Jessica Wallace

While some people enjoyed Christmas with their families, some merely sought shelter. "Right now we're at capacity," said Jacquie Brand, program coordinator for the Y Women's Emergency Shelter. The two shelters rely on monetary and in-kind donations around the holidays, requiring around 95 per cent of their funding to come from the public at this...

The Christmas season is known as the season of giving. While iPads and video games are on many minds during the holiday season, the Kamloops Volunteer Society is asking residents to give a different gift this year - time. "(Volunteering) is very rewarding," said Robert McKinnon, the society's community programs coordinator. McKinnon facilitates organizations with...

The Idle No More campaign is expected to stop in Kamloops this week. First Nations groups and environmentalists are rallying in opposition of Prime Minister Stephen Harper's Bill C-45 that, among other things, would make changes to land management on aboriginal reserves. A rally is expected in Kamloops Friday, Dec. 21. Over 200 people have confirmed...

RCMP are searching for a 15-year-old Kamloops girl who has been missing since Dec. 7. RCMP said Sarah Lynne Robinson leads a high-risk lifestyle and has left home before. While this is the longest she has been away, police believe she may be staying with people she knows or resorted to living on the street....

Kamloops RCMP have released a surveillance photo of 16-year-old C.J. Fowler hoping it will trigger the memory of anyone who saw her before she was murdered two weeks ago. The video surveillance photo was taken at 2:54 a.m. Wednesday, Dec. 5 at Royal Inland Hospital. The image shows Fowler wearing blue jeans, a pink tank-top, a...

There's controversy over whether a viral end of the world party in Kamloops circlulating on Facebook since 2009 will actually happen. The online event page lists about 14,000 confirmed attendees, another 3,700 who may attend and roughly another 5,500 who have been invited. Kamloops RCMP are saying it won't happen and aren't making it a...

A Kamloops councillor is not happy with the way the city is handling its debt, but found himself powerless to do anything about it. Councillors approved a $3.3 million expansion of Juniper's Highland Road Tuesday and another $2.4 million is expected to be approved to upgrade lighting along the North Shore's Tranquille Road. While Coun....

Kamloops RCMP responded to 22 calls for motor vehicle incidents between 6 a.m. and 6 p.m. yesterday after a heavy snowfall in Kamloops. "That's substantially more than normal," said RCMP spokesperson Staff Sgt. Grant Learned. He said 13 of the calls came before 3 p.m. when snowfall was the heaviest. "To have that type of...

Santa Claus is not the only man in uniform who is busy during the holiday season. While most of us are focused on shopping lists, travel and cheer, the holidays are a busy time for RCMP. It's typically peak season for shoplifting, vehicle break and enters, alcohol-related incidents, suicide threats, extreme weather conditions and all...

RCMP are not concerned about an end of the world party circulating online that has generated over 14,000 confirmed guests to Tree Flats in Kamloops on Dec. 21, despite a teenage death and serious injuries at the location in the last year and a half. "As of right now there's nothing that has been set...

The family of CJ Fowler huddled together yesterday morning to grieve privately at the Guerin Creek site where her body was found. "We came in and we went to talk to the RCMP and I asked them if I could view my daughter's remains before we bring her home," said Fowler's mother, Matilda. Fowler said...

The world may not come to an end on Dec. 21 as the Mayans predicted, but Kamloops may not be so lucky. A Facebook event circulating online has generated about 14,200 confirmed guests to attend an "end of the world party" expected to take place in Barnhartvale the evening before the Mayan prediction of the...

A Kamloops family will be together for the holidays after a decision by council to allow Shannon Kerr and Corey Cook to keep their third dog, Joey. "I don't have to get rid of my guy and that makes me happy," Kerr said. The family violated a Kamloops bylaw that limits households to two dogs....

A week has passed since CJ Fowler's remains were found at Guerin Creek in Kamloops, but RCMP have yet to find her killer. "(The investigation) is still characterized by the Major Crime Unit as very, very active," RCMP spokesperson, Staff Sgt. Grant Learned said today. Kamloops RCMP continue to work with Terrace and Prince George...

A preliminary glance at Kamloops' five-year financial plan shows an increase in utility prices and property taxes. Taxes are expected to increase 3.91 per cent in 2013, but city finance director Sally Edwards said they won't increase as much as initially anticipated - about 1.08 per cent less than reported in May's preliminary discussions. "Most...

RCMP are warning Kamloops residents about potential phone scams that have popped up this holiday season. The Kamloops RCMP Scam Line was notified today of calls by a fraudster claiming tone police seeking donations to educate children in schools. Fraud scam has occurred throughout the province, RCMP Staff Sgt. Grand Learned said. While some scammers...

Cactus Jacks Saloon got a thumbs up today from Kamloops councillors to expand its liquor licence to 625 people from 495 effective April, 2013. The decision came in accordance with provincial liquor licensing regulations stating that council must comment on the proposal. Kamloops RCMP wanted the nightclub, which already held the largest liquor license in...

A young Terrace girl was in Kamloops for less than a week visiting friends and according to her Greyhound bus ticket, she was due home Dec. 5 - the same day her body was found in a ravine near Guerin Creek. Kamloops RCMP provided a few more details about 16-year-old C.J. Fowler's brief time in...

RCMP responding to complaints of an armed man at a local park Sunday discovered the gun was fake. They were called to Riverside Park about 2 p.m. Dec. 9 after a man allegedly cocked and pointed a handgun at a female jogger. "Multiple police officers responded to the complaint," said RCMP spokesperson, Staff Sgt. Grant...

Just as winter winds down, Kamloops will become a little greener. The city has been named one of several communities across B.C. to receive provincial funding for an electric vehicle charging station. The City of Kamloops will match the $4,000 contribution by the province to install the first station of its kind at the Kamloops...

A Kamloops resident struggles to understand why two families were able to keep three dogs when she was refused by council the same request just two weeks earlier. "I think that they should just stay out of my business and stay out of everyone else's business," said Kamloops resident Shannon Kerr. Kerr was told she...

UPDATE: Dec. 6, 4:19 p.m. A Kamloops councillor is concerned a recent online video does more harm than good for Kamloops transit services. "Because I'm always trying to encourage people to try transit, that would be my main concern—the negativity," said Coun. Donovan Cavers. The YouTube video, posted on Dec. 4, revealed two transit users...