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Glynn Brothen
Time appears right for petition to dump daylight saving time
KAMLOOPS - It’s been a couple days since Bob Dieno and Tara Holmes created a petition and Facebook page asking the B.C. government to consider doing away with daylight saving time and they are getting strong support from many in the province. The petition ‘stop the time change in British Columbia’ received hundreds of signatures...
Poppy campaign kicks off this week
THOMPSON-OKANAGAN - This year’s poppy campaign is expected to be underway this Friday, Oct. 30. Poppies will be available at all Legion offices and members will have them available at locations throughout the city. Funds from the poppies contribute to veterans, their families and others in need of assistance in the community. The long-standing tradition...
Trial for two youths in Salmon Arm shooting death expected next year
KAMLOOPS - The trial for a man and woman accused of gunning down a man in a Salmon Arm school yard won’t take place until next spring. Names of both accused charged with first-degree murder cannot be revealed as they were both youths at the time of the alleged offence. Their names are protected under...
Conservation officers save baby bobcat in Osoyoos
KAMLOOPS - An orphaned bobcat kitten got another chance at life after being rescued by conservation officers this summer. Officers found the kitten orphaned near Osoyoos in July and with the help of the public were able to capture it. The kitten was then transferred to the B.C. Wildlife Park in Kamloops for rehabilitation. The...
Ashcroft murder trial remains stalled
KAMLOOPS - The trial for an Ashcroft man accused of killing his uncle remains in limbo as court awaits results of a psychiatric assessment. Shane Takeshi Gyoba is charged with one count of second-degree murder in the death of Ed Gyoba, his uncle whom he lived with in Ashcroft. The trial began in August but...
Court prepares for hearing for man accused of shooting Kamloops officer
KAMLOOPS - Court proceedings are moving forward for a man accused of shooting a cop in December of last year. Kenneth Michael Knutson faces a host of charges after an incident Dec. 3, 2014. Cpl. Jean-Rene Michaud was shot in the early morning hours, which then led to a massive man hunt in the Batchelor...
Kamloops man rallies to get Daylight Saving Time dropped in B.C.
KAMLOOPS - A local man wants the province to stop turning clocks back in favour of remaining on one standard time year-round. Former Kamloops Chamber of Commerce president and local business owner Bob Dieno no longer wants to spring forward or fall back and has created a petition to call on the province to consider...
Concerned about that drone? You’re not alone
KAMLOOPS - If you’ve recently acquired a quadcopter or unmanned aerial vehicle armed with a video camera attached, bear in mind, flying it in populated areas can have some unforeseen legal consequences. Amateur drone videos of Kamloops are starting to pop-up online and while the intent is likely just to record a picturesque video, law...
Kamloops drunk tank could move from RCMP cells to medical setting
KAMLOOPS - There may be a new drunk tank in Kamloops by next year if a planned sober housing project moves forward. Kamloops RCMP Supt. Brad Mueller says members of the detachment have partnered with Royal Inland Hospital and Interior Health to develop a plan for a sober housing location. With beds and medical personnel...
Concerns growing over peace officer assaults in Kamloops
KAMLOOPS - Police and bylaw staff are concerned given the recent spike in assaults against peace officers in Kamloops. The city's community safety and enforcement manager Jon Wilson says in the last month there’s been two serious incidents. A bylaw officer was attacked while another was seriously threatened. One of the incidents involved a weapon,...
Man arrested after pulling his pants down outside Kamloops elementary school
KAMLOOPS - A man who pulled his pants down in a Valleyview elementary school this morning, Oct. 23, triggered an RCMP response after staff members saw him in the hallway. Const. Jason Epp, a spokesperson for the Kamloops RCMP, says the man walked up to Marion Schilling Elementary during a professional development day and a...
Undercover conservation officers stumble upon butcher near Kamloops selling wild game
KAMLOOPS — When undercover conservation officers approached a Savona butcher to inquire about a man selling wild game meat, he told them to buy from him instead, making himself a new target for investigation along with their original suspect. Stuart Malcom Stephenson, 53, pleaded guilty to trafficking wildlife under the Wildlife Act and received a...
GORDON TRIAL: Neighbour describes house fire which led to woman’s death
KAMLOOPS - A man who witnessed a fire on St. Paul Street in downtown Kamloops two years ago says he remembers hearing a pounding on his door before his neighbour told him in a panic that his house was on fire and there were people inside. Devyn Skeels testified in front of a jury today,...
Three patients remain in hospital after violent attack near Lillooet
THOMPSON-OKANAGAN - Three of the original 11 people who were admitted to Interior Health hospitals after an attack at the Bridge River Indian Band office near Lillooet remain under medical care. “One patient is in serious but stable condition and two are stable and beginning their recovery,” Tracy Watson of Interior Health says. The patients...
ELECTION 2015: What having an opposition MP means for Kamloops
KAMLOOPS - The results of this week’s election was a split between three parties in the Kamloops-Thompson-Cariboo riding and now for the first time in seven years, it will have an opposition member of Parliament in Ottawa. After a tight race between the Conservatives, New Democratic Party and the Liberals, Conservative Cathy McLeod was re-elected...
Bike and tools stolen from Kamloops parkade
KAMLOOPS - RCMP investigators are looking for information regarding a break and enter at a downtown parkade the evening of Oct. 19. Cpl. Cheryl Bush says the break-in at the Fifth Avenue parkade happened sometime overnight. The suspect or suspects duct-taped and sprayed an oil-like substance on the surveillance cameras, she says. "The computer that...
Independent investigation of in-custody death near Lillooet dropped
LILLOOET - Independent investigators have ceased their examination of an in-custody death under the Lillooet RCMP. The Independent Investigation Office of B.C. were called to the town last week when 22-year-old David Allan Patrick James died following a rampage inside the Bridge River Indian Band Office near Lillooet. James attacked several employees, allegedly with a hammer,...
ELECTION 2015: Kamloops-Thompson-Cariboo’s Conservative Cathy McLeod ready for new role as opposition MP
KAMLOOPS - Cleanup efforts are underway at Conservative campaign headquarters in Kamloops and while member of Parliament Cathy McLeod topped the polls, she calls the change from incumbent to opposition ‘bittersweet.' McLeod’s win for the Kamloops-Thompson-Cariboo riding was one of the 99 seats won by the Progressive Conservatives in last night’s Federal Election, but Oct....
Goodbye graffiti: Kamloops acquires new tool in fight against vandalism
KAMLOOPS - The Kamloops Graffiti Task Force has a new weapon in their arsenal which promises to improve their response to the inappropriate things painted around town. After staff pitched in to take on extra tasks to make some more money on the side, $20,000 was raised to purchase a Tornado ACS, a machine which...
FEDERAL ELECTION 2015: Eye on the Kamloops-Thompson-Cariboo race
KAMLOOPS - Conservative Party of Canada candidate Cathy McLeod was a clear winner in 2011 with 52 per cent of the 56,814 voters in the Kamloops-Thompson-Cariboo riding and it's projected she'll continue to hold the reign after the 2015 election count is completed. McLeod has held the region for the Conservatives since she was first...
Ranch hand pleads guilty to stealing employer’s cattle and other thefts
KAMLOOPS - Selling 10 of his employer’s cows worth $35,000, wracking up a work-related credit card and stealing thousands of dollars worth of property could earn a ranch hand fraudster federal jail time. Jason John McDowell, 38, pleaded guilty to two counts of theft and one count of cattle theft in Kamloops Provincial Court today,...
Sex offender faces longer probation after failing to complete rehabilitation program
KAMLOOPS - A convicted sex offender pleaded guilty in Kamloops Provincial Court today, Oct. 16 to breaching his probation conditions after he was removed from two of his court-ordered rehabilitation sessions. Francis Desmet, 65, was convicted in 2012 of making and distributing child pornography in Kelowna and sentenced to 18 months in jail. After his...
GORDON TRIAL: Police charged accused with causing death before woman died
KAMLOOPS - After a police officer told a man he was being charged with criminal negligence causing death on April 25, 2013, he was confused and said he had no idea whose death he caused — at the time no one had died at all. The charges changed for David Peter Gordon, born 1980, who...
Halloween gala to support Kamloops toddler battling cancer
KAMLOOPS - Cash donations continue to funnel in for the family of a Kamloops toddler who was diagnosed with cancer last month, and a special Halloween event is scheduled to help contribute even more this month. Sawyer Jules is a 19-month-old boy currently battling the disease in the B.C. Children’s Hospital. The brain tumour was...