Jessica Wallace

KAMLOOPS - The RCMP is busy searching for someone in the Kamloops area allegedly trying to do its job. Two incidents on Wednesday reported to police involved a male allegedly impersonating a police officer, and even conducting traffic stops, near Pritchard. The first incident occurred around 4:40 a.m. when a driver was pulled over, responding...

KAMLOOPS - A national walk to raise awareness for missing women and children made its way to the Tournament Capital yesterday. The volunteer based non-profit organization, Tears4Justice, began its walk in Nova Scotia earlier this summer to bring to light hundreds of missing and murdered women and children across the country. The walk started on...

KAMLOOPS - A Friday afternoon scramble in Brock this afternoon was due to a kitchen fire. The Garden View apartment building on Brunner Avenue in Kamloops was evacuated after a resident had a grease fire. Residents were evacuated from the building — some elderly residents escorted out by younger ones — but the fire was...

'YOU CAN'T MAKE YOURSELF ANY SAFER' KAMLOOPS - Driving cab was never much of a job for Ken Cotter. Most days, picking up fares was something he enjoyed. "You get in my cab sad and you usually get out giggling," he says, his face lighting up at the thought. It certainly wasn't age that changed...

KAMLOOPS - A yummy adventure is coming to the Tournament Capital. TRU business graduate Anita Lyapina is the local ambassador for the food events and tour company Dishcrawl, and she's organizing the company's inaugural event in Kamloops. Think: pub crawl — but with food. "We take 25 to 40 people to four restaurants in one...

KAMLOOPS - Little information has been made public following a bomb threat at a Kamloops motel yesterday. Nothing suspicious turned up during the investigation, though three notes were found in the motel forcing an evacuation that left staff in the streets while police searched the motel for clues. The five-hour search ended after a dog was...

KAMLOOPS - While some people are frowning at the thought of rain going into the long weekend, the BC Wildfire Branch is breathing a sigh of relief as the fire danger rating falls lower and lower. "We have seen throughout most of our fire centre the fire danger rating has gone down," said Kamloops fire...

KAMLOOPS - A former Kamloops international student's lawyer said a sexual assault charge was recently dropped because both the accused and alleged victim were leaving the country. "Both parties were going back to their home countries," said defence lawyer John Hogg. "They're never going to be in Kamloops again." Former Russian international student in Kamloops,...

UPDATE: 4:21 p.m. Aug. 27, 2013 Investigators responding to a call of a bomb threat at the Ramada Hotel on Columbia Street earlier today found nothing suspicious. Those evacuated from the hotel were allowed back into the building shortly after 3 p.m. The RCMP seized evidence from inside the building and will continue to investigate...

HOUSE ARREST? HE SOLD COCAINE OUT OF HIS HOUSE KAMLOOPS - He's a grandparent, a cancer patient and now a convicted cocaine dealer. The question is what to do with him. It appears that Robert Ehlert, 72, is about to spend 10 months locked up, but his defence lawyer says the best prison for him...

KAMLOOPS - A plea is expected next week for a Kamloops city councillor who faces multiple charges. Joe Leong faces two counts each of fraud, theft over $5,000 and breach of trust for offences dating to Feb 10, 2011 and March 26, 2012. Former president of the Kamloops Heritage Railway Society Glen Wideman has said while...

KAMLOOPS - The search continues for an elderly man reported missing earlier this week. Kamloops RCMP Const. Bernie Ward said search efforts continue. "We're still ongoing in steps to try and locate him," Ward said. "Still hoping, still looking." The 87-year-old Kamloops man, Alexander McIntosh, last spoke with family around 8 p.m. on Aug. 18....

KAMLOOPS - A Kamloops man facing mischief and assault charges over a confrontation with a local bus driver says he's well-prepared to defend himself. Bradley Derek Smith was charged after posting a video to YouTube in December accusing a local public city bus driver of kidnapping him. The driver was suspended pending an investigation. But the...

KAMLOOPS - A sexual assault charge against a Russian international student in Kamloops expected to go to trial today has been stayed by the Crown. Anton Marin was charged with one count of sexual assault. The single charge was stayed on Aug. 8. Neither Crown prosecutor in charge of the file, Sarah Firestone, nor defence...

KAMLOOPS - Having all of these seniors around is good for the crime rate, according to Kamloops RCMP. Kamloops RCMP Const. Bernie Ward said that the influx of people in the city for the B.C. Seniors Games has had a positive effect on crime in the city since it began earlier this week. With approximately...