Jessica Wallace

KAMLOOPS - A TRU student paid for his final course today but not before demonstrating the financial strain on students in a unique way. He wheeled his burden into the TRU cashier to make an unusual payment of 11,000 nickels. Will George, 22, graduates this spring and admits his final payment was a stunt, but...

LOGAN LAKE - Over $1,000 has been raised for a Logan Lake couple who lost their personal belongings in a house fire last week. The couple had been renting a home for less than a week on Beryl Drive before an explosion and fire destroyed their home. When Logan Lake Fire Rescue arrived on scene...

KAMLOOPS - A fire that destroyed a home on Holt Street earlier this week in Kamloops may be blamed on an otherwise innocent attempt to beat the cold weather in the Tournament Capital. Kamloops Fire Rescue is attributing the blaze at 920 Holt Street on Monday afternoon to a space heater that ignited gasoline fumes...

LOGAN LAKE - The cause of an explosion and fire that destroyed a Logan Lake home yesterday has yet to be determined. Logan Lake Fire Rescue attended the scene around 2 p.m. after reports of a residential fire. “When we arrived, the home was fully involved,” said fire chief Dan Leighton. “Apparently, there was an...

KAMLOOPS - Jazz up your window display, support a national sporting event and maybe even win some tickets to see the 2014 Tim Hortons Brier in Kamloops. Local businesses are being asked to show support for the annual national curling event in a creative way — by decorating storefronts. Plastic banner wrap, posters, brochures and tent...

KAMLOOPS - Kamloops has ranked among the top romantic cities in the country, after sales results were analyzed by a major online retail store. Amazon.ca released its fifth annual rankings of the ‘Most Romantic Cities in Canada’ today, and the Tournament Capital claimed the seventh spot. The company compiled sales data from Jan. 1, 2013...

CHASE - A coroner’s report has confirmed the identities of two men killed in a crash between two tractor-trailers Friday morning near Chase. Mehmed Fazlic, 59, and Slobodian (Bobo) Katic, 43, of Ontario were both killed in a head-on collision around 5:40 a.m. Friday. They were driving together in a semi-truck when they collided with...

KAMLOOPS - Jury selection began today for a man accused in the death of a 48-year-old member of the Lytton First Nation band more than a decade ago. William Robert Smith faces charges of manslaughter and interference with a dead body and awaits trial in Kamloops B.C. Supreme Court. The charges follow the death of...

KAMLOOPS - A $75 million Internet data centre overlooking the Thompson River in Kamloops opened today. The Tournament Capital location is unique to Telus — one of eight in Canada, expected to account for cloud computing services for thousands of businesses across the country. The facility, near McGill Road and Bunker Road, has provided nearly 200...

CHASE — Highway 1 west of Chase has reopend after a deadly crash between two tractor-trailers early this morning near Chase. Around 5:40 a.m. today, two tractor trailer units collided on a two-lane section of Highway 1, about one kilometre west of Chase. One vehicle was travelling east, the other west at the time of...

KAMLOOPS - A former employee has been charged with arson after a fruit and garden centre went up in flames last fall in Salmon Arm. Adam Schultz faces charges of theft and arson after Pedro Gonzales Fruit and Garden burned down in September of last year. The fruit and garden centre remains under construction almost...

KAMLOOPS - About 100 doses of methamphetamine are off Kamloops streets after an RCMP drug bust earlier this week. A Kamloops RCMP Targeted Enforcement Unit raided a downtown motel, executing a search warrant at a room on Tuesday, police told media today. About 10 grams of meth, cash, other drug trafficking paraphernalia, bear spray and...

KAMLOOPS - One of Kamloops’ top cops is moving across the country for a position in the Canadian capital. Insp. Jennie Latham is transferring to Ottawa. Latham took over as interim commander in chief while the Kamloops RCMP detachment was in flux. Former Supt. Yves Lacasse took a position with KGHM Ajax this time last...

KAMLOOPS - Police are asking for public assistance after a woman was reportedly chased and knocked to the ground by a stranger early Saturday morning. A 41-year-old Kamloops woman was walking home around 1:30 a.m. on Saturday after leaving a downtown bar when an altercation occurred between First Avenue and Third Avenue on Victoria Street....

KAMLOOPS - A 39-year-old man was ordered to pay a $300 fine today after he was caught with a 'personal' amount of marijuana and attempted to avoid a police road check. Crown counsel Anthony Varesi told Kamloops provincial court Judge Stephen Harrison that Ian McPherson spotted and tried to avoid the police check stop Sept....

SIMILAR CASE ENDED IN 'NOT CRIMINALLY RESPONSIBLE' FINDING KAMLOOPS - A psychological assessment for a man accused of assaulting a nurse at a psychiatric care facility in Kamloops last year is expected to be delayed. David Gray is charged with assault for an incident last year at Hillside Centre, a tertiary psychiatric care facility in...

KAMLOOPS - The school board and local police are teaming up to educate parents about youth and social media after inappropriate material was allegedly shared online by students. School District 73 and the Kamloops RCMP are inviting parents to an information session about trends in social media technology and the safe and ethical use of...

KAMLOOPS - If you’re looking for a new place to bust a groove, the Shark Club could be your new hotspot on Friday and Saturday nights when it opens this spring. “We don’t really classify it as a nightclub,” said vice president of operations for the Shark Club, Jim Weidinger. “But it’s definitely some late...

KAMLOOPS - After a year struggling to find work, a Kamloops man has taken to the social media equivalent of a sandwich board in the city square—Twitter.  His message is pretty clear—his Twitter name is Hire Me Please (@TheJordanPiper)—and he's been filling #Kamloops with his linkedIn address, resume and plea in 140 characters or less....

KAMLOOPS - Kamloops city council is mulling over smoking in public. They voted today during a regular council meeting to direct staff in recommending a bylaw to restrict smoking in public areas such as parks, trails and stadiums. Jeff Conners of Interior Health told council today he sees the restrictions as having multiple impacts including...

KAMLOOPS - The City is looking to acknowledge some of the Kamloopsians who dedicate time and service to the community. The annual Distinguished Service Awards were started by the Mayor and council to honour those who have dedicated time and service to the well-being of the community and its citizens. Last year's winners included Sandra...

KAMLOOPS - ‘Disturbing’ inappropriate material on social media involved a significant amount of high school students in the Kamloops area, media were told today. School District 73 superintendent Terry Sullivan said a student reported the situation to a staff member last Thursday who found the behaviour disturbing, further escalating it to Sullivan the following day....