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Kamloops Rural RCMP deal with two separate vehicle crashes
CHERRY CREEK — Two people were sent to hospital after a collision on Highway 1 and Rodeo Drive near Cherry Creek today, August 26. Aird says three cars travelling in the fast lane were involved in the collision. The first, a blue Honda signalled to turn left. The second car in the chain made a...
Daughters struggle for answers about dementia care after mom suffers horrific death
'SHE COULD HAVE GONE FROM ANY ONE OF HER ILLNESSES," DAUGHTER SAYS, 'BUT SHE BURNED ALIVE." KAMLOOPS — A series of government-funded senior care failures and one last cigarette killed Matilda ‘Tillie’ Olineck, her family says. Jeanne and Jackie Olineck — Tillie’s daughters — were cleaning up their mothers apartment at the Glenfair Complex downtown...
Kamloops CEO charged with assault taking leave of absence
KAMLOOPS — The top employee of a social services organization in Kamloops is taking a leave of absence after charges accusing her of domestic assault were made public last week. Interior Community Services CEO Kelly Ann Kelland, born 1962, is accused of committing an assault last month in Monte Creek. The organization is a non-profit...
Kamloops man may cancel return trip on cross-canada run
KAMLOOPS — The city’s cross-country runner is about to finish his trek across Canada, but might not make the trip back as funds continue to dwindle. Edward ‘Fast Eddy’ Dostaler says he’s about a week away from reaching New Brunswick and says he won’t stop until he reaches Newfoundland. Unfortunately, he says, the plan to...
Senior woman dies in fire at Kamloops retirement home
KAMLOOPS — A Kamloops woman has died from her injuries after her room caught fire in a downtown senior’s complex yesterday, Aug. 24. Platoon Capt. Troy Grant says Kamloops Fire Rescue and paramedics responded to the call at Glenfair Complex on Glenfair Drive around 10:20 p.m. and determined the woman fell asleep in her chair...
Shooting victim warns of vigilante attacks on mentally ill man who shot him
KAMLOOPS — The British Columbia Review Board is questioning legislation that grants victims the right to learn where their attackers are living after a Kamloops man requested the mentally ill person who shot him in the face be moved. Last December, a Kamloops Supreme Court Justice found Erik Konrad William Nelson not guilty of several...
B.C. crews begin work on Washington wildfire
THOMPSON-OKANAGAN - B.C. Wildfire firefighters have begun work on a Washington-based wildfire inching its way toward the Canadian border. With five kilometres left before reaching Canada, B.C. crews have been deployed to suppress the Stickpin Fire which is now estimated to be 19,240 hectares in size. Plans so far are for crews to assess the...
VIDEO: Kamloops locals show off their dance moves for special cause
KAMLOOPS — It’s almost time for the Kamloops movers and shakers to shake it and move it in the Dancing Like the Stars competition. Dancing Like the Stars is a Kamloops fundraiser to raise awareness and funds for women’s breast health. The event hosted by the Royal Inland Hospital Foundation will take place at the...
Social services organization CEO charged with assault
KAMLOOPS - The chief executive officer of Interior Community Services will attend court next week to face an assault charge. Kelly Ann Kelland, born 1962, was charged in July with one count of domestic assault stemming from an incident in Monte Creek. Interior Community Services is a social services organization which provides support to families...
Grassland-eating grasshoppers causing grief for Interior cattle ranchers
KAMLOOPS - A district board member hopes to speak with the provincial Minister of Agriculture about "a great number of complaints" about the growing grasshopper population eating away the grasslands near Kamloops and causing concerns for ranchers. Ken Gillis, the director for the Grasslands area of the Thompson Nicola Regional District, says he plans to...
Ed Gyoba to be remembered with bench in Ashcroft
ASHCROFT - Community members have raised enough money to purchase a memorial bench for Ed Gyoba, a well-known man in Ashcroft and Cache Creek who died in an alleged murder last year. Susan Maximiuk, who took it upon herself to collect the funds, says it only took about a month to raise the $1,600 necessary...
Penalty committee to decide on Kamloops dentist
KAMLOOPS - A penalty committee will decide next week if a Kamloops dentist will still be allowed to practice and what, if any, penalties to impose after his sedated patient suffered a heart attack. Dr. Bobby Rishiraj from the Kamloops Oral Surgery and Implant Centre will attend the hearing in Vancouver on Monday, Aug. 24....
NHL assistant coach, Kamloops Blazer owner in jail on drunk driving charges
SON WAS IN VEHICLE WHILE DRIVING WITH BLOOD ALCOHOL LEVEL OF .3 FRIDLEY, MN — One of the Kamloops Blazers owners is in jail facing charges for driving under the influence with a 0.30 blood alcohol content reading in Minnesota Thursday evening. According to a complaint filed by Fridley Police Department Officer Erik Johnson in...
Task Force signs deal with Canada Post for graffiti clean-up
KAMLOOPS — There are plans to have every graffiti covered mailbox in Kamloops clean before the end of September after Canada Post signed a three-year agreement with the city’s Graffiti Task Force. Ronnie Bouvier with the Task Force says the agreement came after a communication failure between the city, Canada Post’s Ottawa office and the...
See what the Kamloops Longboard Club has been up to
KAMLOOPS - Last year was a big one for the Kamloops Longboarding Club. The city gave them their own park. Kamloops was the one of the first municipalities to create an off-road track specifically for long boarding. The club posted this mash-up of skating video taken at the park near Pacific Way Elementary School along with...
Semi trailer flips and loses load on Trans Canada in Shuswap
CHASE - All that’s left is a small amount of diesel on Highway 1 after a tractor trailer flipped near Chase yesterday evening. The semi flipped around 6:45 p.m., Aug. 19, near Little River Road, according to a RCMP media release. The Trans Canada was closed for several hours and re-opened around 11:30 p.m. Witnesses...
RCMP investigating suspicious fire at pizza shop
KAMLOOPS — A RCMP investigation is underway into a fire at a pizza shop which started after an accelerant was thrown through a broken window early this morning Firefighters extinguished the fire in the 400-block of Victoria Street around 5 a.m., Aug. 20. RCMP say investigators are still trying identify a suspect. If anyone saw...
Gyoba trial suspended pending psychiatric assessment
KAMLOOPS — The trial for a 28-year-old Ashcroft man charged with murdering his uncle will…
No smoke alarms in fire that destroyed trailer on Ord Road
KAMLOOPS — A fire could have gone much worse at the Apple Valley Trailer Park according to a Kamloops Fire Rescue Inspector. Ray Webster says there were no smoke alarms detected in a trailer which went up in flames around 10 a.m. today, Aug. 19. “This could have been far worse,” he says. A neighbour...
Man who died in Osoyoos jet-ski incident identified
OSOYOOS - The B.C. Coroners Service has identified the man who died in a jet-ski incident on Osoyoos Lake in June. He was Samen Pirzadeh-Tabaei-Zavareh, 34, from North Vancouver. The man and another passenger were riding the jet-ski on June 28 when it capsized due to strong winds and water currents. A passing boat rescued...
Ashcroft and Logan Lake could have doctors within six months
THOMPSON-NICOLA - With the loss of community doctors in both Logan Lake and Ashcroft residents have had limited health care options for a significant period of time, but that could change by February as the province continues with a program to bring international doctors to rural communities. Dr. Nancy Humber, the community medical director for...
Kamloops computer store out $1,000 in product and a door following morning theft
KAMLOOPS - A computer store is out one door, a few refurbished computers and a bit of cash after thieves backed their car into the store’s window in a break and enter early this morning. Gary Johnston, the owner of Josto Technologies and Computers, says he got a phone call from the resident living above...
Kamloops runner reaches Quebec in cross-country journey
KAMLOOPS - It’s been close to six months since Edward ‘Fast Eddy’ Dostaler left Kamloops for his run across Canada and back and on Friday, Aug. 14, he crossed the border into Quebec. Dostaler says he’s completed 6,400 kilometres on his run to raise awareness for breast cancer and Alzheimer's disease and in the process...
Accused murderer talks about everything but his uncle’s death
LANGUAGE AND CONTENT ADVISORY KAMLOOPS – Shane Gyoba was conversational on several topics during an…