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Impaired driver hits semi in Kamloops
KAMLOOPS - The driver of a car that rear-ended a semi-trailer was taken into custody Tuesday night on suspicions of impaired driving. Just before 11 p.m. yesterday, Aug. 11, the driver of a westbound car hit a transport truck from behind, lost control and flipped the car on its roof on Highway 1 just past...
Fertility for kids with cancer through experimental tissue-freezing
CHICAGO – Barely 2 years old, Talia Pisano is getting tough treatment for kidney cancer that spread to her brain. She's also getting a chance at having babies of her own someday.
VIDEO: Kamloops Pipe Band gets results in Scotland
KAMLOOPS - As one of only five Canadian bands at a recent festival in Perth, Scotland, the Kamloops Pipe Band put on a memorable performance this past weekend and earned a second place finish. The Kamloops Pipe Band was the only band representing B.C., the other bands were out of Edmonton, Alta., and Dartmouth, NS.,...
Man finds knife blade in back three years after stabbing
YELLOWKNIFE – A man from the Northwest Territories has filed a lawsuit against health officials claiming they failed to find a knife blade buried in his back for three years.
Stranger who kissed reporter on camera apologizes
VANCOUVER – A CBC journalist who was kissed by a stranger on live TV has received an apology, but she's still being attacked by others online for making a complaint to police.
Body of missing Chase man found in river
KAMLOOPS - An 18-year-old Chase man who went missing during the Kamloopa Pow Wow was found dead in the river on Sunday. Kamloops RCMP say Skyler Sampolio, who was reported missing Saturday, Aug. 1, was found in the South Thompson River on Sunday, Aug. 9. Cpl. Cheryl Bush says there is no evidence of foul...
Prison for man with hepatitis C who stabbed store employee with dirty needle
KAMLOOPS – Stabbing a store employee with a dirty needle has netted a Kamloops man with hepatitis C more than two years in prison.
Premier meteor shower to light up the sky this week
THOMPSON-OKANAGAN - One of the best meteor showers of the year is set to peak this week, sending up to 60 shooting stars through the sky every hour. The Perseids meteor shower is visible from July 17 to Aug. 24 every year and is set to peak overnight Wednesday, Aug. 12 this year. Environment Canada...
UPDATE: Kamloops boy located
UPDATE: 7:09 P.M., AUG. 10, 2015 RCMP say Bryston Krug has been located unharmed and has been reunited with his family. 2:01 P.M., AUG. 10, 2015 KAMLOOPS - A 12-year-old boy has once again gone missing and Kamloops RCMP are hoping the public will help locate him. Bryston Krug was reported missing Sunday evening, Aug....
Kamloops thieves caught, will face the music in court
KAMLOOPS - Thousands of dollars in music equipment was stolen on the weekend, but police quickly located the suspects and reunited the equipment with its owner. Thieves broke into a vehicle early Saturday morning, Aug. 8, and stole thousands of dollars worth of equipment, according to Cpl. Cheryl Bush of Kamloops RCMP. Bush says police...
Okanagan set to break record temperatures this week
OKANAGAN - Grab your sunscreen, hat and a cool drink, we have a hot, sunny and likely record-breaking week ahead of us in the Okanagan. Temperatures soared above the 30 Celsius mark over the weekend, well above the 27 C seasonal normal high for this time of year, but we can expect things to get...
Hot weekend, hotter week ahead for Kamloops
KAMLOOPS - Grab your sunscreen, hat and a cool drink, we have a hot, sunny and possibly record-breaking week ahead of us in Kamloops. Temperatures easily soared above the seasonal normal highs of 29 Celsius over the weekend but expect things to be even hotter with temperatures forecast to hit as high as 38 C...
First international sorority for Thompson Rivers University
KAMLOOPS - When school resumes this fall a new sorority will be on campus at Thompson Rivers University. Alpha Theta, the Kamloops chapter of Kappa Beta Gamma, was initiated into the international sorority July 31 and is the 21st active chapter. A total of 10 university students went to Seattle for the initiation over the...
B.C. fishing guide and his client accused of trying to corral deer in water
KITIMAT – A British Columbia fishing guide and his Portuguese client face several charges over allegations they tried to catch a deer while it was swimming in the Douglas Channel, on the northern coast.
WolfPack women’s soccer team ready to open training camp
KAMLOOPS - There should be a lot of determined faces at Hillside Stadium when the Thompson Rivers University WolfPack women’s soccer team opens its training camp on Monday, Aug. 10. The WolfPack were one of the strongest teams in Canadian Collegiate Soccer but found the adjustment to Canada West and the CIS a difficult pill...
Volunteer Highlights for Aug. 6 to 13
Western Canada Theatre VW Turtle River Race Ticket Seller - Volunteers are needed to help Western Canada Theatre raise funds by selling raffle tickets for our 14th Annual VW Turtle River Race. Responsibilities include tracking the number of tickets sold during shifts, handling monies, documenting sales, and reporting to the fundraising coordinator. Volunteers should have...
Library hosts second staged reading of play
KAMLOOPS - The Thompson-Nicola Regional District’s Library System is hosting the second in a series of free staged readings of the one-act play Confluence by B.C. screenwriter Erin McMullan. The event takes place on Saturday, Aug. 8, from 2 to 4 p.m., at the Kamloops Library. The play, funded by the Kamloops Art Council, is...
Vernon man admits to possession of child porn in Canada-wide bust
VERNON – A Vernon man will be sentenced in October after his arrest in a Canada-wide child pornography investigation.
Leaders surprise at first debate of federal campaign
OTTAWA - Whatever impressions Canadians might have had about Stephen Harper, Tom Mulcair and Justin Trudeau were thoroughly confounded Thursday in the first televised leaders' debate of the 2015 election campaign. Harper, the hyper-partisan of the House of Commons, was nowhere to be seen and neither was "Angry Tom" Mulcair, the chief inquisitor of question...
Warm, sunny weekend on tap for the Okanagan
OKANAGAN - After a break from the heat we will need to again dig out the sunscreen for a hot and sunny weekend. While temperatures were in the low- to mid-20s the last two days, just below seasonal normal highs of 27 Celsius, and were accompanied by up to eight millimetres of rain, we can...
Kamloops in for a warm, sunny weekend
KAMLOOPS - After a break from the heat we will need to again dig out the sunscreen for a hot and sunny weekend. At 21 Celsius and 25 C the last two days brought temperatures well below seasonal normal highs of 29 Celsius as well as more than 11 millimetres of rain, but today, Aug....
Charges filed against man who raised $24K for fake film to be narrated by Clint Eastwood
HELENA, Mont. – Montana officials have filed fraud and theft charges against a man accused of scamming investors into giving him more than $24,000 to produce a cowboy documentary he said would be narrated by Clint Eastwood.
Police suspect suburban St. Louis woman died from cosmetic injections to enhance buttocks
EDMUNDSON, Mo. – Police investigating the death of a woman due to complications from illegal buttocks injections at a suburban St. Louis hotel room are trying to determine if her demise can be linked to a similar fatal case months ago in Texas.
Lethal fentanyl profiting gangs in Western Canada while deaths climb
VANCOUVER – The powerful opioid fentanyl, recently linked to an outbreak of overdose deaths in Western Canada, appears to be flowing along a well-worn drug trafficking route — killing some of its users in the same way tainted ecstasy did before.