Glynn Brothen
Were your high school teachers this cool?
How cool is this theatre teacher? Take a look at him and his classes put on a show while they dance to Mark Ronson's song "Uptown Funk." Then on Trending Now, watch Ellen DeGeneres play Never Have I Ever with her guests, Johnny Depp, Gwenyth Paltrow and Paul Bettany. Check out Conan O'Brien have a...
UPDATE: Name released in second Kamloops prison death
KAMLOOPS - Investigators are examining the cause of an inmate death on Jan. 19 at Kamloops Regional Correctional Centre. The B.C. Coroner's Service has confirmed the dead inmate as Daryl Vic Belseck, 52, and said the death is not considered suspicious. Cindy Rose, a spokesperson for B.C. Corrections, provided very little information, saying the inmate...
Team of advisors set to help those facing layoffs
KAMLOOPS – With two major layoff announcements in Kamloops within a week of each other, employment advisors are preparing for more clients. Blair Gray, the site coordinator for the Open Door Group and Work B.C. in Kamloops says the location has seen an increase in the amount of clients, but doesn’t attribute that to recent...
Name of Chase fire victim released by B.C. Coroners Service
CHASE - The B.C. Coroners Service has released the name of a woman who died in a mobile home fire in Chase. She was Sherry Leah Skjeie, 53, from Chase. Emergency services attended Skjeie's home in the Whispering Pines Mobile Home Park in the early morning hours of Jan. 16. Skjeie was found deceased after...
TRU law school receives generous donation
KAMLOOPS - Two legal professionals with ties to Kamloops have made a generous contibution to aid the continuing growth of the law school at Thompson Rivers University Administrators at the institution recognized Master of the Supreme Court of British Columbia Rob McDiarmid and Sharon Matthews Friday, Jan. 23 for their $50,000 contibution to the law...
Environmental dialogue coming to Kamloops
KAMLOOPS – Beyond free bannock, the CommUnity Innovation Lab plans to offer the public several opportunities to hear speakers share a variety of perspectives on the environmental footprint, economics and human impact of climate change. The conference, set to take place at Thompson Rivers University from February 2 to 5 will have topics ranging from...
Say what? NFL players talking nonsense
The latest bad lip reading is out and the target this go-around is the NFL. Watch some pro-athletes say some ridiculous things after a YouTube genius has dubbed over sports footage with some wacky voice creations of their own. Speaking of lips, watch Blake Shelton fail to read Jimmy Fallon's when the two play The...
GOG: From the heads of babes
I occasionally have momentary weaknesses for human contact and at this moment, the subject before me was one of those sub-human forms, a chance encounter with a neighbour child from the local school. I don’t recall how it began but for me it seemed to end after about 15 seconds because he chose to speak...
Officer shooting in Alberta ‘hits close to home’ for Kamloops Mounties
KAMLOOPS – The superintendent from the Kamloops RCMP detachment says it’s “business as usual” for his staff, even though it is a “somber day” for police across Canada. St. Albert RCMP Const. David Matthew Wynn died in hospital today, Jan. 21 after succumbing to a bullet wound to his head. Wynn and his auxiliary officer,...
Cause of mobile home fire in Chase undetermined
CHASE – Even with a team of investigators looking into the the Jan. 16 mobile home fire that left one woman dead, the community fire chief says the structure was so badly burned the cause could not be confirmed.
Supporters flock to sign petition for Kamloops birder
KAMLOOPS – One Kamloops resident has taken her support online to rally behind a man who faces fines for feeding crows in his Valleyview neighbourhood. “Please support Toby Jackson as he champions our liberty to care for our fellow beings,” writes Emmy Logan on a petition website. “(He) is being persecuted by a single complainant...
RCMP: Chase woman’s death in fire not crime-related
KAMLOOPS – RCMP investigators in Chase say they don’t believe the trailer fire which claimed a woman’s life on Jan. 16 was crime-related. “We have absolutely no information that it’s criminal,” Sgt. Gary Heebner said Monday, Jan. 19. Heebner added that the Fire Commissioner out of Victoria and fire investigators from Surrey have conducted a...
Murder trial begins for Lytton man accused of stabbing friend 73 times
KAMLOOPS – The second-degree murder charge against a Lytton man boils down to a number, according to Crown Prosecutor Frank Caputo. “This case is about 73 stab wounds,” Caputo told the jury of eight men and four women during his opening statement in Kamloops Supreme Court today, Jan. 19. Cory Peter Bird, born 1987, faces...
Facing fines for a different kind of murder
KAMLOOPS – It all started with giving a few birds some peanuts on a morning walk. Now, Toby Jackson faces $300 in fines and a possible court case. Jackson started feeding some of the neighbourhood crows after doing some research on the birds’ intelligence. Beyond the ability to use tools, Jackson says the breed of...
Transportation Minister moved to tears by letter from girl whose family died in car crash
KAMLOOPS – Transportation Minister Todd Stone says his ministry is responding to the concerns of a seven-year-old girl who made highway improvement suggestions after her family died in a car crash near Lillooet earlier this month. Stone was reminded of the latest high priority section of Highway 12 earlier this week when he received a...