Jennifer Stahn

KAMLOOPS – Renovations of the child psychiatric unit have taken a step forward after Interior health put out a request for proposals for consultant services. The renovations will help Royal Inland Hospital better meet the needs of both psychiatric and general pediatric patients “These renovations will help ensure the environment at Royal Inland is safe...

KAMLOOPS – They are not sure how long he has lived in Kamloops or if he is one the hundreds of homeless people who make camp along the river, but RCMP have been able to identify the victim of last week's homicide as 32-year-old Michael Irving Young. Police believe Young, who also went by Michael...

KAMLOOPS – A call to a domestic dispute became ugly Tuesday evening as a man turned on police, trying to go after an officer's gun and yelling at police to shoot him. Around 7 p.m. RCMP were called to a home on 13th Street near Lethbridge Avenue on the North Shore where a 45-year-old man...

KAMLOOPS – Nearly one-third of all city employees make more than $75,000 annually. Accounting for more than $9.19 million in staff salaries and making up nearly half of that third are members of the fire department. More than $56 million was paid to city employees and council in 2012 and even though expenses were reduced...

KAMLOOPS – Art, music, cake and heat. It was the perfect Canada Day in Kamloops this year though many people who came to Riverside Park Monday came in search of shade and water more than sun this year. The annual event celebrating the birthday of our country draws thousands of spectators, browsers and partiers for...

KAMLOOPS – Ranging from cool and wet to hot and dry, June weather had it all and if it seemed like the wet weather was more than normal and the weather hotter than normal, it was, but not by as much as you may think. The average daily high temperature in June is 24.8 C...

KAMLOOPS - The 2013 NHL Draft saw two Kamloops Blazers chosen this past weekend. Forward JC Lipon was ranked at 83 heading into the draft and was selected by the Winnipeg Jets in the third round, 91 overall. With a final ranking of 92, Cole Ully was chosen in the fifth round, 131 overall, by...

KAMLOOPS – It was close, but Kamloops didn't quite hit the mark for record temperatures over the holiday weekend. We hit 38.1 C at the airport yesterday and with the humidity it felt like 41 C but that was not enough to top the record high, though several nearby towns did break records on Canada...

KAMLOOPS – Summer is officially here, school is out and the heat means summer has officially arrived and all in time for the Canada Day. The Canada Day folk and arts festival at Riverside Park kicked off with a pancake breakfast this morning and runs straight through the day before capping off at 10 p.m....

KAMLOOPS – Around 200 firefighters from around the province diverged on Kamloops to take part in training, workshops, an annual general meeting, the wildfire simulation and firefighter competition as part of the First Nations Emergency Services Society of B.C. annual safety expo this past week. It was the first time the First Nations firefighters competition...

KAMLOOPS - Taylor Swift is on her way to a June 29 concert in Vancouver but the trucks hauling her stage stopped in Kamloops Thursday, resulting in a flurry of tweets wondering whether the starlet would also be stopping Kamloops. The semi trucks hauling the stage filled the Flying J parking lot on the east...

KAMLOOPS – The Rona store on Versatile Drive is one of 11 stores in B.C. and Ontario deemed unprofitable and set to be closed later this year. The Kamloops store will be closing Oct. 6, the company says, but there are not any plans to close the Mt. Paul Way location. The other two B.C....

KAMLOOPS – A handful of Rayleigh residents are upset with a neighbour over his apparent “build first ask for permission after the fact” tactics when it comes to a carport that is 2.9 m too close the road. An obvious dispute between Brad Silbernagel and his Helmcken Drive neighbours over the condition of the property...

KAMLOOPS – Kamloops councillors have an ally in their efforts to ensure the Grassland Applied Technology Centre site remains dedicated to agriculture, even after it closes. MP Cathy McLeod joins Coun. Nelly Dever in building a committee to figure out what to do with it.  Both were moved to act after a meeting earlier this month...

KAMLOOPS – After three years of trying to get the city to approve a capacity increase the Commodore Grand Cafe and Lounge is one big step closer to getting that increase after council gave approval Tuesday afternoon. The public was given a chance to offer comments on the proposed increase, 107 from 86 persons, and only...

KAMLOOPS – Councillors said in April they wanted to “get on with” widening Highland Road and they will. Next Tuesday. The two-lane roadway is set to be widened to three lanes and a multi-use path starting July 2. Juniper residents should be prepared for a long summer in traffic. “Let this be a good warning to the...

KAMLOOPS – A fuel management project south of Barriere is underway as crews prune and remove trees to help reduce the amount of fuels available to a potential wildfire. The Wildfire Management Branch, in partnership with the Thompson-Nicola Regional District, have completed the pruning of a 5.8 hectare area southeast of Barriere just off of...

KAMLOOPS – Summer is set to officially make an appearance by the end the week as temperatures in the range of 30 C will be coupled with sun just in time for the Canada Day long weekend. By June 24 we had easily surpassed the normal rainfall amounts of 35.2 mm in Kamloops with a...

KAMLOOPS – Those who enjoy the art of gardening, the culinary arts or the more traditional fine arts all got the chance to indulge at the THRiVE Festival this weekend, where a mixture of arts mediums came together in a three-day festival focused on making memories. At the expo, static art exhibits, hands-on gardening demonstrations,...