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Jennifer Stahn
Highway roundabout in Sicamous goes to open house
SICAMOUS - Plans for proposed highway improvements that could see a roundabout installed on Highway 97A in Sicamous will be presented to the public later today. The Ministry of Transportation and Infrastructure will present the project, which includes a roundabout at Highway 97A and Main Street, as well as intersection improvements at the highway and...
Register now for Bike to Work or School
KELOWNA - Cyclists across the Central Okanagan are gearing up for Bike to Work Week, May 25 to May 31 and it’s time to register now. Go to Biketowork.ca to sign up New this year are even more Celebration Stations and an easy registration process, so you can register as a team, a school, or...
UPDATE: Kelowna teen located
UPDATE: 10:55 A.M., MAY 25, 2015 RCMP say Raven Graham has been located. 9:27 A.M., MAY 5, 2015 KELOWNA - Police are asking for the public’s help in locating a teen missing since mid-April. Raven Graham, 17, was reported missing April 14. She is described as Caucasian, 5’5” and 115 lbs with blonde hair and...
Gas prices jumping in Kamloops
KAMLOOPS - After several weeks of gas prices hovering around 105.9 to 107.9 cents per litre, it appears some gas stations have decided it’s time for a bump. Prices started to jump to as high as 122.9 cents per litre at several stations Monday, though many sit at about 112.9 cents per litre. Chevron stations...
B.C. dog among those inducted into Purina Animal Hall of Fame for heroism
TORONTO – As Derik Hodgson puts it, Badger the Lab-Rottweiler mix "was one rowdy puppy."
Meteors to shower the Southern Interior sky this week
THOMPSON-OKANAGAN - A nearly full moon may play havoc with the Aquarids Meteor Shower as it peaks this week but there is still a chance to see some of the brightest meteors if you can find a patch of clear sky and are patient. The product of dust particles left behind by Halley’s Comet, the...
Kamloops building permit numbers remain strong
KAMLOOPS - With another $13-million in building permits issued last month, 2015 remains well ahead of last year for building construction. The 40 residential permits issued in April was the same this year as last, but at $9.94 million in 2015 the value was nearly 64 per cent higher than in 2014. A large portion...
Murals 1, 2, 3: An introductory workshop
KAMLOOPS - Mural projects and art alleys enhance public spaces and make areas more vibrant and desirable. This two-hour introductory workshop will be of interest both to artists who'd like to find out how to create murals and to businesses, organizations and property owners interested in having a mural painted at their location. Our team...
Blazers sign goaltender Dylan Ferguson
KAMLOOPS – The Kamloops Blazers have signed 1998 born goaltender Dylan Ferguson to a standard Western Hockey League education contract. Ferguson was selected by the Blazers in the eighth round of the 2013 WHL Bantam Draft. Ferguson, who will turn 17 on Sept. 20, is from Lantzville, B.C. He has played the past two seasons...
UPDATE: Woman no longer considered missing
UPDATE: 7:19 A.M., MAY 6, 2015 RCMP say the woman is no longer considered missing after her family was able to determine she is safe. 12:36 P.M., MAY 4, 2015 KAMLOOPS - A woman missing for nearly a week is now the focus of an RCMP search. Kamloops RCMP say Elizabeth Karlson, 27, has not...
WolfPack baseball drops two to start Alberta Week
CALGARY, AB - The final week of the 2015 Canadian Collegiate Baseball Season did not start well for the Thompson Rivers University WolfPack. Playing two games Sunday, May 3, in Calgary, the WolfPack fell 7-6 to the host University of Calgary Dinos and 4-2 to the Vancouver Island Baseball Institute Mariners. As a result, the...
TRU names honorary degree recipients
KAMLOOPS - Thompson Rivers University will recognize five individuals who embody the spirit and essence of TRU during its Spring Convocation in June. The Honorary degrees will be conferred on a lawyer and humanitarian who has fought for Aboriginal rights and entitlement in Canada, an internationally-recognized researcher who looks at addresses inequalities faced by Aboriginal...
UPDATE: Search called off after Kamloops family returns home safely
UPDATE: 8:31 A.M., MAY 4, 2015 RCMP spokesperson Cpl. Cheryl Bush says the family has returned home safely. 7:18 A.M., MAY 4, 2015 KAMLOOPS - A family of four has gone missing near McLure and helicopter search crews are scouring the area in hopes of locating them. Kamloops Search and Rescue was called in around...
Kelowna student association hosting vigil for Nepal
KELOWNA - Nepalese students in Kelowna are joining hands to honour the thousands of people who lost their lives when the 7.8-magnitude earthquake hit Nepal last weekend. The Nepalese Scholars’ Association of the University of British Columbia Okanagan campus will be hosting a candlelight vigil to raise awareness and funds for the Red Cross this...
UPDATE: Missing Kelowna man found
KELOWNA – RCMP say a Kelowna man missing since Monday has been found. Missing person Nathan Gartner has been located, according to a media release issued early this morning, May 2. The RCMP asked for the public’s help to find Gartner yesterday morning. Police aren’t releasing any other details about the missing person case. To...
Two years after Lac-Megantic disaster, new train standards for Canada-U.S.
WASHINGTON – Canada and the United States have announced a decade-long plan to phase out trains like the one involved in the deadly 2013 derailment and explosion in Lac-Megantic, Que.
91-year-old woman won’t have to pay fine after complaint about noisy chair
MONTREAL – For a 91-year-old Quebec woman, happiness is not having to pay a fine after a neighbour complained about a noisy chair in her apartment.
Library system launches newspaper archive
KAMLOOPS - The Thompson-Nicola Regional District Library System is officially launching a newspaper digitization project called NewsHound at the Kamloops Family History Society Conference on Friday, May 1. This project, which can be found at arch.tnrdlib.ca/, is a partnership between the TNRD Library System and Thompson Rivers University Library, the Kamloops Museum and Archives, and...
Humour writer reads at North Kamloops Library
KAMLOOPS - The Thompson-Nicola Regional District’s Library System is hosting a reading and workshop by B.C. author Neil McKinnon, seen at right, called Humour for the Serious, at the North Kamloops Library on Wednesday, May 6, 7 p.m. McKinnon is an alumnus of the Writing with Style program at the Banff Centre and has been...
B.C. defends its decision to file new polygamy charges against Bountiful leader
VANCOUVER – The B.C. government is defending its right to lay a polygamy charge against the head of a fundamentalist Mormon sect in the province's southern Interior, say documents filed in B.C. Supreme Court.
Singer Ben E. King of ‘Stand By Me’ fame dead at age 76
NEW YORK, N.Y. – Ben E. King, the unforgettable lead singer for the Drifters and solo star whose plaintive baritone graced such pop and rhythm 'n blues classics as "Stand by Me," ''There Goes My Baby" and "Spanish Harlem," has died. He was 76.
STAHN: What makes your city worth exploring?
This is hard for me to admit, but it’s important, so bear with me. I live in one of the best wine regions in North America. I’ve never gone on a wine tour. I live in one of best golf areas in the country. I don’t play golf. Heck, we’re even known for some kick-butt...
Second Mountie in B.C. acquitted of perjury stemming from Dziekanski inquiry
VANCOUVER – A second Mountie has been acquitted of perjury stemming from a public inquiry into Robert Dziekanski's death at Vancouver's airport.
Jason Aldean set to ‘Burn It Down’ in Kelowna
KELOWNA - Country music star Jason Aldean is coming to town this October on the Canadian leg of his recently expanded Burn It Down tour. Aldean, a three-time Academy of Country Music Vocalist of the Year and Entertainer of the Year nominee will be coming to Kelowna and Kamloops, as well as Vancouver and Prince...