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Dana Reynolds
Dana Reynolds is originally from Saskatchewan, but previous to Kamloops lived in Toronto for five years. She is well educated, obtaining her Masters of Arts from York University and Certificate of Broadcast Journalism from Seneca College. Dana has a passion for travel, having worked and studied in three foreign countries. She is a political junkie, especially as pertains the Middle East as she wrote her thesis on Muslim immigration into Europe. Dana is very excited to be in Kamloops and embark on a career in journalism with Info News.
Canine hydrotherapy means Charlie could be catching frisbees again
KAMLOOPS - Charlie is a border collie who broke his pelvis in three places this past summer and is now getting canine rehab with a hydrotherapist. His owner Ross Marchand says they were out hiking when the five-year-old dog crawled under a log and it gave way. "It hit his back end and broke his...
Kamloops hospital construction enters next phase with pedestrian bridge
KAMLOOPS – Construction of the clinical services building at Royal Inland Hospital is well on its way, with today marking another major step in the process. The pedestrian bridge linking the hospital to the new services building was put into place. Royal Inland Hospital’s health services administrator Carol Laberge says it was a very exciting...
Microbes as Art: TRU biology images inspire exhibition at the World of Science in Vancouver
KAMLOOPS – A collection of art inspired by a Thompson Rivers University professor’s microbe scans will be featured at Telus World of Science in Vancouver. The exhibit entitled "Microbes Art Us", is a version of the 2014 Kamloops Art Gallery and TRU Art Gallery shows “Cave Microorganisms and Drug Discovery: A Collaboration Between TRU Microbiology...
Clarence Jules: The memories left behind
KAMLOOPS - It is hard to sum up a man like Clarence Jules, who passed away Sept. 10 at the age of 89 and seemingly lived multiple lives. Officially, he’ll be remembered as the popular former chief of the Kamloops Indian band. He was the man who created the Mount Paul Industrial Park in Kamloops and...
UPDATE: Young boy dies in quadding accident in Celista
NORTH SHUSWAP - A young boy died earlier this month after the all-terrain vehicle he was riding flipped. The B.C. Coroners Service has indentified the victim as Liam Parker Smith, aged nine, from Celista, a small community on the north shore of Shuswap Lake. On Sept. 12, Smith and a friend, aged ten, were riding...
ELECTION 2015: Kamloops students take part in election process
KAMLOOPS - Kamloops students are learning early what it takes to be an informed voter. A total of 28 Kamloops schools, a mix of secondary and elementary, are currently registered in Student Vote, a national program that simulates elections and helps foster future voters. Westsyde and Sahali Secondary schools have taken the program to heart...
Stolen vehicle driven ‘very erratically’ recovered near Westwold
WESTWOLD - A joyriding couple in a stolen pickup truck were stopped in their tracks by RCMP yesterday afternoon. Police received a report around12:30 p.m. yesterday, Sept. 21, of a white Ford S350 truck, believed to have been stolen from Summerland, being driven near Falkland. A police helicopter out on a separate investigation spotted the...
Kamloops not alone in opposition to provincial transit funding freeze
KAMLOOPS – Kamloops and dozens of other municipalities are asking the provincial government to reconsider its freeze on transit funding. The city has a resolution at the annual Union of B.C. Municipalities convention, which got underway today in Vancouver, asking the delegates to strongly urge the Premier, the Minister of Transportation and the Minister of...
Your chance to ask KGHM questions about Ajax at least a month away
KAMLOOPS - You’re going to have to hold onto questions you have for KGHM International about the proposed Ajax Mine for a while yet. The mining company will not be hosting public information sessions until the mine’s application is publically released. “The information sessions will happen in the 75-day comment period, which will start soon...
Trans-Canada Highway east of Kamloops to be shut down during blasting
KAMLOOPS - Blasting will shut down Highway 1 east of Kamloops as crews prepare to move forward on the expansion of the highway. The closure will take place from 8 a.m. to noon tomorrow, Sept. 20. The highway will be closed in both directions about 13 kilometres west of Chase. An alternate route is available...
The Kamloops commute this coming next week
KAMLOOPS – With Overlanders Bridge promised to be complete by Oct. 31, residents have only six more weeks of detours, single lanes and flaggers, as construction season reaches its final phases. Overlanders Bridge Crews continue to work on the east side of the Overlanders Bridge. All southbound vehicles traveling downtown continue to detour through a...
Kamloops’ West Highlands Park moves closer to completion
KAMLOOPS - Aberdeen residents will soon have the park they have been waiting for — West Highlands Park is set to be complete by spring 2016. Eight years in the making, the West Highlands Park has faced some setbacks over the past couple of years, including significant drainage issues. Located at the site of the...
Police dog makes quick work of locating stolen briefcase full of cash in downtown Kamloops
KAMLOOPS - A briefcase full of cash was stolen from a vehicle early this morning, but was quickly located hidden in some bushes down the street by a police dog. An officer in the parking lot behind the downtown detachment was approached by a person around 6 a.m. saying their truck had been broken into....
Westsyde Pool gets the dollars needed to repair leaky roof
KAMLOOPS - The good news is the funds have been made available to fix the Westsyde Pool, the bad news is the pool still won’t be open until September 2016. The funding for this project — just under $3 million — was transferred from the Canada Games Pool repair budget. The funds were transferred because...
Kamloops Children’s Arts Festival takes over Riverside park this weekend
KAMLOOPS - Gather up the kids and head down to Riverside Park for some free family fun this weekend. With a theme of 'Animal Kingdom,' the 16th annual Kamloops Arts Council's Children's Arts Festival, filled with artistic, musical and theatrical activities for children ages two to 12, returns to Kamloops this Friday and Saturday. On...