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🏛️ City Hall

Clean the Beach is back April 19 — the City wants volunteers along the riverbanks. The annual Earth Day cleanup runs 11 AM–2 PM near Riverside Park and Overlanders Park. Register by April 17 at Kamloops.ca/CleanTheBeach. (City of Kamloops)

📰 News

Polling suggests Kamloops MLA Peter Milobar is in a tight race for BC Conservative leader. Mainstreet Research has Caroline Elliott at just over 21% first-choice support, with Milobar just behind — but he'd win on second-place preferences under the party's ranked ballot system. Close to 32% of members remain undecided. (Radio NL)

Bestselling author Gabor Maté spoke at TRU in February about why he believes addiction isn't a choice. The retired B.C. physician argued that substance use "comes out of trauma." (The Wren)

B.C. families could pay up to $600 more a year for groceries as Iran-war energy costs filter through. Freight charges are up 10–35% since late February. Oil hit US$120/barrel in early March; it's at $91.40 now. (Castanet)

Kamloops non-profits are already feeling it. Gas is at $1.80/litre, the Food Bank is bracing for another round of food price hikes, and the Salvation Army's bread door — once with leftovers — now runs out daily. (CFJC Today)

BC Lions FanFest comes to Hillside Stadium May 16. New this year: Celebrity Flag Football with Lions alumni. Registration for clinics opens April 13. (CFJC Today)

📅 Events

"The Little Things That Run The World" is on today. (Castanet)

Vancouver Film School info session in Kamloops on March 30. Find out how their one-year production model works. (KamloopsBCNow)

🛣️ Roads & Weather

🚧 Hwy 1 (Grand Blvd to Miners Bluff Rd, Kamloops): Road sweeping — watch for slow-moving vehicles and crews.

🚧 Hwy 1 (Old Ferry Rd to Squilax Turtle Valley Rd, east of Kamloops to east of Chase): Road sweeping through Apr 17, weekdays 6 AM–3 PM. Moving work zone.

(DriveBC)