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Jennifer Stahn
Christmas charities ramping up
KAMLOOPS – Local RCMP officers are getting into the spirit of the season by lending a hand to collect donations for Christmas Amalgamated this weekend and will be on hand at several locations Saturday so people can help Stuff the Cruiser. Officers, auxiliaries and volunteers will be on hand at Walmart, Toys 'R' Us and...
Fourth horse euthanized, three still in danger
KAMLOOPS – After putting down a second horse, a 19-year veteran in the field of veterinary care says the case of 14 neglected horses, several severely emaciated, is the worst she has ever seen. Over the month of November 14 horses were removed by the B.C. SPCA from four different locations in the Kamloops area...
Council refuses to make exception to the rule
KAMLOOPS – A downtown resident with a self-described 'contentious' relationship with the city was before council asking not only for parking meters to be removed from in front of a couple of St. Paul Street apartments but also to have her parking tickets withdrawn and her two towing bills covered by the city. Sheila Zilinsky...
Early winter good for airport
KAMLOOPS – An increase of more than 1,700 travelers crossed over the tarmac at Fulton Field this November for a seven per cent jump in monthly travelers over 2012. The airport has seen steady growth over the year and is averaging four per cent higher in traveler numbers for January through November over last year...
Five-year plan brings higher taxes, fees
KAMLOOPS – Alongside the five-year financial plan city council will be presented with proposed rate increases to sewer fees and property taxes Tuesday afternoon. The plan outlines the basic services for the city and the preliminary tax rate increase, currently at a 1.99 per cent increase for the general fund and five per cent increase...
Temperatures on the rise as cloud cover rolls in
THOMPSON-OKANAGAN – More than a week after an Arctic front left unbearably cold temperatures behind we are finally starting to warm up. By the weekend temperatures should reach above 0 C. Environment Canada meteorologist Doug Lundquist said cloud cover acts as a 'blanket' to help warm up the region in the winter. The cloud cover...
Murder charge in nearly three-year-old case
KAMLOOPS – Three arrests were made in the 2011 murder of Archie LePretre late last week and one Kamloops-area man will be in court this week facing charges of murder as a result. LePretre, of Vancouver, was in Kamloops visiting a cousin when they were attacked at the Stuart Wood Elementary School basketball court on...
Cold snap hits Interior
THOMPSON-OKANAGAN – We were warned it was coming but for those in the northern part of the region being warned is little consolation when you wake up to cold temperatures and strong winds like Kamloops is seeing this morning. Environment Canada warned late last week an Arctic cold front would be moving into the area...
IN PICTURES: Holiday season, crisp weather and a mock disaster at the hospital
KAMLOOPS - It was a typical week in Kamloops, if heavy frost, Christmas carols and a mock disaster are what can be considered typical. After a cold snap last week, more moderate temperatures greeted us throughout this week but were accompanied by a mix of fog and frost. The weather offered the perfect setting for...
PICTURES AND VIDEO: Tree lighting marks official start of holiday season
KAMLOOPS - Hundreds of people took to the downtown area Thursday evening to take in the Lights in the Night celebration, which included evening shopping, a lumiere parade and the official tree lighting at St. Andrews on the Square. As it got closer to the official tree lighting time, parade participants brought their lanterns to...
Record low temperatures heading our way
THOMPSON-OKANAGAN – If you thought last week was cold, you haven't seen anything yet. A system expected to bring a lot of cold air to the region early next week could result in record lows across the Interior. An arctic front is moving over the Interior Sunday which will bring significantly colder air that will...
Weekend features Les Miserable and Santa
KAMLOOPS – This weekend will be filled with holiday spirit and a whole lot of sports as the Santa Claus Parade takes to the streets of downtown and Sports Day in Canada combines with a weekend schedule full of hockey and basketball games, and a weather forecast that may just cooperate. Friday evening the Kamloops...
UPDATE: Council signs on for provincial recycling program
KAMLOOPS – Council has agreed to give the provincial recycling program, which will provide $1.1 million in funding and savings of $300,000 annually, a try after a second look Tuesday at what the program offers. In September, city councillors voted overwhelmingly in favour of opting out of the Multi-Material B.C. recycling program because they felt...
Another tax hike on horizon
KAMLOOPS – Kamloops homeowners are already looking at a nearly $48 hike per year to cover property tax and sewer utility increases and negotiations over what will be added or cut in the supplemental budget aren't over yet. The provisional budget was presented to council Tuesday with the hopes of finalizing the provisional tax rate...
Ringworm hits shelter harder than first thought
KAMLOOPS - “It'll be a miracle if we open before 2014,” B.C. SPCA Branch Manager Charleen Holloway says of the recent ringworm outbreak that has affected at least 40 of 54 animals currently at the shelter. After two weeks of shutdown staff heard the sad news on Friday that the results were not good, 40...