Clearwater

Winter tick season is a thing, check your pets: Kamloops SPCA

KAMLOOPS - While ticks are a rarity in the winter time, officials at the Kamloops SPCA branch are advising pet owners to check their animals year-round after a cat with nine live ticks was recently surrendered. Valerie Wilson says the cat came from a farm in Barriere where it lived in a chicken coop. While...

Clearwater man accused of murdering wife to stand trial

KAMLOOPS - A man charged with first-degree murder in the death of his estranged common-law wife will face trial after a Kamloops Provincial judge determined there was sufficient evidence for the case to move forward in court. Iain Drummond Scott, born 1972, was arrested in Clearwater April 21, 2014, and has remained in custody since...

Three more federal infrastructure grants for the North Thompson area

NORTH THOMPSON - This week the federal government continued to roll out funding for projects around the region. Among the announcements was funding for Blue River, Clearwater and Sun Peaks. In total more than $300,000 in funding was doled out to the three communities as part of the Canada 150 Community Infrastructure Program. In Sun...