Jessica Wallace
Industry rep sees impact of abolished HST in local restaurant industry
Less than two weeks after the HST was abolished in B.C., an industry rep says…
No fooling ICBC with fake IDs
Getting fake ID from ICBC isn't as easy as it used to be. An 18-year-old…
Kamloops Mountie guilty of fraud
"HE HAS LET THE MEMBERS OF THE KAMLOOPS POLICE FORCE DOWN, HE HAS LET… THE…
Another pedestrian hit; 4 in two weeks
Another pedestrian is in serious condition after being hit by a vehicle in Westsyde, Dec. 5. A 20-year-old man was taken to Royal Inland Hospital that evening after being struck on Westsyde Road near Parkview Drive at about 6 p.m. He's the fourth pedestrian hit by a vehicle in the last two weeks. The sixth...
Youth hit by city bus in Westsyde
By Jessica Wallace A Kamloops youth was hit by a City of Kamloops transit bus around 3:15 p.m. after jaywalking on Westsyde Road. An officer on the scene said the youth jumped out onto the street before he was struck near the intersection of Westsyde Road and McCarthur Drive. The intersection does not have a...
Speed, alcohol possible factors in motorcycle collision
Kamloops RCMP are considering speed and alcohol as factors in a motorcycle accident that occurred last night in North Kamloops. A 41-year-old man was sent to hospital after a collision at the intersection of Ord Road, 8th Avenue and Westsyde Road around 11:20 p.m. Thursday night. Kamloops RCMP Staff Sgt. Grant Learned said the man...
Many in community ‘shocked’ over closure of Kamloops Daily News
KAMLOOPS - Even the man who has come to personify the Kamloops Daily News never saw its closure coming, and expressed the same shock this morning as many others in the community. Mel Rothenburger spent nearly 40 years with the newspaper, formerly as editor and still as a regular columnist. “Quite honestly, I feel like...
Donations pour in for Logan Lake couple who lost belongings to fire
LOGAN LAKE - Over $1,000 has been raised for a Logan Lake couple who lost their personal belongings in a house fire last week. The couple had been renting a home for less than a week on Beryl Drive before an explosion and fire destroyed their home. When Logan Lake Fire Rescue arrived on scene...
Nickel and dimed: TRU student makes a point paying tuition
KAMLOOPS - A TRU student paid for his final course today but not before demonstrating the financial strain on students in a unique way. He wheeled his burden into the TRU cashier to make an unusual payment of 11,000 nickels. Will George, 22, graduates this spring and admits his final payment was a stunt, but...
Space heater cause of Holt Street house fire
KAMLOOPS - A fire that destroyed a home on Holt Street earlier this week in Kamloops may be blamed on an otherwise innocent attempt to beat the cold weather in the Tournament Capital. Kamloops Fire Rescue is attributing the blaze at 920 Holt Street on Monday afternoon to a space heater that ignited gasoline fumes...
Paint the town ‘Brier’
KAMLOOPS - Jazz up your window display, support a national sporting event and maybe even win some tickets to see the 2014 Tim Hortons Brier in Kamloops. Local businesses are being asked to show support for the annual national curling event in a creative way — by decorating storefronts. Plastic banner wrap, posters, brochures and tent...
Fire crew to determine cause of residential explosion, house fire in Logan Lake
LOGAN LAKE - The cause of an explosion and fire that destroyed a Logan Lake home yesterday has yet to be determined. Logan Lake Fire Rescue attended the scene around 2 p.m. after reports of a residential fire. “When we arrived, the home was fully involved,” said fire chief Dan Leighton. “Apparently, there was an...
Love in the air in Kamloops
KAMLOOPS - Kamloops has ranked among the top romantic cities in the country, after sales results were analyzed by a major online retail store. Amazon.ca released its fifth annual rankings of the ‘Most Romantic Cities in Canada’ today, and the Tournament Capital claimed the seventh spot. The company compiled sales data from Jan. 1, 2013...
Jury selection underway for manslaughter case 14 years after man missing
KAMLOOPS - Jury selection began today for a man accused in the death of a 48-year-old member of the Lytton First Nation band more than a decade ago. William Robert Smith faces charges of manslaughter and interference with a dead body and awaits trial in Kamloops B.C. Supreme Court. The charges follow the death of...
Ontario men identified in fatal collision near Chase
CHASE - A coroner’s report has confirmed the identities of two men killed in a crash between two tractor-trailers Friday morning near Chase. Mehmed Fazlic, 59, and Slobodian (Bobo) Katic, 43, of Ontario were both killed in a head-on collision around 5:40 a.m. Friday. They were driving together in a semi-truck when they collided with...