Ashcroft News
Police need your help to find missing Ashcroft man
ASHCROFT – RCMP in Ashcroft are asking for the public's assistance in finding a missing…
UPDATE: Search and rescue team called off after overturned boat spotted in river near Ashcroft
KAMLOOPS – A boat floating down the Thompson River near Ashcroft had Kamloops Search and…
Derailment temporarily blocks CN mainline through Ashcroft
KAMLOOPS – Crews have been working to clear an eight car derailment that blocked the…
International doctors set up shop in Ashcroft and Logan Lake
ASHCROFT – Four international doctors are settling in at their new rural locations in B.C.…
Ashcroft youth arrested for sex assault on child under 10 years old
ASHCROFT - A 15-year-old boy arrested after a girl under the age of 10 was sexually assaulted has been released. Officers are continuing their investigation of the case, which involves the alleged sexual assault of a young girl during the first week of September, Sgt. Michel Grondin of the Ashcroft RCMP says in a release....
Ed Gyoba to be remembered with bench in Ashcroft
ASHCROFT - Community members have raised enough money to purchase a memorial bench for Ed Gyoba, a well-known man in Ashcroft and Cache Creek who died in an alleged murder last year. Susan Maximiuk, who took it upon herself to collect the funds, says it only took about a month to raise the $1,600 necessary...
‘I thought I just witnessed somebody being murdered’
KAMLOOPS — The last thing Gil Anderson saw before he walked his daughter to school on the morning of June 2, 2014 were two silhouettes fist-fighting in his neighbour's yard before one knocked the other over and delivered three blows to its opponent’s head with a shovel. “After I heard the first strike of the...
Evidence at Ashcroft man’s murder trial includes bloody shovel and shallow grave for uncle
KAMLOOPS — What happened in a one-hour period last summer in Ashcroft is the centre of discussion in the latest murder trial taking place in Kamloops Supreme Court. Shane Takeshi Gyoba, 28, is accused of second-degree murder in the death of his uncle, Ed Gyoba, 66, whom he was living with in Ashcroft. In the...
Evacuation alert lifted for residents under Coldstream Creek fire
ASHCROFT - The Thompson-Nicola Regional District Emergency Operations Centre has been advised by the Wildfire Management Branch that the imminent risk of danger to life and properties due to the Coldstream Creek wildfire between Ashcroft and Logan Lake north of Highway 97C has diminished at this time. The Evacuation Alert issued at 1730 hours on...
UPDATE: Coldstream Creek fire near Ashcroft grows, evacuation alert issued
ASHCROFT - B.C. Wildfire crews are battling an aggressive lightning-caused wildfire south of Ashcroft today and locals are now on evacuation alert. The fire was called in around 1 p.m. this afternoon, July 20, and quickly grew to 120 hectares. By 6 p.m. the fire had grown to 600 ha. Properties on North Road, Landon...
Firefighters battling house fire in Ashcroft neighbourhood
ASHCROFT - Firefighters are currently battling a house fire on Mesa Vista Drive in Ashcroft. Members of the Ashcroft Fire Department are on scene with three fire trucks along with RCMP officers and paramedics, according to witnesses. Details have not been confirmed by members of the fire hall. We will have more information as it...