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KGHM gives verbal agreement to fund the city’s independent Ajax review
KAMLOOPS – KGHM International has agreed to fund the city’s $300,000 independent review of its own Ajax project, Mayor Peter Milobar said this afternoon, Aug. 26. “They don't feel opposed to it…and we're following up with that,” Milobar said, adding KGHM asked for the request in writing before it would completely agree to terms. The...
Kamloops Rural RCMP deal with two separate vehicle crashes
CHERRY CREEK — Two people were sent to hospital after a collision on Highway 1 and Rodeo Drive near Cherry Creek today, August 26. Aird says three cars travelling in the fast lane were involved in the collision. The first, a blue Honda signalled to turn left. The second car in the chain made a...
Top antique and art appraiser makes stop in the Southern Interior
KELOWNA - Here’s your chance to find out if that old painting hanging in the bathroom is really a Picasso or not. Professional antique and art appraiser Peter Blundell is making a one-day stop in Kelowna where he will appraise those uncertain antiques, collectibles and art pieces and tell you whether they are treasure or...
So You Think You Can Dance coming to Kelowna
KELOWNA – The top ten finalists from this year’s So You Think You Can Dance will be performing in Kelowna in January. The show is part of a North America tour that features the best dancers from the twelfth season of the 13-time Emmy Award-winning show on Fox and CTV. Judge, executive director and co-creator...
Daughters struggle for answers about dementia care after mom suffers horrific death
'SHE COULD HAVE GONE FROM ANY ONE OF HER ILLNESSES," DAUGHTER SAYS, 'BUT SHE BURNED ALIVE." KAMLOOPS — A series of government-funded senior care failures and one last cigarette killed Matilda ‘Tillie’ Olineck, her family says. Jeanne and Jackie Olineck — Tillie’s daughters — were cleaning up their mothers apartment at the Glenfair Complex downtown...
Smoky skies continue, no end in sight to fire season
THOMPSON-OKANAGAN - With smoke-filled skies and reports of new fires almost every day, it begs the question that’s on everyone’s mind: When will this end? “It’s a good question. There is no hard and fast measure that tells us when things are done. Every season is its own animal,” Kevin Skrepnek says. And B.C. Wildfire’s...
Kamloops CEO charged with assault taking leave of absence
KAMLOOPS — The top employee of a social services organization in Kamloops is taking a leave of absence after charges accusing her of domestic assault were made public last week. Interior Community Services CEO Kelly Ann Kelland, born 1962, is accused of committing an assault last month in Monte Creek. The organization is a non-profit...
Kamloops man may cancel return trip on cross-canada run
KAMLOOPS — The city’s cross-country runner is about to finish his trek across Canada, but might not make the trip back as funds continue to dwindle. Edward ‘Fast Eddy’ Dostaler says he’s about a week away from reaching New Brunswick and says he won’t stop until he reaches Newfoundland. Unfortunately, he says, the plan to...
Kamloops asks residents to voluntarily use less water
KAMLOOPS – The city is asking residents and business owners to voluntarily reduce their water because of low river levels. The province recently issued a Level Four drought rating for the South Thompson and North Thompson river basins. Rainfalls have not been sufficient to replenish aquifers or local stream flow levels. The province has taken the...
Senior woman dies in fire at Kamloops retirement home
KAMLOOPS — A Kamloops woman has died from her injuries after her room caught fire in a downtown senior’s complex yesterday, Aug. 24. Platoon Capt. Troy Grant says Kamloops Fire Rescue and paramedics responded to the call at Glenfair Complex on Glenfair Drive around 10:20 p.m. and determined the woman fell asleep in her chair...
Mom raises $14K for Cuddle Cots across Thompson-Okanagan
WEST KELOWNA – What started as an idea to bring to Kelowna General Hospital a device which gives parents of stillborn children a few extra days with their child will now help families across the entire Thompson-Okanagan. In less than three months West Kelowna resident Kristin Esmail has raised enough money to buy four Cuddle...
Smoke wreaks havoc on already-weakened hearts and lungs
SOUTHERN INTERIOR - Looks like the smokey skies will be with us until at least tomorrow and that means more discomfort for those with chronic heart and respiratory problems. “When we talk about smokey skies, we’re talking about the tiny solid particles that remain suspended in the air. The major concern is particles smaller than...
Shooting victim warns of vigilante attacks on mentally ill man who shot him
KAMLOOPS — The British Columbia Review Board is questioning legislation that grants victims the right to learn where their attackers are living after a Kamloops man requested the mentally ill person who shot him in the face be moved. Last December, a Kamloops Supreme Court Justice found Erik Konrad William Nelson not guilty of several...
VIDEO: Kamloops locals show off their dance moves for special cause
KAMLOOPS — It’s almost time for the Kamloops movers and shakers to shake it and move it in the Dancing Like the Stars competition. Dancing Like the Stars is a Kamloops fundraiser to raise awareness and funds for women’s breast health. The event hosted by the Royal Inland Hospital Foundation will take place at the...
Social services organization CEO charged with assault
KAMLOOPS - The chief executive officer of Interior Community Services will attend court next week to face an assault charge. Kelly Ann Kelland, born 1962, was charged in July with one count of domestic assault stemming from an incident in Monte Creek. Interior Community Services is a social services organization which provides support to families...
Grassland-eating grasshoppers causing grief for Interior cattle ranchers
KAMLOOPS - A district board member hopes to speak with the provincial Minister of Agriculture about "a great number of complaints" about the growing grasshopper population eating away the grasslands near Kamloops and causing concerns for ranchers. Ken Gillis, the director for the Grasslands area of the Thompson Nicola Regional District, says he plans to...
How the Thompson-Okanagan fared in the Ashley Madison cheating website data leak
THOMPSON-OKANAGAN – Locals in the B.C. Southern Interior aren’t immune to exposure from the dump…
City’s one kilometre rule between new booze vendors a ‘responsible decision,’ say liquor stores
KAMLOOPS – Liquor vendors “feel comfortable" after a city decision to create a one kilometre buffer between new liquor outlets. Al Deacon, owner of Fox’n Hounds pub and Fox’n Hounds Sahali Liquor Store, says the city’s determination to rethink the buffer rule was the right thing to do. “It's a responsible decision,” he says. “We’re...
Penalty committee to decide on Kamloops dentist
KAMLOOPS - A penalty committee will decide next week if a Kamloops dentist will still be allowed to practice and what, if any, penalties to impose after his sedated patient suffered a heart attack. Dr. Bobby Rishiraj from the Kamloops Oral Surgery and Implant Centre will attend the hearing in Vancouver on Monday, Aug. 24....
NHL assistant coach, Kamloops Blazer owner in jail on drunk driving charges
SON WAS IN VEHICLE WHILE DRIVING WITH BLOOD ALCOHOL LEVEL OF .3 FRIDLEY, MN — One of the Kamloops Blazers owners is in jail facing charges for driving under the influence with a 0.30 blood alcohol content reading in Minnesota Thursday evening. According to a complaint filed by Fridley Police Department Officer Erik Johnson in...
Task Force signs deal with Canada Post for graffiti clean-up
KAMLOOPS — There are plans to have every graffiti covered mailbox in Kamloops clean before the end of September after Canada Post signed a three-year agreement with the city’s Graffiti Task Force. Ronnie Bouvier with the Task Force says the agreement came after a communication failure between the city, Canada Post’s Ottawa office and the...
See what the Kamloops Longboard Club has been up to
KAMLOOPS - Last year was a big one for the Kamloops Longboarding Club. The city gave them their own park. Kamloops was the one of the first municipalities to create an off-road track specifically for long boarding. The club posted this mash-up of skating video taken at the park near Pacific Way Elementary School along with...
Semi trailer flips and loses load on Trans Canada in Shuswap
CHASE - All that’s left is a small amount of diesel on Highway 1 after a tractor trailer flipped near Chase yesterday evening. The semi flipped around 6:45 p.m., Aug. 19, near Little River Road, according to a RCMP media release. The Trans Canada was closed for several hours and re-opened around 11:30 p.m. Witnesses...
UPDATE: Missing teenaged girl found
UPDATE: 9:30 a.m., Thursday, Aug. 20, 2015 KAMLOOPS - RCMP say Suzan Clark, 16, has been located safe and sound. 8:29 a.m., Thursday, Aug. 20, 2015 KAMLOOPS – The Kamloops RCMP is seeking the public’s assistance in locating a missing 16-year-old-girl. Suzan Clark was reported missing the evening of Tuesday, August 18. She is described...