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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.
Serial Kamloops rapist sentenced to ten years in prison
Joel Eric Carlson was convicted in 2024 for sexually assaulting five women over a six-year period.
You can BYOB to Riverside Park in Kamloops this summer
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Parkgoers will be allowed their own liquor near the Riverside bandshell daily until October in a one-season pilot project.
Kamloops mayor’s earns half his normal income due to imposed cuts
"In any other world, it's called constructive dismissal."
No referendum for $150M Kamloops RCMP building
"It's time to just do it and not wait any longer."
‘Extremely heartbreaking’: Friends, family mourn Penticton woman’s shooting death
"I've heard people's sides of the story, but they are all different so it's hard to get closure when people are lying about such a horrible event."
Kamloops council asked municipal affairs minister for help with controversial mayor
Kamloops city council had used up all its options to rein in the mayor, but he remained undeterred.
Kelowna sex offender released to Kamloops
"He represents a serious and imminent risk to persons under the age of 16, including children."
Federal regulators to step up invasive beetle response in Kamloops
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"If left unmanaged, this pest can cause significant damage to parks, golf courses, gardens and crops."
Kamloops could be next BC city to allow booze in a public park
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Music fans and park-goers in Kamloops may be allowed to bring their own booze this…
Councillor Sarai breached oath by recording Kamloops mayor and covering it up
"Throughout my investigation and in preparing this report, an old adage has repeatedly come to mind: two wrongs don’t make a right."
Kamloops man accused in stabbing spree led police to hidden knives
A man accused in a 2020 stabbing spree stowed away two knives before he returned…
Kamloops mayor says his recent code of conduct complaints against councillors dismissed
Kamloops Mayor Reid Hamer-Jackson filed the three most recent council code of conduct complaints, and…
Kamloops mom ousted from BC legislature for bottle feeding baby
"The policy was incorrectly applied as it has no application to bottle feeding."
Accused in Kamloops stabbing told police during 2020 arrest, ‘I killed them’
"He was quite talkative, very friendly. It was a casual conversation."
Merritt man’s remains discovered in April: RCMP
The suspicious death of a Merritt man remains under investigation after his body was discovered…