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Four seriously injured in Trans Canada crash in Shuswap
CHASE – Four people were taken to Royal Inland Hospital in serious condition, some by…
RCMP check stop in Shuswap results in unusual chase
CHASE – A driver who avoided a police check stop in the Shuswap and abandoned…
Golf carts to be allowed on streets in Chase
CHASE – Golf carts are going to be allowed on some roads in two B.C.…
Weekend events in Kamloops range from political picnics to parkour playtime
KAMLOOPS – Fun is a short drive away this weekend. Tribute acts will be heading…
Proposed Chase skateboard park wins $20,000 in online contest
CHASE – While the Chase skate park didn’t win $250,000 grand prize it’s still coming…
Chase looking for votes to win cash for new skateboard park
CHASE – The Village of Chase is looking for some votes to pay for a…
Highway accident near Chase sends one to hospital
KAMLOOPS – A man is in Royal Inland Hospital and police are warning drivers to…
Chase in national competition for skatepark funding
CHASE – Chase is battling three other Canadian towns in a contest put on by…
Highway 1 through Hoffman’s Bluff set to receive major facelift
CHASE – Major renovations of Highway 1 between Hoffman's Bluff and Chase are set to…
RCMP investigating fatal Shuswap motorcycle collision
CHASE – A 60-year-old Chase man was killed in a crash between a motorcycle and…
Guns, thefts and fire keep Chase RCMP busy
CHASE – Firearms violations and thefts kept Chase RCMP busy over the past two weeks.…
Chase man arrested trying to steal a car in Kamloops
KAMLOOPS – A Chase man is cooling his heels in the Kamloops RCMP lockup after…
Accused murderer arrested in Chase after evading Edmonton police for nearly two years
CHASE – Police finally caught up to an Edmonton man wanted on a Canada-wide warrant…
Hefty jail term for man who rammed police cruiser, fled by kayak in Sicamous
SICAMOUS – It sounded like the quintessential Canadian crime story, but a man who fled…
Chase crash victim identified
CHASE – The young man who died after his dirt bike collided with a semi…
Crash closes Trans Canada near Chase
CHASE – The Trans Canada Highway east of Chase was closed due to a collision…
Stolen vehicles and crashes keep Chase RCMP busy
CHASE – A number of vehicle thefts and crashes had local officers hopping the last…
Thieves drive into Shuswap pharmacy in attempt to grab ATM
SCOTCH CREEK – Two suspects drove a stolen vehicle through the wall of a pharmacy…
Drunk driving checks net few impaired drivers in Chase check
CHASE - RCMP say a Christmas Eve checkstop in Celista that produced nothing more than verbal warnings shows local motorists are heeding the message about drinking and driving. In a release, Chase RCMP Sgt. Gary Heebner says one ticket for no insurance was issued as were verbal warnings, but no impaired driving charges among the...
CP Holiday Train stops in Kamloops today
KAMLOOPS - To some it is the moment that defines the Christmas countdown — just over a week to the big day — and to others it is simply a wonderful way to celebrate the season. Either way, today you can see the CP Holiday Train roll through the region, listen to some live music,...
Assault and bank robbery keep Chase RCMP busy
CHASE - Theft, assault and attempted fraud cases have kept Chase RCMP officers busy over the past week. On Sunday, Dec. 6 the detachment received an attempted fraud report from a man who received a 'pop-up message' on his smartphone while he was making financial transactions. Spokesperson Sgt. Gary Heebner says the notice came from...
Penticton man pleads guilty to transporting illegal firearms through Kamloops
KAMLOOPS - A Penticton man who paid two teenagers to drive him and a trunk full of guns to the Fraser Valley before being chased throughout Kamloops’ Aberdeen neighbourhood won’t be out of jail until late next year after receiving his sentence today, Dec. 7. Nicolas Stephen Galbraith, 29, was supposed to have his trial...
Chase RCMP searching for suspects after armed bank robbery
CHASE - Police are searching for two suspects after staff at a bank in Chase were robbed at gunpoint this afternoon. RCMP Sgt. Gary Heebner says officers were busy investigating a false report of shots fired in the North Shuswap when a man holding a long-barrelled gun entered the Royal Bank branch at around 1:20...
Chase RCMP investigating arson, series of thefts
CHASE - Arson, a woman pinned between two vehicles and a rash of thefts are the latest files investigated by the Chase RCMP. Investigators are looking for two gasoline-powered saws after they were reported missing Nov. 22. The tools were allegedly taken along with five bags of aluminum cans from an unlocked pickup truck on...