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Thompson-Nicola Regional District Providing local government services to more than 150,000 residents across 10 Electoral Areas and 11 Member Municipalities, in the Region of BC's Best.

Attention Lac Le Jeune/ Walloper Lake residents: The TNRD FireSmart program is hosting a free chipping day in your commu...
10/23/2026

Attention Lac Le Jeune/ Walloper Lake residents: The TNRD FireSmart program is hosting a free chipping day in your communities on November 9, 2026!

🪵 Place debris at the end of the driveway the night before pickup.
🪵 For easy pickup, stack wood and have butt ends facing the road.
🪵 Brush needs to be clean and free of dirt and rocks.
🪵 Woody debris is limited to being a maximum of approximately five inches in diameter.

ℹ️ It's not too late to plan a late-fall chipping day event in your community, and it's never a bad time to start planning one for next spring! Free chipping days are a great way for rural residents to remove potential wildfire fuel from their property with all of the hauling and disposal covered.

For more information, visit our FireSmart Free Chipping Days webpage: https://www.tnrd.ca/services/firesmart/firesmart-free-chipping-days/

♻️ Last month, during the Union of BC Municipalities convention, TNRD solid waste staff were fortunate to present to the...
10/22/2026

♻️ Last month, during the Union of BC Municipalities convention, TNRD solid waste staff were fortunate to present to the Electoral Area Directors Forum about the Agricultural Plastics Recycling pilot program! Staff shared program details, metrics, challenges and lessons learned, and key priorities and advocacy goals moving forward.

🌾 As part of this program, participating ranches are provided with compactors at no cost. Used plastics - including bale wrap, silage bags, and silage covers - are collected on-farm, compacted, and stored. Once enough volume is accumulated, these plastics are transported to approved recycling end-markets. The TNRD partners with Clean Farms which connects these plastics with end markets.

🐄 In the first year of this pilot program, 29 bales of ag plastics were recycled; that's approximately 32,000 pounds (14,500 kilograms) of plastics, or the weight of roughly 24 cows! This result was substantial and exceeded the TNRD's diversion target of 11,000 kg by about 32%.

✅ This TNRD pilot program runs until December 2028 and will continue to make sure large amounts of ag plastics are recycled and diverted from landfills!

🕙 Time is running out for FireSmart Rebates for 2026!🏡 The deadline to apply for a TNRD FireSmart rebate is October 31, ...
10/21/2026

🕙 Time is running out for FireSmart Rebates for 2026!

🏡 The deadline to apply for a TNRD FireSmart rebate is October 31, 2026. This rebate program covers 50% of costs to a maximum of $1,000 for fire mitigation work done within 30 metres of their home. Rebates can cover direct costs incurred for mitigation work as well as costs of labour by the homeowner.

💰 This program is open to all property owners within TNRD Electoral Areas. For more information, visit our FireSmart Home Assessments and Rebates webpage: https://www.tnrd.ca/services/firesmart/firesmart-home-assessment/

10/21/2026

We're pleased to report that the main elevator in the TNRD Civic Building is now fully back open after planned maintenance, more than a week ahead of schedule!

Since September 16th, essential operating components of the elevator were replaced, which were 25 years old and at end of life.

We appreciate members of the public and staff for their adjustments over these past five weeks while this work took place - using the Library's second-floor elevator, the freight elevator with a staff es**rt, and more often than not - the stairs, all the way up to the fourth floor.

☀️ These sunny fall days are a great time to take the kids and check out the NEW playground at the Birch Island Communit...
10/20/2026

☀️ These sunny fall days are a great time to take the kids and check out the NEW playground at the Birch Island Community Park! 🛝

✅ In July, a project was completed to install a larger playground intended for kids aged 5-12, with toddler features at ground level and a sensory panel for tactile, imaginative, and developmental play! A new swingset was also installed which includes a "see-me swing" for parents and toddlers.

🏀 As part of this project, basketball nets were refurbished and hockey nets were replaced at the park. All work was done after public consultation, including a playground design survey where more than 40 residents provided input.

🙏 Thank you to local residents and the Birch Island Recreation Society for your feedback for this park project - and enjoy!

🌲For more information about the Birch Island Community Park, visit the Park's webpage here: https://www.tnrd.ca/services/community-services/parks-trails/birch-island-park/

Have you seen our Tax Rate Infographics? These helpful images show every service that each Electoral Area and Municipali...
10/19/2026

Have you seen our Tax Rate Infographics? These helpful images show every service that each Electoral Area and Municipality receives from the TNRD, and show what each service costs that are paid for through property taxes.

Find tax rates for services in each TNRD community by clicking here: https://www.tnrd.ca/services/budget-finance/budget-highlights/

Looking for more detailed service costs after seeing these bite-sized infographics? You can read line-by-line details on all revenues and expenses, and also find projections for future years, in our 2026 Budget. This can be found at the top of our Budget 2026 webpage: https://www.tnrd.ca/services/budget-finance/budget-highlights/

Stay tuned for information on budget consultation opportunities, which we publicize every year in November!

Preliminary results are now available for TNRD elections in Electoral Area "E" and Electoral Area "I," as well as for th...
10/18/2026

Preliminary results are now available for TNRD elections in Electoral Area "E" and Electoral Area "I," as well as for the Tobiano Firehall Borrowing Referendum.

Full preliminary election results are listed below:

Electoral Area “A” (Wells Gray Country): Usoff Tsao (acclaimed)
Electoral Area “B” (Thompson Headwaters): Lee Onslow (acclaimed)
Electoral Area “E” (Bonaparte Plateau): Jim Smith
Electoral Area “I” (Blue Sky Country): Tricia Thorpe
Electoral Area “J” (Copper Desert Country): Michael Grenier (acclaimed)
Electoral Area “L” (Grasslands): Doug Haughton (acclaimed)
Electoral Area “M” (Beautiful Nicola Valley – North): Jim Harvey (acclaimed)
Electoral Area “N” (Beautiful Nicola Valley – South): Linda A. Brown (acclaimed)
Electoral Area “O” (Lower North Thompson): Jill Hayward (acclaimed)
Electoral Area “P” (Rivers and the Peaks): Cory George (acclaimed)

Preliminary results for the Tobiano Firehall Borrowing Referendum show that 345 total votes were cast, with 321 votes in favour of the referendum question, and 24 votes against.

More information: https://www.tnrd.ca/preliminary-results-2026-tnrd-local-general-elections-and-tobiano-referendum/

Voting places are now closed, thank you to everyone who voted today in the TNRD Electoral Area "E" and "I" elections and...
10/18/2026

Voting places are now closed, thank you to everyone who voted today in the TNRD Electoral Area "E" and "I" elections and the Tobiano Firehall referendum!

Election officials are now counting all ballots, and preliminary results will be available later this evening. To view results once they are posted, please check back to TNRD social media or the TNRD website. A news release will be published on the home page when preliminary results are known.

For information on all TNRD elections, visit our 2026 Elections webpage: https://www.tnrd.ca/regional-government/elections/general-local-elections-2026/

For all background information on the Tobiano firehall project, borrowing, and the referendum, visit the project webpage: https://www.tnrd.ca/regional-government/elections/tobiano-firehall-project/

Election Day is TODAY.More than a dozen voting places are open between 8 am and 8 pm for elections in TNRD Electoral Are...
10/17/2026

Election Day is TODAY.

More than a dozen voting places are open between 8 am and 8 pm for elections in TNRD Electoral Area "E" (Bonaparte Plateau) and Electoral Area "I" (Blue Sky Country). Residents in Tobiano also have two voting place options for the Tobiano Firehall Borrowing Referendum.

Preliminary election and referendum results will be available later this evening; all votes are counted beginning at 8:00 pm.

Please make sure you VOTE! It only takes a few minutes out of your day and it's an important process in democracy.

For more information about TNRD elections, click here: https://www.tnrd.ca/regional-government/elections/general-local-elections-2026/

For all background information and referendum details about the Tobiano Firehall project, click here: https://www.tnrd.ca/regional-government/elections/tobiano-firehall-project/

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300-465 Victoria Street
Kamloops, BC
V2C2A9

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Tuesday 8:30am - 4:30pm
Wednesday 8:30am - 4:30pm
Thursday 8:30am - 4:30pm
Friday 8:30am - 4:30pm

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