Jessica Wallace

Pedestrian injuries have plagued headlines in Kamloops lately - and the people with power have been paying attention. "There was four out of eight fatalities in the city last year that were pedestrians," said Kamloops RCMP Staff Sgt. Mike Savage. "We've had a significant number of people who have been hit in crosswalks." The City...

A Kamloops antique store is going modern. Frou Frou Monkey is shutting it's doors on Victoria Street after eight years, but will continue selling it's eclectic products online. Owner, operator and founder, Margo Matheson, said the store will close at the end of June because she's ready to retire. She decided to continue the business...

Kamloops RCMP are attributing quick and accurate information by victims as the main reason three people are in custody following a robbery today in Dallas. Police have three men in custody following reports of a robbery on the 5000 block of Dallas Drive around 1 p.m. today. "The victims were unharmed in the incident and...

One tourist is happily on his way home to Saskatchewan after a pricy pitstop in Kamloops. Muddussar Shah would have paid about $0.20 less per litre had he been able to fill up back home in Lloydminster, Sask today. He stopped in Kamloops overnight on the way home from a road trip to the coast....

Sun Peaks Resort will push ahead with plans to expand after a B.C. Supreme Court decision yesterday in Vancouver. "It's good news for Sun Peaks and basically the ski industry in B.C.," said Darcy Alexander, Vice President and General Manager of Sun Peaks Resort Corporation. The Adams Lake Indian Band lost after challenging provincial licensing...

CLOVER THE KERMODE BEAR HEALTHY IN QUARANTINE The BC Wildlife Park is abuzz with people now that the weather is warming up, but park visitors shouldn't expect a peek at the lone white furry park friend who caused some controversy last year. Clover the Kermode bear, a rare bear also known as a spirit bear...

Merritt RCMP are commending the instincts of a concerned man after his suicidal girlfriend jumped into the Nicola River Friday morning. A 47-year-old woman was pulled from the water alive with the help of RCMP on May 17 after her 49-year-old boyfriend reported her threatening to jump into the river around 10:30 a.m. that morning....

The hunt is on for a coyote that bit a man in Kamloops early this morning. Kamloops RCMP Staff Sgt. Grant Learned said the call came in around 12:48 a.m. of the incident at Silver Sage RV Trailer Park & Campground. "A male called in a report that one of the campers staying at the...

Kamloops is now privileged to have a piece of Canadian history after a former correctional officer salvaged historical artifacts from a shut-down federal prison and permanently loaned them to the Tournament Capital. Anthony Martin worked at the federal maximum security prison B.C. Penitentiary New Westminster - commonly known as the B.C. Pen—from 1958 until it...

HOW TRU PROFS ENGAGE STUDENTS Wait, what? Didn't get that one. Pause. Rewind. Start it again. An eraser can rub out the errors on the page, but the rewind button on YouTube promises another chance to catch the professor's point. Thompson Rivers University professor Tony Bell realized that before he began posting supplemental course materials to...

SAME SITE AS 2012 FATAL PEDESTRIAN HIT AND RUN: POLICE A hit and run crash that broke a man's legs last night in Valleyview was at the same location where another pedestrian was killed last year in an unsolved hit and run. RCMP were called at about 9:49 p.m. last night after reports of two...

POLICE WON'T SAY WHO KILLED WHO B.C. Coroners Service has confirmed the identities of two Anglemont residents dead after what police are calling a murder suicide. Tracy Nichol, 45, and Christian Robert Tallick, 15, were found dead in their Anglemont home near Chase at around 4:40 p.m. on April 30. While RCMP have stayed tight-lipped...

Celebrations and disappointments didn't cause much of a stir in Kamloops last night following the results of the provincial election. Kamloops RCMP Staff Sgt. Grant Learned said a relatively low number of files came in Tuesday night despite election results that shocked the province. The B.C. Liberal Party was voted in, along with the party's...

She didn't win. Her party didn't win. But it was still a party. NDP Kamloops-North Thompson candidate Kathy Kendall watched the B.C. election results unfold at a popular pub in her constituency, the Rock'n Firkin Pub and Grill, with a full room and more than enough food and drinks to go around. The 'relaxed' setting...