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Jennifer Stahn

Jennifer Stahn

Local skier has eyes on Sochi

KAMLOOPS – Born to two ski racers/instructors, Elli Terwiel grew up on the slopes of Sun Peaks and now she is looking to take on the slopes of Sochi for the 2014 Winter Olympics as part of the Canadian alpine ski team. The 2013 season has been the 24-year-old's most successful to date, even though...

From car lot to cop shop

KAMLOOPS – After more than 13 years at the current location the North Shore Community Policing Office is set to move around the corner, if rezoning of the Kamloops Kia dealership site on 7 Street goes through. The city purchased the lot late this summer with the intentions of moving the policing office to the...

Snow expected on highway summits

THOMPSON-OKANAGAN – The Okanagan Connector and Highway 3 could see up to eight centimetres of the cold white stuff by tomorrow morning as a cold front moves across Southern B.C. Environment Canada is warning the snow level will lower to 1,300 metres near the Pennask Summit and the Kootenay Pass this morning. The Coquihalla Summit,...

Run for the Cure big event of weekend

KAMLOOPS – The popular Run for the Cure will get people lacing their shoes this weekend with other events happening in the city including LARP in the Park, wheelchair sports demonstrations or even off road racing. Friday evening a Sisters in Spirit vigil will be held at the Riverside Park Rotary Bandshell. Drumming begins at...

Mayor to talk Ajax with MP Aglukkaq

KAMLOOPS – Mayor Peter Milobar has been trying to get a meeting with Member of Parliament Leona Aglukkaq since the cabinet shuffle in July and later this month he will get the chance to air city concerns over the proposed Ajax mine when he sits down for a one on one meeting with the new...

Search warrant leads to drug charges

KAMLOOPS – A 36-year-old Kamloops man is facing drug related charges after RCMP executed a search warrant at a home on 12 Street Thursday night. The Special Projects Unit executed a drug search warrant around 9:30 p.m. and found approximately two ounces of cocaine and heroin, assorted drug paraphernalia, several cell phones, cash and two...

Latching on to raise awareness

THOMPSON-OKANAGAN – Don't be alarmed if you see large groups of women baring their breasts to babies this week, it is World Breastfeeding Week and events around the region are planned to help bring awareness to the importance of breastfeeding. Breast milk is considered ideal for babies yet studies have shown less than 50 per...

September actually better than normal overall

KAMLOOPS – The month started with storms and a heat wave long enough to have the city reopen a water park reopened but after two weeks of above normal temperatures we tumbled to temperatures that had many taking to social media to grumble about the impending winter. September began with an intense storm and more...

City ready to start repairs at TCC

KAMLOOPS – The halls of the Tournament Capital Centre Fieldhouse building have been lined with buckets to collect water leaking through the roof, but that's about to change. The city is moving forward with the $855,000 in repairs recommended by industry experts earlier this year. When water was first discovered in the facility the city...

Pinantan Lake closer to having home for fire department

KAMLOOPS – The Pinantan East Paul Lake Fire Department Association is inching closer to having a home for the volunteer fire department. The Thompson-Nicola Regional District has agreed to sell a small piece of land at 2907 Piva Road for $1 to help the association get started sooner rather than later on building the structure....

Wet, windy weather greets week

THOMPSON-OKANAGAN – The entire region continues to see forecasts for temperatures below the normals of 16 to 18 Celsius typically seen at this time of year. Add a lower snow level, rain and wind and it's making for a miserable start to autumn. A 30-40 per cent chance of rain is expected this afternoon throughout...

Post office changes coming to Kamloops

KAMLOOPS – Canada Post has seen a decline of more than 20 per cent over the last five years, which has led to the decision to replace the downtown Kamloops Post Office with a new Postal Service Centre model. The postal centre will be operational with a couple months and will feature a new configurations...

Parking rates to go up November

KAMLOOPS – It's not quite a solid date yet, but the new pay stations set to replace the old parking meters in downtown are to be installed by late October, which means residents can expect parking rates to go up sometime in early November. The 90 new pay stations will replace 850 meters and will...

Wet weekend offering mix of indoor, outdoor events

KAMLOOPS – With rain being forecast every day this weekend and highs expected to reach only 14 C today, four degrees lower than seasonal normals, people may be turned away from some of the outdoor events taking place this weekend but there are many indoor options to enjoy as well. Starting today the Provincial Winter...

International students good for district

KAMLOOPS – International students in the halls of Kamloops schools are turning the district a tidy little profit but the district is hoping for even more as it looks to more than double the program over the next several years and improve the profitability of the program. Tuition from international students earned School District 73...