Jessica Wallace

KAMLOOPS - Investigators have returned from the accident scene where 16-year-old student pilot Lorne Perreault was found dead last week in a plane crash just outside Kamloops. Perreault was flying alone on a training exercise on the morning of Aug. 6 and he didn't return as expected to the Kamloops Airport. He was found dead...

KAMLOOPS - With just over a week to go before B.C. seniors take the spotlight, the B.C. Seniors Games are looking for more volunteers to aid the event. "We've had a good response," said promotions director Jennifer Cook. "There's just a few specific areas." About 1,100 volunteers have signed up to date for the annual...

KAMLOOPS - It's going to be a hot weekend in the 'Loops. Not only is the thermometer expected to peak into the mid-30s, but the annual show and shine car event in the downtown core is set to take place beginning today and into the weekend. Street rods, customs, American muscle, sport-compact, import, collectors, tractors...

KAMLOOPS - Construction is ready to begin on a new animal rehabilitation centre at the B.C. Wildlife Park. The groundbreaking ceremony took place this week for the Fawcett Family Wildlife Health Centre, a project that has been years in the making, according to manager of education and special events David Edwards. "We're really excited," he...

KAMLOOPS - A new B.C. winery is celebrating its grand opening this weekend, but it's not in typical wine country — it's in Kamloops. Harper's Trail is the first estate winery in the area, located on the outskirts of the city near the South Thompson River. A local couple — Ed and Vicki Collett —...

KAMLOOPS - A man was found not guilty today of making a false 911 call after the Crown said the accused was trying to draw police away from a medicinal marijuana grow-op he intended to rob. B.C. Supreme Court Justice Hope Hyslop found Justin Daniels not guilty of breaching an undertaking and falsely reporting a...

KAMLOOPS - Two non-profit agencies geared at improving the lives of seniors are hoping to amalgamate by the end of September. River City Seniors Association and the Seniors Outreach Society are looking to join forces. "We have more resources as two joint societies than we do as two independent," said RiverBend Manor general manager, Cindy...

KAMLOOPS - Investigators are working to piece together the events that led to the death of a 16-year-old pilot found dead near Cache Creek last night. Kamloops teenager Lorne Perreault went missing earlier this week when he left the Kamloops Airport on a training exercise in a single prop 172 Cessna airplane. He left alone around...

KAMLOOPS - First he was called to the bar, and now he has been called to the bench. Kamloops lawyer Leonard Marchand has been named the newest provincial court judge in Kamloops and will take the bench come September. Marchand was called to the bar in 1995 after graduating from the University of Victoria in...

KAMLOOPS - The trial for a Kamloops man accused of killing his father will be postponed so he can find a new lawyer, again. Jaipreet Singh Toor faces one charge of second-degree murder after being arrested in connection with the death of his 79-year-old father, Harsewak Singh Toor, stabbed to death in North Kamloops last...

KAMLOOPS - A Kamloops man who died after diving into Adams River earlier this month has been identified. B.C. Coroner's Service reported today that 49-year-old Robert Bruce Boyd died from head injuries sustained while diving into a river pool on Aug. 3. He had been taking part in recreational activities with his family near the...

"HE WAS QUALIFIED TO FLY SOLO" KAMLOOPS - The search continues today for a plane and a student pilot who was expected back at the Kamloops Airport nearly 24 hours ago. Captain Pat McSorley of the Rescue Co-ordination Centre in Victoria said the search is being directed by a sighting and radar report. Crews continue...

POLICE SEARCHING FOR MISSING PLANE AND YOUNG PILOT KAMLOOPS - Rural RCMP are reporting an overdue plane outside the city taken out by a young pilot this morning. The pilot took the Single Prop 172 Cessna plane out this morning about 10:30 a.m. and failed to return. The Coast Guard Search and Rescue along with...

KAMLOOPS - A TRU international student found guilty of stabbing another student in the eye with a pool cue at a nightclub last year is expected to be sentenced in November. Yousef Almotairi was found guilty of aggravated assault and assault with a weapon after an incident at Cactus Jacks Nightclub in Kamloops last November....

KAMLOOPS - The Crown says two men accused of robbing a North Kamloops home last year were holding a drug dealer accountable. Trevor Taylor and Kyle Metz each face multiple charges including break and enter and commit an indictable offence, assault with a weapon, two counts of assault causing bodily harm, unlawful confinement or imprisonment...

KAMLOOPS - It's common, it's illegal, it's tough to monitor, and it's dangerous. Kamloops RCMP Const. Bernie Ward says about six or seven reports come in per month in the summer of people jumping off the train bridge between Pioneer Park and Riverside Park. "It's an ongoing problem," Ward says. The bridge is a shunting...

KAMLOOPS - Stormy weather may feel like relief with hot and dry weather partly to blame for multiple wildfires ignited in recent weeks — but the lightning that came with it may have made the situation worse. B.C. Wildfire Information Officer Michaela Swan says fire crews have been working around the clock to keep up...

KAMLOOPS - A Saudi Arabian international student was found guilty yesterday of assaulting another student with a pool cue at a Kamloops nightclub last year. Yousef Almotairi, 26, blamed his lawyer outside of the courtroom after he was found guilty in B.C. Supreme Court for assault and assault with a weapon. Justice Richard Goepel said...

FORMER PRESIDENT SAYS LEONG ABUSED ACCESS TO PRE-SIGNED CHEQUES KAMLOOPS - Former Kamloops councillor and Kamloops Heritage Railway Society treasurer, Joe Leong, is expected to make his first appearance today in court following charges of theft, fraud and breach of trust. Leong faces multiple charges for two offences dated Feb. 10, 2011 and March 26,...

KAMLOOPS - A former Kamloops city councillor and treasurer for the Kamloops Heritage Railway Society is facing multiple charges of fraud, theft and breach of trust following an investigation into the misappropriation of heritage rail funds. Joe Leong faces two counts each of fraud, theft over $5,000 and breach of trust for offences dating to...

AJAX HIRES CALLED 'SELLOUTS' BY COUNCILLOR KAMLOOPS - Lawyer John O'Fee is calling the words of a local city councillor 'childish' after being labelled a 'sellout' for providing legal services to KGHM International, operators of the proposed Ajax mine. Coun. Donovan Cavers tweeted this last week: "Lacasse, Koopmans, O'Fee #sellouts." This after Kamloops Daily News editor...