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Glynn Brothen
The world’s best female hockey players are in Kamloops for this week’s 4 Nations Cup
KAMLOOPS – The four hockey teams from Canada, Sweden, Finland and the United States have arrived in Kamloops and are already on the ice practicing for the first game the 4 Nations Cup. Here’s what you need to know before the puck drops for the nineteenth international tournament held at the Interior Savings Centre: The tournament...
Officials at Kamloops mill come to agreement with union
KAMLOOPS – Officials at Domtar have reached an agreement with the Unifor union to support local trade apprenticeship students with training opportunities at the pulp-mill in Kamloops. The agreement follows the issues caused by the pulp-mill’s A-Line closure in 2013. The decision resulted in a layoff for 125 workers and an 80 per cent reduction...
Celebrate 100 years of hockey across Canada in the ‘Loops.
KAMLOOPS - To commemorate 100 years of a sport that defines us as Canadians, Hockey Canada’s cross-country memorial tribute will be making a stop in Kamloops. The century tour, which will make approximately 100 stops, is a 20,000 square foot interactive showcase of timelines with milestone moments, artifacts, a synthetic ice rink and is fun...
Gaglardi fine could go to conservation foundation
KAMLOOPS - It’s up to a Kamloops Provincial Court Judge to decide if the B.C. Conservation Foundation will receive the cash from a fine against one of the province’s wealthiest businessmen and his corporation. In a sentence hearing earlier this month, Crown prosecutor Digby Kier asked Judge Stephen Harrison to consider directing Tom Gaglardi and...
The mystery of gift giving in Kamloops solved
KAMLOOPS - A frenzy of gift giving started in Kamloops since Nattaly Franzen decided she wanted to give away a mystery box. Franzen says the game of storing various items in an unmarked box and offering it for pickup is a popular one among young mothers. She remembers it becoming a trend when she lived...
Three years in jail for dangerous driving killing two passengers
"I WOULD BE REMISS IF I DID NOT EMPHASIZE THE DISASTROUS CONSEQUENCES OF MR. FEDAN'S ACTIONS." KAMLOOPS – Moral blameworthiness was the principle a Kamloops Supreme Court Justice used to sentence a man guilty of killing two passengers with his dangerous driving to three years in jail. In addition to jail time, Justice Deborah Kloegman...
Man who killed two passengers after driving dangerously to get jail time
KAMLOOPS – In final submissions before Wayne Fedan is sentenced for two convictions of dangerous driving causing the deaths of Brittany Plotnikoff and Ken Craigdallie, both Crown and defence counsel called for jail sentences of no more than three years. “Human life can never really be valued or assigned a price... not just one, but...
Man with a gun on North Shore just a hunter
KAMLOOPS - A full force response from the Kamloops RCMP to a call about a man dressed in camouflage carrying a rifle Monday morning on the North Shore. RCMP say the caller was standing at the corner of Tranquille Road and Schreiner Street at about 8:20 a.m. It turned out the man was simply a...
Family still searches for missing daughter one year later
KAMLOOPS – Caitlyn Avril Murray's family members have been searching for her with the aid of friends and community members since she disappeared near Quesnel's Fraser Bridge Inn on Sept. 30, 2013. Reeling from a breakup with her boyfriend, Caitlyn parked her vehicle near the bridge over the Fraser River and was last seen after...
Be leery of this email targeting education support payments
THOMPSON-OKANAGAN - Parents looking to get the $40-per-day temporary education support payment promised by the government during the B.C. teachers’ strike are advised to be aware of a fraudulent email which includes a link to a false Canada Revenue Agency website. A Maple Ridge woman contacted the RCMP after receiving an email which linked to a site...
One cause of pedestrian-vehicle incidents in Kamloops
KAMLOOPS – It’s a fairly simple driving tip – watch out for pedestrians. Yet ICBC and the Kamloops RCMP were at the transit exchange Tuesday morning to hand out safety reflectors, board transit buses and tell pedestrians to look, listen and be seen by motorists. Cpl. Cheryl Bush, spokesperson for the Kamloops RCMP, said pedestrian...
A Kamloops runner plans to make history by completing this goal
KAMLOOPS - Edward ‘Fast Eddy’ Dostaler had little experience with long-distance running before he announced plans to be the first person to pound the pavement across Canada before turning around and running back. The 26-year-old carpenter from Kamloops decided his solo run will start in Victoria March 1, 2015. “Overall it’s going to be over...
Universities taking pro-active approach to Ebola despite low transmission risk
THOMPSON-OKANAGAN – The risk of Ebola in the interior of British Columbia is a low one, but that hasn’t stopped the international departments at Thompson Rivers University and the University of British Columbia’s Okanagan campus from taking direction or developing a plan for international student travel. “The key part of what we’re doing is really...
Kamloops drivers can’t leave the phone alone
KAMLOOPS – Stiffer penalties for distracted driving are in effect; drivers caught using a hand-held device will face three license penalty points and a $167 fine. Kamloops RCMP Supt. Brad Mueller says despite efforts from the RCMP in partnership with ICBC and Community Safety, the message Leave the Phone Alone isn't getting through. Mueller told...
Kamloops Imam denounces attacks in Ottawa
KAMLOOPS – Imam Mazhar Mahmood was on his way to the Adam’s Lake salmon run on Wednesday when he heard of the shooting in Ottawa. “I was literally in tears,” he said. Upon his return to the mosque, the tears continued once local Muslims finished their prayers. Mahmood, who manages the Kamloops Islamic Association, said...
Gaglardi sentencing to take place this December
KAMLOOPS - Dallas Stars Owner Tom Gaglardi and his company Northland Properties Corporation will be back in Kamloops Provincial Court this December for sentencing. Earlier this year, Judge Stephen Harrison found Gaglardi guilty of harmfully altering a fish habitat. The alterations were part of various renovations and landscaping projects on the Gaglardi family’s lakeside vacation...
Strip down, grease up and pose: Kamloops firefighters launch hot calendar to raise funds this weekend
KAMLOOPS – It takes a lot of work to make a red-hot calendar, but members working with the Kamloops Firefighters Charitable Society are hoping it will pay off after their planned fundraising events. One hundred per cent of proceeds garnered from calendar sales will go toward the burn fund. Corey Butler, calendar coordinator and firefighter,...
TRU President offers his community words of support, counselling following attacks
KAMLOOPS – Thompson Rivers University made sure students, staff and faculty had a place to express grief and shock following Canada's two separate terrorist attacks that took place this week. University President and Vice-Chancellor Alan Shaver spoke to his university community Thursday morning. “I offer heartfelt sympathies to all those affected by the deplorable acts...
Local army reservists directed to not wear uniform outside of work hours
KAMLOOPS – The Rocky Mountain Rangers, B.C’s interior infantry reserve unit, are under increased security and were directed Wednesday afternoon to not wear uniforms outside of work hours as events continue to unfold in the nation’s capital. Wednesday morning, a gunman opened fire at the War Memorial in Ottawa, killing one soldier before shots were fired...
MP Cathy McLeod, Sen. Nancy Greene Raine under lockdown in Ottawa
KAMLOOPS – Our local Member of Parliament and Senator are safe in Ottawa but both remain under lockdown at Parliament’s centre block. Kamloops-Thompson-Cariboo MP Cathy McLeod and others including Senator Nancy Green Raine, will remain in the block until further notice. “That’s all we can say right now,” Jennifer Thompson, a spokesperson for McLeod told...
Rescued bears named after contest on social media
REVELSTOKE – The two rescued grizzly cubs are now safe and sound at the Northern Lights Wildlife Society – their sanctuary in Smithers. The rescue with its unforeseen challenges garnered media attention after the society’s manager, Angelika Langren posted a call for help on the society’s Facebook page. Langren posted another call on the Facebook...
Trial date set for man accused of killing 16-year-old CJ Fowler
KAMLOOPS – The jury-trial for a man accused of murdering his 16-year-old girlfriend is slated to begin next September. Damien Taylor has been in custody since his arrest for the death of CJ Fowler in January of this year. He is charged with second-degree murder. In December of 2012, Fowler’s body was found by a...
Police looking for driver after crash near Overlanders bridge
KAMLOOPS – RCMP members are asking the driver of a dark blue '90s-model Honda prelude involved in an incident near the Overlanders Bridge Sunday afternoon to come forward. The incident happened at around 2:15 p.m. Mounties say a motorcyclist crashed his bike after a vehicle allegedly made an unsafe lane-change in front of him on...
Kamloops RCMP detachment needs more officers
KAMLOOPS – The local RCMP detachment currently has 112 boots on the ground, eight shy of 120 funded positions. Kamloops RCMP Supt. Brad Mueller told the police committee in a City Hall quarterly meeting Monday morning that while there are some pressures on staff, it’s not out of the ordinary across the province. “We are...