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Glynn Brothen
Spences Bridge shooter still at-large
SPENCES BRIDGE - Almost a year after a cyclist was shot during the Cache Creek 600 cycling marathon the person, or people, responsible are still at-large. Despite the victim issuing a public plea for more information on his attacker after being shot near Spences Bridge last June Sgt. Rob Vermeulen, a spokesperson for the RCMP,...
Westsyde girl recovering from cancer giving other kids with cancer a reason to smile
'IT MADE MY HEART FEEL REALLY HAPPY' KAMLOOPS - After being diagnosed with leukemia Samantha Donovan made it a priority to smile, laugh and feel love every day she spent at the Ronald McDonald house. She and her family - which the now five-year-old nicknamed Team Super Everybody - lived there for eight months while...
Former member wants money back from Church of Scientology
KAMLOOPS - A former parishioner has filed a notice of civil claim in Kamloops Supreme Court against the Church of Scientology of British Columbia for “negligent misrepresentation” in counselling funds and extra payments. In her claim filed April 29, Lorna Carleton states during her time as a parishioner for the church from November 1988 to...
Attic fire damages Kamloops house
KAMLOOPS - Fire crews still are extinguishing hot spots Thursday morning after a house in Barnhartvale caught fire around 1 a.m. Capt. Dave Ferguson says the fire, which began early this morning, April 30, was in the attic of the house and then spread to a semi-attached garage. Two residents were home at the time...
Billets for the season, Blazers family for life
KAMLOOPS - Finding people a place to call home, rather than a place to crash, is Kerry Rubel’s speciality. Arranging billet homes for players on the Kamloops Blazers team is a family-learned practice. Her late mother Doris did it for 40 years. To make sure every Blazer gets a safe spot Rubel screens potential families...
Inmate bites guard at Kamloops jail
KAMLOOPS - An officer at the Kamloops Regional Correctional Centre is still off work after sustaining a bite from an inmate during an assault Saturday evening. A statement from the Corrections branch of the Ministry of Justice says the inmate was being removed from his cell on April 25 when he bit the guard. RCMP...
Kamloops firefighter helping with efforts in Nepal
KAMLOOPS - One of Kamloops’ very own firefighters departed Tuesday, April 28, to help out efforts in Nepal following last weekend's crippling earthquake. Nepal was hit by a 7.8-magnitude earthquake on April 25. So far the death toll has hit more than 5,000 and thousands more have been left homeless. Kamloops Fire Rescue Assistant Chief...
Ministry building vandalized with anti-mine message
KAMLOOPS - Employees at the Ministry of Environment offices in Kamloops arrived at work to discover their building targeted by someone with a message for Imperial Metals. On Wednesday, April 29, the message 'shut down Imperial Metals' was found scrawled across four different parts of the building. Cpl. Cheryl Bush, a spokesperson for the Kamloops...
UPDATE: Crashes on Coquihalla just outside of Kamloops
KAMLOOPS - Emergency personnel are on scene after two separate vehicle incidents around 3:30 p.m., both near Inks Lake on the Coquihalla Highway just outside of Kamloops. A driver says she witnessed a vehicle flip and roll around four times approximately 13 kilometres outside of Kamloops. "The wind was so bad. Everyone was driving 120...
Packed house for record fair this weekend
KAMLOOPS - If you're looking to add to your music collection, or try out a new instrument, a record fair this weekend might be right up your alley. CFBX, a local radio station out of the Thompson Rivers University campus, will host its largest record fair yet this Sunday, May 3. The fundraiser sells everything...
Secwepemc elder preserving language as university ‘lleqméltn’
KAMLOOPS - Learning to speak our first language is a process we likely take for granted. Our families spoke it from the day we were born, we absorbed what they said and learned to speak, read and write it, and then our schools expanded on that knowledge as we got older. For Mona Jules learning...
Tokens to feed the hungry taking off at Kamloops bakery
KAMLOOPS - Feeding the less fortunate was something Erwin’s bakery manager Robyn Haley did for a number of years before her new free sandwich token program launched, but she didn’t plan to sell all 250 tokens in three days. The program is simple. Customers can buy tokens for $2.25 which are handed out to those...
Dangerous driver who killed two passengers appeals conviction
KAMLOOPS - A man convicted of dangerous driving causing the death of his two passengers in 2010 is appealing his conviction on the grounds evidence against him was seized by police without a warrant. In October 2014, a Kamloops Supreme Justice convicted Wayne Fedan, born 1961, of dangerous driving causing the deaths of Brittany Plotnikoff, 20,...
Name of hitchhiker killed on highway near Cache Creek released
CACHE CREEK - The pedestrian killed by a truck while walking on the Trans Canada near Cache Creek two weeks ago. Clarence William Luggi, 45, who was recently living in Vancouver, was walking along Highway 1 on April 11 around 5 a.m. when he was struck by a pickup truck travelling in the same direction,...
UPDATE: SUV left precariously perched; car crash on Trans Canada in Kamloops
KAMLOOPS - A crash between two Alberta drivers held up traffic in the westbound lane of the Trans Canada east of the Peterson Creek Bridge in Kamloops during the morning commute. Capt. Troy Grant with Kamloops Fire Rescue says a Ford SUV and a Jeep collided on Hwy 1 near the Yellowhead off-ramp after the...
Brand value likely led to intricate theft in Sahali Mall
KAMLOOPS - The $100,000 heist of Apple products at a Sahali Mall store wasn’t so simple but the manager believes the thieves who sell the products from the raid will make easy money. Simply Computing manager Regan Hayes says the market for Apple is a strong one, whether it’s buying from a brick-and-mortar store or...
Adjudicators replace judges for bylaw disputes in Thompson-Nicola Regional District
KAMLOOPS - If you receive a bylaw ticket in the Thompson-Nicola Regional District and choose to dispute it, you’ll no longer take it to provincial court. The district gained provincial approval to scrap court visits and bring the debate to a private hearing with an adjudicator instead with the process beginning this month. Regina Sadilkova,...
UPDATE: Body found in Kamloops Lake identified, foul play ruled out
KAMLOOPS - The B.C. Coroners Service confirmed a body was found in Kamloops Lake last weekend and police say foul play has been ruled out as a cause of death. Cpl. Dave Tyreman, a spokesperson for the RCMP, says hikers found the body of a 50-year-old Kamloops woman along the edge of the water near...
UPDATE: Missing woman located
UPDATE: 8:37 A.M., APRIL 22, 2015 RCMP say Amanda Teasdale has been located. KAMLOOPS - Local officers are asking for the public’s assistance to find a 19-year-old woman last seen on April 17, 2015. Staff Sgt. Grant Learned, a spokesperson for the Kamloops RCMP, says Amanda Teasdale is First Nations, 5’9”, 140 pounds with brown...
Outdoor farmers’ markets start this weekend
KAMLOOPS - Get ready for more space, more vendors and a longer season as the first farmers' market of 2015 kicks off this weekend. "There’s actually so many people this week that we’re going to be on the street and in the school yard,” market manager Annelise Grube-Cavers says. Typically the first market of the...
Women suspected of Pineview vehicle break-ins await court
KAMLOOPS - Two women accused of breaking into multiple vehicles in Pineview remain in custody pending future court dates. Jaime Colleen Dickson, 38, and Kelly Nicole McGinn, 25, were arrested on April 13 around 3 a.m. after police officers responded to a report of vehicles broken into with several items stolen. A resident in the...
No injuries in train derailment north of Kamloops
KAMLOOPS - Rocks fell onto train tracks north of Kamloops Sunday afternoon, leading to two locomotives and nine car bodies derailing. The incident happened near McLure, about 25 minutes north of Kamloops yesterday, April 19. Chad Graham, a resident in the area, said he spotted the derailed cars near his property around 5 p.m., about...
Kamloops university students get creative with science projects
KAMLOOPS - If you ever found yourself wondering how a zebra got its stripes or how bees communicate, check out some of the latest video projects from science students at Thompson Rivers University. In their first-year biology class, students were told to answer an odd science question in an entertaining way. The topics range from...
Overlanders Bridge construction to begin next week
KAMLOOPS - Prepare to either be patient or seek alternative routes as construction begins on the Overlanders Bridge next week. Phase one of the $9.3-million construction project begins Monday, April 20, and will have the southbound curb lane, west sidewalk and the Tranquille Road exit ramp closed to start. The bridge's overpass will be...