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Glynn Brothen
Kamloops Slide the City date nears, tickets still available
KAMLOOPS - Late registration tickets are still available to hopefuls who plan to Slide the City on a giant waterslide later this month. On July 18, Hillside Drive between Hillside Way and Notre Dame drive will be closed off to host the event. On the event’s website, tickets are available for a single slide or a...
Do you know this trio? Police looking for tips in gun theft
BARRIERE - Crime Stoppers is asking for the public’s assistance in identifying three suspects who broke into a rural property near Barriere to steal guns and ammunition last week. On July 2 a security camera caught footage of two men and a woman walking the property around 3:30 p.m. before a gun safe was pulled...
TRENDING NOW: When your best buddy rats you out
Nobody likes a tattletale, even our tailed friends. Watch what happens when this dog buddy rats out Abby — a French bulldog caught in the midst of her shenanigans. Do your pets tattle on each other? %%embed1%%
Vehicle thief handed nine months jail for stolen truck, ATVs
KAMLOOPS - A 22-year-old with a taste for stolen vehicles will spend the next four-and-a-half months in jail after pleading guilty to possessing a stolen pickup truck and two all terrain vehicles last spring. Justice Gary Weatherill handed Waylon Faulhafer a nine-month sentence yesterday, July 6 for his involvement in two separate stolen property files....
NHL beach party this Friday at Kal Lake
VERNON - Get ready to have a beach day with some of your favourite National Hockey League players past and present in a fundraiser event for the Vernon Jubilee Hospital Foundation this weekend. On Friday, July 10, the National Hockey League Players’ Association, along with 20 players, will be at Kalamalka Beach for autographs, beach...
Residents of burned out Sahali apartments might not return for months
KAMLOOPS - The cause of a fire that left one unit uninhabitable at an apartment building on Whiteshield Crescent South remains unknown, but an assistant fire chief says it’s ‘remarkable’ they were able to save the building given its construction. “It’s low end (damage) compared to what it could have been,” Dave McMahon of Kamloops...
Convicted killer Snelson on bail until sentencing this fall
KAMLOOPS – Convicted killer Neil Snelson will spend the rest of his summer living in…
TRENDING NOW: What it takes to become a Magic Mike fangirl
Conan O'Brien decided to hop on the Magic Mike fangirl bandwagon by crashing a girl's night to celebrate the sequel release. Watch him take part in dinner, drinks, hilarity and a glowstick party on today's Trending Now. %%Embed1%%
Kamloops dental surgeon continues work while awaiting penalty for causing brain damage to patient
KAMLOOPS - A local dental surgeon continues to work at his practice while he waits to hear what penalty a professional panel imposes for a series of failures which led to a patient’s cardiac arrest during surgery. A team of investigators for the Inquiry Committee of the College of Dental Surgeons of British Columbia examined...
RCMP reunite missing dog with family
KAMLOOPS - Saundra Potter didn’t expect to come home without a dog when she took a family trip to Kelowna to run an errand. Potter and her three children left their dog Bailey in the back of her truck with a blanket, food and water when they entered a store to grab barbecue supplies last...
Cause of Kamloops apartment fire unknown
KAMLOOPS - A fire that ripped through a Sahali apartment building Sunday is still under investigation. Investigators with Kamloops Fire Rescue are working to determine the cause of a fire at 44 Whiteshield Cres. Dispatch received the call around 6:30 a.m. yesterday, July 5, to attend the Woodlane Manor apartment complex. Firefighters evacuated all residents...
TRENDING NOW: Film about B.C. town inspired by ‘Nightcrawler’
The B.C. filmmaker was inspired by the movie Nightcrawler, which showed a cool bird's eye view of Los Angeles. He decided to try the same camera techniques as seen in the movie. See just how abandoned a small city can look in the middle of the night. %%embed1%%
TRENDING NOW: Telling your kids about gay marriage
Following the controversial Supreme Court ruling on gay marriage, late night host Jimmy Kimmel took to the streets to see what kids had to say about it. Some kids shared their opinions on marriage in general, including the best time to get married and how old you should be. See what they had to say...
TRENDING NOW: Ready for the close up
Sometimes the cat just wants to be the focus of the attention. Especially when you can do something it can’t. Watch this kitty steal the limelight at a very opportune time in today’s Trending Now. Do your pets ever try to steal the show? %%embed1%%
The blue piano of downtown Kamloops silenced by vandal
KAMLOOPS - The blue public piano in downtown Kamloops has gone silent after a vandal destroyed it this week. Members of the Downtown Kamloops Association are looking for someone to remove the city’s blue piano after it was destroyed yesterday, July 2. Jackie Rechenmacher, a team leader with the association says members witnessed a man...
City extends state of emergency after flash flooding
KAMLOOPS - The city applied to lengthen the state of emergency order on the Oak Dale trailer park area today, July 3, to give city workers more time to fix landscaping and drainage areas. The city declared the order after flash flooding ran through the trailer park on June 30. The water, which cascaded from...
Kamloops newspaper ordered to remove stories on accused murderer
KAMLOOPS – A Kamloops newspaper has been ordered to remove two stories from its website…
Kamloops designer sets off on new chapter, bids farewell to city’s fashion scene
KAMLOOPS - The city is losing its best-known fashion designer to Toronto. Quinn Collier, owner of QTC designs, staged his final fashion show at Hotel 540 on June 28 to a crowd of white-clad spectators — mainly friends and family — who supported him in his six-year quest to become a fashion designer. “Lots of...
Residents in flooded Westsyde mobile home park remain upbeat
KAMLOOPS - A construction team sweeps debris from Westsyde Road as residents of the nearby Oak Dale trailer park return home to survey the damage, throw away perishables and connect with neighbours after a flash flood tore through the neighbourhood earlier this week. On Tuesday, June 30, Emergency crews evacuated about 60 homes after a...
‘Sheer brutality’ earns killer who stabbed friend 12 years
RECEIVES SAME SENTENCE AS LAST TRIAL KAMLOOPS - A convicted killer could be back out in the community in roughly five years’ time after he was handed his sentence today, June 30, for his 'sheer brutality' in the 2008 murder of a Lytton man. Kamloops Supreme Court Justice Dev Dley handed Cory Bird, 27, the...
Judge hands three-month curfew for jealous attack
KAMLOOPS - A woman who assaulted her ex-husband’s new girlfriend in a jealous rage will have no criminal record after a Kamloops provincial judge decided to absolve her of the assault charge earlier this month. Instead of a criminal penalty, Michelle Prevost, who pleaded guilty to the assault, faces a one-year probation period where she...
Kamloops mounties keeping an eye out on Canada Day
KAMLOOPS - As you plan to enjoy your Canada Day celebrations, remember to decide how to get home safe ahead of time; RCMP is on the watch for impaired drivers among other criminal violations. Cpl. Cheryl Bush, a spokesperson for the Kamloops RCMP, says a full complement of officers will be at Riverside Park tomorrow,...
Judge clears charges against care home patient after assault on support worker
KAMLOOPS – A judge cleared the criminal record of a care home patient who lives…
Man with warrants flees from police, spends night on Pritchard Bridge
PRITCHARD - It was a long shift for Chase RCMP members who spent their night watching a runaway man with warrants for his arrest stand on a bridge over rushing water in Pritchard. Const. Jonathan Spooner says the man fled from police at a beach yesterday afternoon, June 28. “A Chase officer noted the man...