Jessica Wallace

"DOMESTIC VIOLENCE TAKES PLACE IN ALL SHAPES AND FORMS" KAMLOOPS - A 29-year-old Kamloops woman said she didn't think she could get help after her ex-boyfriend allegedly sexually assaulted her in 2011. The woman, who's name is protected by a court ban, testified today in Kamloops provincial court that she believed because she was living...

A 29-year-old Kamloops woman testified today in Kamloops provincial court that her ex-boyfriend raped her while she was sleeping in her bed with their child before locking her in their home, holding a knife to her neck and threatening to kill her. "I literally thought I was going to die that night," the woman said....

KAMLOOPS - A B.C. Supreme Court judge will have to weigh several different stories after more testimony today in a sexual assault trial. A 63-year-old Kamloops man told B.C. Supreme Court Justice Kathleen Ker  today that he never sexually abused his foster child nor her friend. She lived with him from ages four to 18 until her...

UPDATE: 1:15 p.m. June 25, 2013 KAMLOOPS - The defence continues to allege Crown witness testimony in a sexual assault case in B.C. Supreme Court this week is unreliable. The trial began yesterday for a Kamloops man — who cannot be named to protect the two complainants—accused of sexually abusing his foster child who lived...

JUDGE HANDS MEDICINAL MARIJUANA USERS FINES FOR NO LICENSING KAMLOOPS - Two medicinal marijuana users were handed fines today after being caught 'living outside the law.' Landon Muzio and Scott Day pleaded guilty in B.C. Supreme Court after being caught with 11 pounds of freshly cut marijuana — about five and a half of it...

KAMLOOPS - A 20-year-old Kamloops woman testified today in B.C. Supreme Court that her foster father sexually abused her as a youth for years before he sexually assaulted her friend at a sleepover in 2011. The accused—a foster parent to the woman between the ages of four and 18—cannot be named to protect the identity...

TREE FLATS CONDITIONS NOT CONDUCIVE TO PHOTOGRAPHS KAMLOOPS - RCMP are busy trying to gather photographic evidence from the public to piece together what happened at a large grad party Tuesday night where a 17-year-old girl reported to police that she was sexually assaulted, but one student who attended the party believes it's a waste...

A truck thief may be in danger after stealing an engineering tool with radioactive materials inside. Kamloops RCMP are warning the public about a geotechnical engineering density measuring tool that contains a capsule of radioactive material after a truck was stolen from Pleasant Street on June 16 sometime overnight. The vehicle turned up downtown later...

A man was found guilty yesterday for sexual assault after a judge ruled a sleeping woman did not consent to sex. David Paul Kinney was charged in Kamloops Provincial court after a night of drinking at a friends house escalated. A group of friends were playing cards and drinking Dec. 8, 2011 when the victim became...

While RCMP continue to investigate exactly what happened last night at a huge graduation bush party where a teenage girl was allegedly sexually assaulted, one student who attended was surprised to see her 'fun' time in today's headlines. "Everybody seemed pretty calm when I was there," said 16-year-old Alyson Testwaich. Testwaich was at the party...

Midway through a campaign to collect and safely dispose of weapons by police in the province, Kamloops is reporting high seizures compared to a much larger counterpart to the west. Kamloops RCMP has seized 17 firearms while the Vancouver Police Department has seized 37. Kamloops RCMP Cpl. Cheryl Bush said it doesn't surprise her that...

KAMLOOPS - A prison 'enforcer' was handed an intermittent sentence today for getting involved in the business of two Cranbrook gangsters. Kyle Walsh, 24, pleaded guilty in May to one charge of assault causing bodily harm after an incident at a local provincial prison in 2010. He avoided a lengthy prison sentence proposed by the...

Any journalist knows, the world is not all sunshines and butterflies. I was reminded of it this morning as I assembled my regular daily story list. A convicted rapist is in the Kamloops courthouse this week for a dangerous offender hearing to potentially put him away for good. A man was found dead last night at...

UPDATE: 3:07 p.m. June 14, 2013 The man killed while riding his bicycle on the Trans-Canada Highway last night has been identified. He was Richard David Dean McGillivray, 57, from Kamloops. The B.C. Coroners Service says McGillivray was riding his bicycle eastbound on Highway 1 about 22 km west of Kamloops just before 6 p.m....

A Kamloops man who spent the last three months in hospital recovering from a head injury has been released from hospital in time to learn that charges have been laid against his alleged assailant and he is grateful to be alive. Michael Forry, 46, of Mackenzie, was released from Lions Gate Hospital on Tuesday and...

A sexual offender program completed by convicted rapist Jack Froese before his latest conviction was no guarantee he wouldn't reoffend. Testimony continued today in a dangerous offender hearing in Kamloops Supreme Court for the Saskatoon man. Psychiatric nurse Lynda Hollingshead testified today over video conference from Saskatoon's Regional Psychiatric Centre. "When somebody completes your program, they're not cured...

TRU Students' Union President Dylan Robinson is unhappy about an increase to tuition fees come fall of this year. Tuition will rise two per cent, which means about $38 more for a full-time domestic student per semester. TRU vice president of advancement, Christopher Seguin says fees rise with costs, but regulations in place prevent fees...

Her voice was shaky as she slowly revealed her story. "It felt like an hour to me, but I think it was probably about 25 minutes to half an hour," she said. The story is one the woman has lived with for the past eight years. While she's trying to let it go, she said she's...

Kamloops has a new top cop. Insp. Brad Mueller is the new Officer in Charge of the Kamloops detachment following former Supt. Yves Lacasse's decision to leave and take a job with KGHM International. A press release issued today on the RCMP's provincial website revealed some early details about the new man in charge. No...

The lone accused to plead guilty in Kamloops' jail sex scandal was sentenced to a conditional discharge today in B.C. Supreme Court. David Tompkins, 49, pleaded guilty to breach of trust in May, six days into a preliminary inquiry for himself and multiple police officers accused of watching two inebriated women — one of which is...

Interior Health Authority believes a province-wide warning about the drug fentanyl may be linked to multiple cases over the past couple weeks in Kamloops. Dr. Trevor Corneil, Interior Health Authority medical health officer, said between three to five overdose or close-overdose cases have emerged in Kamloops in the last two weeks among injection drug users....

For those who were sad to learn this week that there would no longer be a strip club in Kamloops — relief. After news broke here this week about the Duchess on Tranquille changing ownership and no longer hosting exotic dancers, it appears the deal has fallen through. As the sole location to host strippers...