Jessica Wallace

It's business as usual for gym members at the Tournament Capital Centre (TCC) despite workout voyeurism making its way to Facebook.

A Kamloops escort service denies that it is recruiting underage escorts through Facebook. A 17-year-old girl claimed last week that Angels After Dark contacted her privately through the social networking site inviting her join the service. She went public in a story that made national news to warn other girls about the recruitment tactics. We...

Another home invasion took place last night in Kamloops. Four males wearing masks reportedly forced their way into a Brocklehurst home around 7 p.m. Wednesday night resulting in minor injuries to one of the tenants who was assaulted with an unknown object. The suspects left the scene on Calmar Place shortly after on foot before...

As the chief of police moves on, there is a void in the Kamloops RCMP. RCMP Supt. Yves Lacasse announced Jan. 31 that he was retiring from the force to join the controversial copper/gold mine project, Ajax Mine, and retire from the RCMP after 27 years of service. As he begins his new job on...

The B.C. Lions will be charging back to Kamloops for a couple more years of training. An announcement released by the Vancouver-based CFL club Monday, stated Kamloops was chosen for the location of their annual training camp until at least 2014. "We like to think that whatever is going on in Kamloops…it's working," said Jamie...

It's the final chance for Kamloops residents to have a say in the 2013 financial budget.

A Kamloops federal parolee who skipped town in mid-January was found in the Okanagan over the weekend, three weeks after he was reported missing. Penticton RCMP arrested 33-year-old Andrew Robert Hardenstine at about 3 p.m. Sunday in a vehicle on Giant's Head Road. "The detachments in the southeast district were actively working on locating Mr....

RCMP are asking for help from the public in finding a witness to a collision involving a pedestrian last week on Victoria Street. The crash happened between a 1989 red Chevrolet Cavalier and a 55-year-old Lytton man about 11:20 p.m. on Jan. 30. RCMP have learned that there was a second vehicle following the Cavalier...

A violent dispute left a Kamloops woman with head wounds, a Kamloops man with hand wounds and a three-year-old with the memory of how it all happened. A 39-year-old Kamloops man is facing several charges after a visit with a former female acquaintance turned sour on the 1700 block of Brunner Avenue, about 5:30 a.m....

RCMP are saying distracted driving is a problem after two check stops in Kamloops last week targeted drivers who can't keep their hands off their electronics. One check stop was set up in the morning, Jan. 31 on Richmond Avenue and 7th Street and another was stationed on Tranquille Road and MacKenzie Avenue in the...

Eight months after a forest fire started on a forestry road in Kamloops, the police and fire department discovered who dumped the refuse that caught fire. Using social media, Kamloops Fire and Rescue, RCMP and Bylaw Services handed out seven bylaw violation notices under Parks Bylaw 25-66 Section 6(b) for dumping refuse in a park...

Kamloops' chief of police, Yves Lacasse, who has been with the department for eight years will start a new career in February, as the manager of external relations for the controversial proposed copper gold mine project in Kamloops, Ajax Mine. "I'm not interested in uprooting my family again and going somewhere else. I wanted to...

RCMP Supt. Yves Lacasse, announced his retirement today after 27 years of service including eight years in Kamloops, and while he is leaving his post with the Kamloops police force, he won't be retiring from the workforce or pulling up stakes. He has joined KGHM International's controversial proposed copper-gold mine project, Ajax Mine, calling it...

A hamburger helps send children to the happiest place on earth - and so does a Frosty, a salad or anything else purchased at any Wendy's restaurant today in the Interior for Wendy's Dreamlift Day. In it's 19th year, the one-day annual event raises money from the net profits of all sales of Inland Wendy's...

RCMP answered an 'unwanted person' call early this morning at the Crossroads Inn on Seymour Street to find a 20-year-old prolific offender breaching probation orders. RCMP Staff Sgt. Grant Learned said the Kamloops man was visiting a friend before RCMP were called to the scene at about 4 a.m. this morning. "We go and try...

The City is once again reaching out to the public in hopes of filling several vacant volunteer positions on various council advisory committees. "Hopefully we get a better uptake," said Mayor Peter Milobar. Kamloops City Council annually appoints councillors and community members into voluntary positions on committees, commissions and boards. A push by the City...

Kamloops residents will have another opportunity to have a say in the Kamloops' 2013 financial budget this evening from 7 to 10 p.m. at the Interior Savings Centre. In the second of three public input sessions held by the city, the public works and utilities department will be on the table. This department's jurisdiction includes road...

Two men caught trying to steal copper wire from BC Hydro early this morning are in custody after being caught by security officers. The two Kamloops men, aged 38 and 40 years old, were seen using a ladder to get over the fence at the McGill Road property at about 4:50 a.m. Security told RCMP...

RCMP tracked a robbery suspect to a local cheque cashing store after the victim recognized her stolen jewellery at a gold and silver exchange outlet. The 24-year-old Lillooet man is expected to face charges of possession of stolen property in connection with a break and enter and robbery that took place last week. A 38-year-old...

A snowmobiler had a close call on Saturday after being run over by a pickup truck driven by a friend. The 42-year-old snowmobiler was out with friends taking turns on the sled at Lac Du Bois Forest Road when they decided to pack it in around 11 p.m. They rode in tandem to a point...

Kamloops RCMP are asking for public help in tracking down a federal parolee that has been at large since Jan. 14. A nation-wide warrant has been issued for 33-year-old Andrew Robert Hardenstine who left a community-based residential facility in Kamloops, Jan. 14. "He's still out there," said RCMP Staff Sgt. Grant Learned. Hardenstine was serving...

Today marks the day that Scott Niedermayer's jersey, no. 28, is hung in the rafters at the Interior Savings Centre (ISC). Niedermayer, a veteran Kamloops Blazer, is being honoured by the hockey club before their game tonight by retiring his jersey. The Cranbrook-native defenseman played 156 games with the Blazers, scored 47 goals, made 143...

The Idle No More movement continued in Kamloops today, this time at Thompson Rivers University (TRU). One of the event organizers, Lenora Starr, encouraged the public to continue the highly publicized public protest and individually get involved. Idle No More rallies, led by First Nations groups and environmentalists in opposition of Bill C-45, have popped...