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KAMLOOPS — A video showing a high profile assault with a longboard was released by a Kamloops Provincial Court judge last week. But we noticed something else in the video—see just how many people appear to not take any interest in an injured Michael Forry lying motionless on the sidewalk that day. We counted more...

THOMPSON-OKANAGAN — The clocks have sprung forward and the mercury is rising, and now it's time to put your dreams of summer fun into action. This Saturday, March 15, starting at 9 a.m. camping reservations open in B.C., though only for the upcoming three months. Reservations are accepted for up to three months in advance...

KAMLOOPS — The former Daily News property could become the new downtown parkade, or a performing arts centre, or even a new city hall if the city gets approval for the $4.8 million purchase. Mayor Peter Milobar announced Thursday morning the city is looking to purchase the property, which includes the building and the parking...

KAMLOOPS — A man posing as a maintenance worker has been breaking into hotel rooms at Sun Peaks over the past month. While investigating three reported break and enters Kamloops Rural RCMP found many more attempts were made to gain entry to other rooms at hotels in the area. All instances show distictive marks from...

KAMLOOPS — After four months of full to partial closures, lime dips and quarantines the last cat has been spayed, and with that the local SPCA branch is officially ringworm free and ready to move on. The second round of ringworm, which was really a delayed continuation of the first round, only hit a few...

KAMLOOPS — The North Shore is another step closer to getting a new $1.5 million community policing office, though the agreement still needs to be finalized and it will be almost two years before the new office will open. The city opted for a money saving plan, opting to purchase and renovate an existing building...

KAMLOOPS — Ajax mine will have a significant impact on the local economy if operational by 2018, according to a recent study commissioned by Venture Kamloops. The study, released this week, shows Ajax Mine will directly employ almost 220 people and directly contribute $360,000 in municipal taxes annually once operational. During the design phase municipal...

KAMLOOPS — She inspired thousands of people when she defended an autistic boy to a rude customer and while she’d do it again, she better understands both of her customers that day. The 17-year-old, who asked to remain anonymous, was only a month into her first job at Extra Foods back in August when she...

KAMLOOPS — They just won gold in Sochi and now the Jacobs curling team is heading to Kamloops for the closing weekend of the Tim Hortons Brier. The 2013 Tim Hortons Brier champion team of Brad Jacobs, Ryan Fry, E.J. Harnden and Ryan Harnden will be at Interior Savings Centre for the final two days...

THOMPSON-OKANAGAN — It's not ever yet, snow is still falling across the region and forecasters are calling for another bout of heavy snow on area highways. Environment Canada continued a special weather statement this morning, this time warning a Pacific frontal system will be moving across the Southern Interior by the afternoon, which will result...

KAMLOOPS — More than 1,600 customers were without power in downtown Kamloops earlier today, but power has been restored. B.C. Hydro investigated and say equipment failure was the cause of the outage. The lights went out just before 10:30 and affected much of the downtown area, including the Sagebrush neighbourhood. To contact a reporter for...

KAMLOOPS — It has three wheels, wings and an engine which sounds fairly normal but when you see Jan Nademlejnsky flying above Kamloops you likely will have to do a double take. Nademlenjnsky has been taking to the skies since 1974 when he first built himself a hang glider in Czechoslovakia. Five years later he...

THOMPSON-OKANAGAN — Yet another blast of snow is expected across the region today and it could bring as much as 25 cm to highway passes by Wednesday afternoon. The Coquihalla Highway only got about half the snow expected yesterday through this morning but another 15-25 cm could fall over the next 36 hours. In the...
KAMLOOPS — A local economics professor is set to talk about the possible economic impact the proposed Ajax Mine could have, including the way deteriorating air quality can affect the city's health and economic evaluation. Dr. Peter Tsigaris, an economics professor at Thompson Rivers University and Kamloops resident for more than 20 years, will look to...

THOMPSON-OKANAGAN — The Coquihalla Highway could see another 40 cm of snow by Tuesday morning as another series of weather systems hits Southern B.C. today. Environment Canada has issued another special weather statement noting significant snow is expected over southern highway passes today with freezing rain closer to Hope. In the last 24 hours, 18...

'IT WAS HELL' KAMLOOPS — A young German skier spending his first winter away from home as a seasonal employee at Sun Peaks says he is lucky to be alive after getting turned around in the back country near the ski resort Tuesday afternoon. Luca Beier, 19, was set to go hiking near the Gils,...

THOMPSON-OKANAGAN — A watch remains in place for the northern lights tonight so if the clouds stay away we could once again get a glimpse of the dancing auroras. The Space Weather Prediction Center says while the storm is winding down a minor watch is in place that could see the northern lights make an...

NINE-YEAR-OLD GIRL BATTLES RARE CANCER KAMLOOPS — Livia Coles-Frank's happy, creative childhood and love of animals is threatened by a rare form of muscle cancer in her head and 54 weeks of chemotherapy and radiation treatments. The Grade 4 Beattie School of the Arts student and Tk'emlups te Secwepemc band member was admitted to hospital...

KAMLOOPS — As her family watched from the stands Sun Peaks skier Elli Terwiel straddled a gate in the slalom race at the Sochi Winter Olympics last week, earning a 'did not finish' on the run. While the disappointment on her face was clear to anyone watching the race she said in an email she...

KAMLOOPS — Savings of nearly $670,000 per kilometre were generated by tendering the new sanitary sewer force main project early this year. Almost three kilometres of new sewer line is set to be installed along Mission Flats Road, adjacent to the existing force main, to help deal with the large amount of waste generated by...

KAMLOOPS - If you have ideas for what needs to be — or doesn't need to be — part of the city supplemental budget this year, step up and speak out Tuesday at the final public 2014 budget meeting. The nearly $2.4 million in requests coming before council include $260,000 to move forward in the...

KAMLOOPS — It was a close call for one skier that ventured out of bounds at Sun Peaks Tuesday. It was the second rescue of the year for local search and rescue and the eighth out of bounds skier of the season but search manager Alan Hobler says wet clothes and -15 Celsius temperatures made it...

KAMLOOPS — City council says they will keep their eyes on the proposed Ajax mine and as soon as any changes are made they will again request a federal panel review. An upset Coun. Tina Lange was the first out of the gate today as she suggested they send a letter to Environment Minister Leona...

KAMLOOPS — Emergency crews attended two separate vehicle fires overnight, one off of Tranquille Road and another in Valleyview. Cpl. Cheryl Bush says police attended a 'parts truck' on fire in an alley behind Tranquille Road around 8 p.m. The owner had discovered the fire and attempted to use his own extinguisher to put out...