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Jennifer Stahn
Will we have a white Christmas?
THOMPSON-OKANAGAN - The halls are decked, the trees are trimmed and the presents are wrapped, or at least bought, or at least thought of, but it doesn’t really feel like Christmas until there’s snow on the ground. But will Mother Nature cooperate? Right now, it’s not looking so good. With Environment Canada forecasting above normal...
Man breaks into North Vancouver home, helps himself to food, falls asleep: RCMP
NORTH VANCOUVER, B.C. – Mounties say they arrested a man who decided to take a nap after breaking into a North Vancouver apartment.
How you can give back to the community at Christmas
KAMLOOPS - The holidays are meant to be a time for celebrating but for many people the holidays are even more of a struggle. There are dozens of charities in the city that aim to help those who are struggling right now and throughout the year but here we offer a look at ones that...
Free transit worth the cost?
COUNCIL WORKSHOP TO DISCUSS OPTIONS KAMLOOPS - Transit is a topic that gets a lot of discussion around the table at City Hall, and rightfully so. Taxpayers subsidize a portion of the public transportation and council plans to again explore whether any form of free transit can be offered and how much is too much...
City to voice concerns over pipeline project
KAMLOOPS - The City of Kamloops has been given the opportunity to question the Kinder Morgan Trans Mountain Pipeline expansion and staff plan to take full advantage of the opportunity. Noise, influx of workers during construction and impacts on traffic, infrastructure and parks are among the top concerns, along with the possibility of the newly...
Garbage pickup changes over the holidays
KAMLOOPS - The holidays are here and that usually means enough boxes, wrapping paper and packaging to fill your recycling and garbage bins two or three times over. It is also the time of year when our garbage pickup schedules change and cause delays in curbside pickup. Pick up will run on a normal schedule...
Kamloops on the big screen this week
KAMLOOPS - In April, dozens of locals lined up in the hopes of getting cast as an extra in Night at the Museum: Secret of the Tomb, which was filming nearby, and this week the movie finally hits theatres. The latest instalment of Night at the Museum, starring Ben Stiller, Owen Wilson and Robin Williams,...
Woman dead in single vehicle crash named
KAMLOOPS - Amber Marie Lukow of Kamloops was the sole occupant of a car that left the road and struck a fence on Shuswap Road East this weekend. The B.C. Coroners Service confirmed the 30-year-old woman was dead at the scene after her car left the road east of Kamloops just after midnight on Dec....
Have you seen this woman?
KAMLOOPS - RCMP are looking for help to find Deseree Smith, who has not been heard from since November. Police say the 33-year-old Kamloops resident is known to frequent Surrey and Salmon Arm but has not made contact with family or friends in those areas. She was officially reported missing Dec. 2 and police are...
Gas prices drop below $1 in Kamloops
KAMLOOPS - An early Christmas gift for Kamloops drivers Monday as gas prices continue to drop. At least one station is selling a litre of regular for less than $1, according to Gas Buddy, a website that tracks consumer reported gas prices across the country. Many stations in Kamloops are under $1.05 per litre, but at...
So you want to be a wildland firefighter?
NOW IS THE TIME TO APPLY THOMPSON-OKANAGAN - The wildfire season is just barely over but the provincial branch responsible for protecting us from wildfires is already getting prepared for next year. This past year crews attended nearly 350 fires, which burned a total of more than 3,800 hectares, in just the Kamloops centre. Across...
New life for problem property in Westmount
KAMLOOPS - Nearly a year after a house that was known as a problem property to neighbours went up in flames a developer is looking to build two duplexes on the site. The Westmount house, at the corner of Collingwood Drive and Venables Place, went up in flames in January within a day of a...
Third day of record highs in Interior
COOL DOWN BEGINS THOMPSON- OKANAGAN - For the third day in a row more high temperatures records were set in the region Thursday. According to temperatures recorded by Environment Canada Vernon set a new record with a high of 12.6 Celsius Thursday, more than three degrees higher than the previous record set in 1939, and...
Warm weekend perfect for meteor show
THOMPSON-OKANAGAN - A mix of sun and cloud, low temperatures of only -2 Celsius and a moon in the last quarter may give us just the perfect conditions to take in the peak of the Geminid meteor shower this weekend. The meteor shower is visible Dec. 4-17 this year but overnight Dec. 13-14 is likely...
Where to go and what to do to get in the Christmas spirit
KAMLOOPS, SUN PEAKS FILLED WITH HOLIDAY CHEER KAMLOOPS - Trains, trees, lights and music. The holiday season is now in full swing in Kamloops and there are lots of ways to celebrate the season over the next two weeks. Wildlights, an annual celebration of lights and animals at the B.C, Wildlife Park, runs from Dec....
Water main break quickly repaired
KAMLOOPS - Typically water main breaks in Kamloops occur with extreme cold temperatures, but this week crews were called out to repair one at a major intersection during record-breaking high temperatures. Around 4 p.m. Wednesday a water main break at the on-ramp to the Overlanders Bridge from West Victoria Street and Mission Flats had traffic...
More weather records broken in Interior
BACK TO NORMALS BY SUNDAY THOMPSON-OKANAGAN - As temperatures soared as high as 15 degrees above seasonal normals more weather records were broken across the region Wednesday. According to Environment Canada, temperatures reached 15.6 Celsius in Kamloops Wednesday, nearly three degrees higher than the previous record for the second day in a row, while Vernon...
Weather record set in Kamloops, Okanagan communities just shy
COULD BE ANOTHER RECORD DAY IN INTERIOR THOMPSON-OKANAGAN - Kamloops was among a handful of B.C. communities to set new weather records as temperatures soared to above 14 Celsius Tuesday. According to Environment Canada Kamloops reached a high of 14.2 C Tuesday, 3.6 degrees higher than the previous record that was set in 1896. Today...
Garbage rates going up in Kamloops
KAMLOOPS - In the new year the average customer will see a $15 increase annually for garbage pick-up over the next three years, but it is the only city utility service where increases will occur in 2015. For single family residential homes an increased cost of fuel and vehicle maintenance of $200,000, combined with an...
Kamloops water at moderate to high risk of contamination
CITY A STEP CLOSER TO EMERGENCY WATER SERVICE KAMLOOPS - If there is a chemical spill in the South Thompson River the city would not have any usable indoor water. No water to drink, no water to boil — not even water to flush. The primary water intake system is located along the South Thompson...
Freezing rain, warm temperatures in forecast
THOMPSON-OKANAGAN - After more than a week of below normal temperatures we finally climbed above 0 Celsius this weekend, and temperatures will continue to warm up over the next few days. Over the past 10 days we went from a heavy snowfall to well below normal temperatures and then this weekend to a couple days...
UPDATE: Missing 12-year-old girl found
KAMLOOPS - Kamloops RCMP say a missing 12-year-old girl has been found and reunited with her foster family. Shyla Billy ran away around 4:30 p.m. Friday. "At this time, the Kamloops RCMP are not requesting any further information or assistance from the public but wish to thank the public and our media agencies for their...
Tranquille business owners concerned about bridge repairs
NECESSARY REPAIRS COULD CLOSE MORE BUSINESSES KAMLOOPS - Concerns about traffic flow, loss of business and costs were all aired at an open house discussing the Overlanders Bridge construction project Thursday night but most everyone at the meeting agreed it is a project that needs to be done. Steven Puhallo of the North Shore Business...
Parking rates not going up just yet
PUBLIC TO GET BREAK AFTER YEAR OF HICCUPS KAMLOOPS - A planned rate increase for downtown parking has been delayed a year because parking kiosks installed over summer failed on several occasions in the months that followed. Delays getting the kiosks installed and fully operational, followed by problems with the sequencing and screens, as well...