Jessica Wallace

Two open-house information sessions will be held this week regarding a proposed open-pit copper/gold mine causing a stir in Kamloops. "We're introducing the town of Kamloops to the KGHM International team," said Normon Thompson, community relations manager for the KGHM International Ajax copper and gold project. The company took over the project from Abacus Mining...

B.C. Coroners Service have confirmed the identity of a 61-year-old Kamloops man who died in a snowmobiling accident near Valemont Jan. 8. His name is Richard Allan McDonald. McDonald was pronounced dead the next day after he went snowmobiling along the clearing between the roadway and tree line on Highway 5 near Valemont. He was taken...

A 67-year-old Kamloops man was hit by a truck in the Costco parking lot last night at about 4 p.m. He was transported to Royal Inland Hospital after sustaining a cut to his head and reporting neck and chest pains. The driver stayed on the scene and told RCMP he was turning left in the...

A prohibited driver who killed a pedestrian in November has been charged again with driving while prohibited. The 62-year-old Kamloops man killed a 66-year-old woman Nov. 21 on Victoria Street and was found leaving the casino parking lot at about midnight last night. The driver faces another charge of driving while prohibited. His Ford pickup...

The Idle No More rally held in downtown Kamloops this morning pleased organizers by attracting a crowd of participants.  "The turnout was good," says event organizer Lenora Starr. "You're always hoping for more." And by more, she means generating interest past the aboriginal community. There were few non-aboriginal people in attendance. Idle No More rallies,...

An idea by a Kamloops councillor has caught on. Coun. Arjun Singh was pleasantly surprised by the interest in his first Idea Festival to be held Jan. 12 at T.R.U.'s House of Learning. The three-hour public forum about Kamloops ideas is open to residents, but is closed for registration, with 148 people signed up. "I thought...

A second public hearing for Coun. Donovan Cavers' carriage suite has been set for Jan. 15. Plans to rezone his mother's property at 917 Douglas Street from a single family residential property to include a two-storey, 63 square-meter laneway carriage suite with outdoor parking have taken months. The initial application was denied on Nov. 6...

A 21-year-old Kamloops man will serve a prison and probation sentence after pleading guilty today in B.C. provincial court to having sex with a 13-year-old girl he lured over the Internet. But according to circumstances relayed in court, it appears he wasn't the only one with a lure. Alexander J. G. Kennedy faced charges of sexual...

A Kamloops public bus driver who was shown on YouTube allegedly kidnapping two passengers is back at the helm thanks to witnessess who corroborated his account of events. The YouTube video posted Dec. 4 has garnered over 62,000 views, and two who saw it were prompted to take action because they were on the bus at...

A Kamloops man killed in a single vehicle accident on the Coquihalla Highway, Jan. 6 has been identified as 44-year-old Stephen Kulinski. Lower Mainland District RCMP reported that he was travelling in a 2006 Suzuki SUV with his 38-year-old wife heading southbound outside Hope, B.C. at the Falls Lake exit when the vehicle lost control....

While many people avoided Kamloops roads this morning after a massive dump of snow, a 70-year-old Ridgeview Lodge resident braved the wintery conditions on his electric scooter. RCMP were made aware of the missing senior after staff from the Desmond Street care facility reported him missing. It's believed he raced off just before 5 a.m. Staff...

An unexpected 3:30 a.m. wakeup call for one downtown Kamloops motel guest on Sunday morning led to the arrest of a 27-year-old prolific offender. RCMP Staff Sgt. Grant Learned said a man staying at the Columbia Motor Inn awoke to two masked men at his door before they forced their way into the room. "Nothing...

The B.C. Coroners Service confirmed the Kamloops man who was killed by a train on Jan. 3. to be 25-year-old Christopher Scott Hobbs. Hobbs died on the scene at about 4 a.m. after being struck by a wesbound CP Rail train on Pat Road. Foul play has been ruled out by the Coroners office and...

It's deja vu for Kamloops RCMP every time the snow falls.

Four weeks after 16-year-old Hazelton girl CJ Fowler was found murdered in Guerin Creek, Kamloops RCMP are seeking a potential male witness who was smoking in the area at about 7 a.m. the morning her body was discovered. "We need them to come forward," said RCMP Const. Bernie Ward. RCMP have spoken with residents in...

An unidentified person was hit and killed by a train at about 4:40 a.m. in Dallas. "We had a westbound train approaching the Pat Road crossing," said CP Rail spokesperson Kevin Hyrsak. Hyrsak said the individual was on the tracks and despite whistle sounds by crew members and emergency brakes, the person failed to move...

Kamloops property values are slightly up this year after the first decline in over a decade in 2012. "You never know if that's the start of a trend," said Graham Held, deputy assessor for B.C. Assessment in Kamloops. "In this case it wasn't." B.C. Assessment has issued 2013 property assessments for over 34,000 Kamloops properties...

A man suspected of three robberies in the Okanagan is in custody after ramming into a police cruiser in a stolen vehicle on New Years Day in Kamloops. Police responded to reports about 10 p.m. last night when a man was seen smashing vehicle windows with a baseball bat in Sahali. The man tried to...

Stepping out on the street, you look before you move. You're on a mission, there for a purpose and extra careful. Multiple zombie-like people swinging there arms and yelling incomprehensible slurs approach. You recognize some of them, shells of people you once knew - but they're different now. You ignore them because you're there to...

The coordinators for Bike to Work Week are hoping a good idea won't go to waste after council rejected their funding request for a waste management intiative. James Gordon and Marcia Dick presented the idea last week. The proposed free community event, called the Zero Waste Challenge, would span across the month of October in...

With 2012 winding down, the countdown begins - to make the right New Year's Eve plans. There are a wide range of events, from dancing to mini getaways to family events in the Kamloops area for everyone to celebrate the end of 2012. Hoodoos restaurant at Sun Rivers golf course is offering an intimate venue...

A 26-year-old-man known to police was taken into custody after a standoff with RCMP this afternoon in downtown Kamloops. "He was distraught and was threatening to harm himself," says RCMP spokesperson, Staff Sgt. Grant Learned. "He had in his possession, we were told, a syringe… threatening to inject himself." The man was visiting a lady acquaintance...

Holiday customs are constantly changing and Boxing Day is no exception. While some people still opt for waking up in the wee hours of the morning on Dec. 26 for some of the best deals of the year, online shopping has become a popular Boxing Day shopping option. For tech-savy shoppers, online shopping is a...