administered medication above what was prescribed and didn't alert prescribers. (Castanet)

🚨 Safety

Royal Inland and OLPH both locked down Thursday afternoon. Cranbrook RCMP were in town arresting someone with outstanding warrants. Both facilities are back to normal. (Castanet)

RCMP released their 2025 year-end numbers. 61 firearms seized, three kilograms of drugs, and child exploitation cases at their highest in years. Superintendent Pelley called it one of the toughest years the detachment has seen. (Castanet)

📅 Events

Seedy Saturday — This weekend. If you garden, this is where you stock up. (Castanet)

Learn About Film — Mar 7-8, Paramount Theatre. Annual seminar from the Thompson-Nicola Film Commission. (Radio NL)

🛣️ Roads & Weather

10°C, showers tonight. Clearing to sunshine by Sunday.

🚧 Shuswap Rd (Sun Rivers): Single-lane alternating Mar 3–6.

🚧 Hwy 5 (Palmer-Forsyth): Left lane closed Mar 3.

⚠️ Hwy 1 (Chase to Kamloops): Falling rocks — 43 km stretch.

(DriveBC)