Jessica Wallace

The Kamloops Blazers will need to find a way to score if they want to come back from a two-game deficit against the Portland Winterhawks in the Western Conference Final. The Winterhawks came out strong on their home ice in game two, defeating the Blazers 4-0 in Western Hockey League action Saturday. Portland's Seth Jones...

An early goal was not enough for the Kamloops Blazers in the WHL Western Conference Final against the Portland Winterhawks. The Blazers lost to the Winterhawks 4-1 in Portland in the series opener. Fourth-line Blazer Joe Kornelsen put one past Winterhawks goalie Mac Carruth just 2:10 into the first period, taking an early lead. But...

Walking into Fifth Avenue Jewellers on Hillside Drive, everything seems normal. The staff are friendly, the bling is shiny - and it's business as usual. Looking a little closer, several of the displays once showcasing shiny, pretty things are no longer adorned with jewellery and watches, but are wide open and filled with broken glass....

Rain or shine, winter or summer - people line up outside the Kamloops Food Bank before it opens waiting for a food hamper. A portable trailer across the road from the building has been craftily arranged to allow patrons in need of food a place to walk in, grab a hamper through the narrow passageway...

The Kamloops Blazers are heading to round three of the WHL playoffs for the first time in 14 years and will go head-to-head with the team that knocked them out last year. Blazers communications and media coordinator, Tim O'Donovan, said fans can expect an intense rivalry between the Blazers and their next contender - the...

UPDATE - 9:20 a.m. April 18, 2013 Kamloops RCMP are reporting that a girl who went missing yesterday has been located. Brooklynn Durning has been found safe and sound. 5:30 p.m. April 17, 2013 Kamloops RCMP are asking the public to keep their eyes peeled for a 12-year-old girl who ran away from school earlier...

Kamloops RCMP are seeking public help in recounting the events that has left a 46-year-old man in critical condition for more than three weeks. "This individual is still in serious condition in hospital," said Kamloops RCMP Const. Bernie Ward. The Mackenzie man was struck in the head with a skateboard outside the Tranquille Road 7-Eleven...

Kamloops RCMP busted a 'large volume' marijuana grow-operation in Barnhartvale yesterday and are recommending charges against a 60-year-old man in connection with the raid. Kamloops RCMP Special Project Unit along with Rural RCMP members executed a search warrant at about 9:20 a.m. on the 2900 block of Robin Creek Road and found 1,200 marijuana plants...

UPDATE - 5:35 p.m. April 16, 2013 A Sun Peaks hotel owner was found guilty today of assaulting a guest last year but won't see it on his criminal record. Provincial court Judge Stephen Harrison granted Manfred Kurt Kasprzik a conditional discharge because of the circumstances surrounding the assault, including the victim's provocation. Kasprzik was...

Cars may be the subject of his day job, but a Kamloops mechanic won't be in the driver's seat for the next three years after a decision today in Kamloops Provincial Court. Charles Jeffrey Watson was convicted today of driving while impaired, driving while prohibited and failing to appear. Watson, a local mechanic, was handed...

UPDATE: 3:45 p.m. - April 15, 2013 Kamloops RCMP have arrested a suspect for uttering threats at a North Kamloops gas bar earlier today. A man called RCMP alleging a male had approahced him and threatened to shoot him on 8th Street around lunchtime today. A press release issued by Kamloops RCMP Const. Bernie Ward...

The family of a Kamloops woman who went missing last year from her downtown home is pleading for information one year later. Sandra Lynn Wilson, 42, was reported missing to Kamloops RCMP on April 6, 2012 and despite RCMP efforts, she has yet to be located. Wilson was last seen leaving her Fifth Avenue and...

Less than two weeks after the HST was abolished in B.C., an industry rep says…

A 33-year-old male who was picked up late last night with multiple weapons in his possession is expected to face multiple charges in Kamloops courts today. He was arrested around midnight at a residence on Norview Road. "This is a result of an ongoing police investigation," said Kamloops RCMP Const. Bernie Ward in a press...

A fugitive recently sent half way across the country on outstanding warrants is part of an ongoing effort by local RCMP to maintain accountability and community safety. The B.C. Fugitive Return Program takes individuals residing in B.C. with outstanding warrants in other provinces and ships them back out for prosecution. The program is funded by...

Two RCMP officers and a jail guard will stand trial after allegedly watching and failing to intervene on two women performing sexual acts in city cells while in police custody. Cpl. Kenneth Brown, Const. Stephen Zaharia and jail guard David Tompkins will stand trial facing one count each of breach of trust after a preliminary...

Kamloops RCMP are warning the public of multiple break and enters that occured in Brocklehurst yesterday. Kamloops RCMP Const. Bernie Ward said culprits forced their way into two homes on the 1900 block of Fleetwood Avenue during the day yesterday by prying open windows. "The police are requesting for homeowners to keep an eye out...

It's cold, it's hot, it's cold again – if you're not happy with the weather in Kamloops, wait 15 minutes.

WAITING FOR LAB DATA ON CAUSE OF FIRE The investigation into a 'suspicious' fire is on hold as RCMP await lab results from the scene. The information will help determine the cause of a fire that extensively damaged a rooming house complex at 331 Seymour St. W around 11:15 p.m. Saturday, March 30. "The next...

A former Kamloops teacher and convicted sex offender is headed back to jail for having sex with a minor. Brett Anthony Nelson, 52, will serve two years less a day in prison and three years probation after pleading guilty today in B.C. Supreme Court on charges of sexual interference of person under 16 and breach...

UPDATE: 4:15 p.m. April 8, 2013 By Jessica Wallace Kamloops RCMP are awaiting a driver who remains in critical condition from a deadly car accident to help piece together the events that lead to the crash. Kamloops RCMP Const. Bernie Ward said an investigation is ongoing into cause of a head-on collision on Highway 5A...