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Jennifer Stahn
Mugged in Mexico
KAMLOOPS FAMILY ROBBED BY BANDITS KAMLOOPS - A simple drive along a popular holiday motorcyle route during a family Christmas trip ended in an armed robbery on a Mexico highway for one Kamloops family. Grant and Rosemarie Griffin drove down to Phoenix with the three family motorcycles on a trailer. Son Matthew flew down after...
Many ways to unplug and play this weekend
KAMLOOPS — Get a head start on Unplug and Play Week by getting out and taking in one of the many arts or sporting events taking place around the city this weekend. The Kamloops Arts Gallery will see several exhibitions opening this weekend, including Unlimited Edition, the Waste Land, Beautiful Monsters and Picasso's Beasts. While...
A week of pink skies, fire, fog and fashion
THE WEEK IN PICTURES KAMLOOPS — It was a mild week weather-wise. It started with pink skies then ended in a dense fog that chilled the air and left streets slippery at night. Pink skies closed out the day in a sweeping sunset Monday. On Wednesday we woke up to a bright pink and orange...
Inquest into death of inmates set for March
KELOWNA MAN WHO MURDERED HIS FATHER AMONG THE DEAD THOMPSON-OKANAGAN — The deaths of three Mountain Penitentiary inmates within an eight-month period in 2012-2013—including a former Kelowna man—were similar enough to warrant an inquest into the deaths and in March the Burnaby Coroners Court will hear about the details surrounding the deaths. All three inmates—Gerald...
Students kept inside while police dog searches Rayleigh area
KAMLOOPS — An attempt to pull over a speeding vehicle led to a foot chase and police dog search in the Rayleigh area Friday morning. Around 8:30 a.m. RCMP officers saw a speeding truck near Tolko Mill on Highway 5 north of Rayleigh but the driver took off, dumping the truck in Rayleigh and taking...
New Year brings new parks, new art, new landscaping
KAMLOOPS – The city will seem a little bit greener this year with four city parks set for completion sometime during 2014. Campbell Creek Park, Dufferin Park , West Highlands Park and a new BMX park are all on slate to be completed this year. Renovating the old BMX park to create more parking for...
New contract for city employees
KAMLOOPS — City employees only went two weeks without an official contract, reaching an agreement with the city Wednesday. Bargaining began back in October and this Wednesday CUPE Local 900 members voted 74 per cent in support of the new five-year contract, effective Jan. 1, 2014 through Dec. 31, 2018. Council approved the agreement back...
Cab company wants city to lighten up on taxis
KAMLOOPS — According to the owner of a local taxi cab company the city bylaw outlining requirements for chauffeur permits and age of taxi vehicles is too limiting and could result in higher costs for passengers. “I feel the City of Kamloops bylaw is punitive and definitely more restrictive than the other municipalities in the...
Burned house a known crack shack
KAMLOOPS — A Westmount home neighbours consider a blight on the community will likely be a complete write-off following a suspicious fire early Thursday morning. Fire Captain Sheldon Guertin says crews were called to a fire at 1505 Collingwood Dr. around 4:45 a.m., less than 24 hours after a do not occupy order was put...
Mother Nature to blame for potholes, icy sidewalks
KAMLOOPS – Mother Nature has granted us some mild weather recently, and while the warmth of the sun has felt nice it has led to an earlier pothole season and plenty of slippery sidewalks. Dennis Luison, Assistant Streets Manager for the city, says the season isn't unusually bad for potholes just yet, but it is...
City property goes for $2.2 million
KAMLOOPS — The city has done a lot of wheeling and dealing when it comes to the buying and selling of properties in recent months but the biggest transaction is the sale of 1452 McGill Road for $2.2 million. The property, located across from the newly built Telus Data Centre and next to the Fortis...
Ajax looks to use city waste water
KAMLOOPS — KGHM Ajax Mining is asking for samples of treated effluent waste water to determine if it is a viable water source for operations at the proposed mine. The company and city have previously had informal discussions on the possibility and according to the Environmental Assessment Permitting Manager Nicola Banton and External Affairs Manager...
Older taxis allowed on Kamloops roads
KAMLOOPS – Council agrees age alone should not be the determining factor for whether a taxi cab is allowed on the roads, condition of the vehicle is much more important. Yellow Cabs owner Abdul Rasheed says the seven year age limit imposed on city taxis in 2008 is simply too severe and will result in...
Rooming house ruined by fire to be resurrected
TWO SINGLE FAMILY HOMES WITH SINGLE SUITES PLANNED KAMLOOPS — A non-conforming five-plex destroyed by fire in March 2013 has been taken down and now the owners are hoping to build two single family homes on the lots to better fit in with the neighbourhood. The owner is looking to buy a small surplus lot...
Voters get say on $1.55 million loan for policing office
KAMLOOPS — The city is looking to use the alternative approval process for the $1.55 million loan needed to purchase and renovate a building for the new North Shore Community Policing Office. Today council approved the process to authorize borrowing the money required to buy the current Kia dealership and convert it for the purpose....
High risk of avalanche on Highway 1
THOMPSON-OKANAGAN — Those travelling east on Highway 1 may be better off making other plans today. Part of the highway is closed because of high avalanche risk, delays are expected in another section for avalanche control and a good portion is under a special weather statement as rain and snow lead to a travel advisory...
IN PICTURES: Beautiful week in Kamloops
KAMLOOPS — There's so much happening in our vibrant city and once again, the beauty is captured with our camera. From persistent frost in Aberdeen to a feeding frenzy at McArthur Island Park and keeping our eyes on the the sky hoping to catch a glimpse of the northern lights two nights in a row,...
Warm temperatures to welcome full weekend
KAMLOOPS — Don't bother washing your car this weekend, it's going to just get dirty again and there's so many more fun things to do on a weekend forecast to see well above normal temperatures. Temperatures are expected to reach 9 Celsius by Monday and over the weekend should be a respectable 6-7 C, though...
New promo video showcases champions of Kamloops
KAMLOOPS – A new promotional video aimed at getting new investors to consider the city shows the many champions that call or have called Kamloops home. Venture Kamloops released the video, entitled Kamloops: A Story of Champions, this week. The four minute video shows athletes, politicians and other leaders as well as the many events...
Chance to see northern lights fades
THOMPSON-OKANAGAN — It was a second chance at a first date for many and we got stood up, again. The solar energy expected to hit the Earth's atmosphere and put on a dazzling display of northern lights in areas where they are not normally seen has apparently missed the mark and the Space Weather Prediction...
Former Sun Peaks chef wins Chopped Canada
KAMLOOPS – Chef Shelley Robinson went the distance in the second episode of the Canadian version of a popular Food Network show, wowing judges with her couscous fritter with grapefruit salad dessert to win the title. Robinson, 49, the former executive chef at Delta Sun Peaks that has been in the industry for more than...
Coq claims life of Calgary woman
THOMPSON-OKANAGAN — An 85-year-old passenger died after the vehicle she was in collided with a forestry chip truck on the Coquihalla Highway near the Mine Creek Road exit on Wednesday morning. The B.C. Coroners Service has identified the woman as Gayle Alverna Ashforth of Calgary, Alta. She was the front seat passenger in the SUV...
No shortage of flu shots in Kamloops
KAMLOOPS — While some pharmacies in the Okanagan are starting to run out of the flu vaccine most in Kamloops are still well prepared to deal with the influx of people looking for a flu shot following the news last week of H1N1 landing in B.C. Shoppers Drug Mart in Sahali is the only pharmacy...
Mix of heavy snow and rain tonight
THOMPSON-OKANAGAN — The snow doesn't appear to be stopping on area highways and now a warm front is moving in bringing heavy snow mixed with rain—so expect messy roads throughout the region as we head into the weekend. A special weather statement issued by Environment Canada warns heavy snowfalls are expected tonight on the Coquihalla...