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Levi Landry
Levi is a recent graduate of the Communications, Culture, & Journalism program at Okanagan College and is now based in Kamloops. After living in the BC for over four years, he finds the blue collar and neighbourly environment in the Thompson reminds him of home in Saskatchewan. Levi, who has previously been published in Kelowna’s Daily Courier, is passionate about stories focussed on both social issues and peoples’ experiences in their local community. If you have a story or tips to share, you can reach Levi at 250 819 3723 or email LLandry@infonews.ca.
Demand doesn’t justify specialized scanner at future Kamloops cancer centre
Around 900 Royal Inland Hospital patients travel to Kelowna each year for a PET/CT scanner, frequently used to accurately detect cancer cells.
Summerland man accuses district of ‘playing dirty’ in lengthy mushroom farm dispute
The District of Summerland beat Brad Besler in court last month. This month, it took the dispute to the court of public opinion.
Kamloops sex offender planned to start new life with abducted teens
Janos Juckiewicz was arrested on Vancouver Island after abducting two teens whom he sexually assaulted over weeks.
Kamloops politicians not giving up fight for specialized scanner for cancer patients
"It does not necessarily have to go into the same building as the cancer centre. So, we're going to keep pushing, even if it's at an off-site location in Kamloops."
RCMP respond to young person’s death at downtown Kamloops park
Police said criminality is not suspected in the young person's death.
Controversial MAGA musician plans to perform in West Kelowna
The Christian nationalist musician is touring Canada and he's included a stop in West Kelowna.
iN NUMBERS: Impacts of controversial Kamloops mayor spread beyond city
From RCMP investigations to rewriting provincial legislation, it's not just Kamloops feeling the effects of the feuds at city hall.
Three charged in 2022 Penticton homicides
Three people have been charged in a double homicide nearly three years after the bodies…
Former professor using Freedom of Information to ‘air grievances’ with TRU
Former economics professor Derek Pyne once made headlines for his research into "predatory" journals and claimed the university responded by suppressing his academic freedom. The university says he continues to "harass" its staff and lawyers.
BC Corrections ordered to release video of excessive force to inmate
Multiple internal reviews found several correctional officers used excessive force against the inmate.
Kamloops school district loses bid to snub public information request
The school district claimed the electrical company owner was "using freedom of information as a weapon," but its evidence wasn't convincing.
Kamloops mayor recruits councillor’s brother in defamation suit
It's the second time Mayor Reid Hamer-Jackson brought her family into the lawsuit.
Missing man’s body pulled from river in Kamloops
The foreign student was last seen as he was swept away while trying to retrieve a volleyball.
Police seek witnesses after two die in North Okanagan hit-and-run
The driver fled the scene after driving the wrong way on Highway 97, leading to a head-on collision.
UPDATE: Arson suspected in recent Kamloops grassfires
Rain is a welcome reprieve this morning as Kamloops firefighters extinguished two grassfires — now…
First Nations environmental concerns, suspicion of graves at Tranquille Sanitorium dismissed
A developer planning to rebuild the historic Kamloops sanitorium site into a massive subdivision just…
Residents about to pay up for big Penticton city hall bills
The savings are dwindling at Penticton city hall if taxes don't go up.
Contractor handed $150K fine after Kamloops concrete collapse
The March collapse left one electrician with minor injuries at the downtown Kamloops job site.
Proposed North Thompson copper mine aims for 2028 approval
It could be one of Canada's largest open pit mines.
Kamloops mayor’s lawsuit meant to ‘silence’ councillor, lawyer argues
A Kamloops city councillor’s lawyer called the mayor’s defamation suit against her an effort to…
‘Out of time’: Kamloops mayor’s delays in defamation case could be over
Just days ahead of the hearing, he hired another lawyer.
Former North Okanagan massage therapist acquitted of sexual assault
"While she interpreted it as sexually assaultive behaviour, within the context and circumstances in which it occurred it is quite plausible that it was not."
Kamloops killer found not criminally responsible due to mental illness
"He's a mentally unwell person who suffers from schizophrenia, and he didn't do anything to deserve it in anyway just like the victims didn't deserve what happened to them."
UPDATE: Kamloops-Thompson school district superintendent resigns
The head of the Kamloops-Thompson school district has resigned from her role after four years…