Jessica Wallace

KAMLOOPS - A 50-year-old Kamloops woman avoided jail-time today after defrauding a Kamloops business while she was employed as the company's bookkeeper. Lynn Christine Stalzer pleaded guilty today to fraud under $5,000 for two incidents in 2011 while working for Trick Transport in Kamloops. Crown prosecutor Chris Balison said a police investigation into the fraud...

KAMLOOPS - One man is dead after a single vehicle collision near Inks Lake Road last night. Kamloops RCMP responded to an accident on Highway 5 around 11:30 p.m. and a found an overturned vehicle. The vehcle veered from the road and went over an embankment, killing one man. The investigation is ongoing and is...

911 CALL FROM MURDERER: "THIS HAPPENED JUST BECAUSE I... WANTED IT TO." KAMLOOPS - A judge has accepted the guilty plea of a Kamloops man who stabbed his father 31 times in a fit of rage over money. But before Jaipreet Toor, 46, could plead guilty to killing his 79-year-old father in March 2012, he...

KAMLOOPS - A Supreme Court judge must decide whether to accept a guilty plea by a man accused of killing his father last year in Kamloops. "It's a significant, significant step you're taking," said Justice Sheri Donegan. "This is one of the most significant offences in the Criminal Code." Jaipreet Toor is charged with one...

KAMLOOPS - A Chase man who claimed to be providing a 'service' to the economy as a drug dealer was sentenced to 10 months in jail today in Kamloops Supreme Court. "The accused has it wrong when he dismisses his trafficking," said B.C. Supreme Court Justice John Steeves. Ernest Klassen, 60, was convicted by Steeves...

KAMLOOPS - The manager of a downtown thrift shop is saying the store will be closed for at least a week after a fire that broke out this morning. "It's definitely a big hit on us, we are just a non-profit," said Regan Wilson, store manager of Thrift City on Seymour Street. Kamloops Fire and...

KAMLOOPS - TRU students were welcomed back to school this week with a colourful addition to one campus street. TRU's Students' Union unveiled the first rainbow crosswalk in Interior B.C. in front of the Old Main building. "TRUSU is excited to have a permanent symbol of LGBTQ pride on campus," LGBTQ representative for the union...

KAMLOOPS - A Kamloops man accused of sexually abusing his step-daughter is free to go after a Kamloops Supreme Court decision today. The man, whose name cannot be published due to a court ban to protect the identity of the complainant, faced charges of sexual interference of a person under 16, invitation to sexual touching...

KAMLOOPS - Police are searching for a man who failed to show up for his sentencing hearing for multiple drug-related charges this week. Shane Cameron, 33, was expected to be sentenced yesterday for multiple files and charges including: four counts of possession for the purpose of trafficking, possession of a controlled substance, two counts of...

KAMLOOPS - ASK Wellness is reporting five heroin overdoses — including one fatality — in the last 24 hours in Kamloops. This after a recent warning in Vancouver about a bad batch of the drug and one in Kamloops when summer hit. "The word on the street is that there is a batch in town that is...

KAMLOOPS - Jackie White travels by Parkcrest Avenue every day. Today, she'll stop near Nicolani Drive for a visit, and to leave flowers — same as all the other years since her daughter went missing there 20 years ago today. While today marks the 20-year anniversary of Sherri McLaughlin's disappearance from North Kamloops, it also marks...

KAMLOOPS - A Kamloops man who pointed a gun at police last year during a drug raid was handed a lifetime firearms ban today in Kamloops Supreme Court. Jacques Bedard pleaded guilty today to pointing a firearm after an incident on Jan. 18, 2012. Kamloops RCMP used a search warrant to enter Bedard's Holt St....

KAMLOOPS - The singing, tweeting Canadian astronaut who engaged earthlings from space will present a free lecture at the university in October. Ontario native Commander Chris Hadfield posted videos and photos online from his adventures in space and retired in July after 21 years of service. He opened the world's eyes to space after uploading...

KAMLOOPS - Sun Rivers residents have been without power since around 9 a.m. today and it's unclear when it will be returned. "I don't have an estimated time as to when they will have it restored," said Corix Utilities representative Tara Grant. The Sun Rivers administration office is closed for the day and a note...

CHASE - A 74-year-old man has been identified as a drowning victim at Shuswap Lake over the weekend. Gene Bretecher who was from Sorrento, died after falling into the lake without a life jacket at around 1 p.m. Sept. 15. He fell out of his boat about 30 m from shore. His wife called for...