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The power of information during electrical failure
WHO HAS IT, WHO DOESN'T THOMPSON-OKANAGAN - When the power goes out, so do most of the things we depend on for life and business — lights, refrigerators, internet, air conditioning, point-of-sale machines, cash machines — and depending on which power company you use, so does information. The Thompson-Okanagan is divided between Fortis B.C. and...
B.C. firefighters getting help from Ontario
BRITISH COLUMBIA - Crews fighting the nearly 200 wildfires raging across the province will get some help from our neighbours out east. A total of 70 personnel from Ontario are arriving today, July 7, to help with fires in the Coastal and Southeast Fire Centres. Two amphibious skimming aircraft, a birddog and an air attack...
Residents of burned out Sahali apartments might not return for months
KAMLOOPS - The cause of a fire that left one unit uninhabitable at an apartment building on Whiteshield Crescent South remains unknown, but an assistant fire chief says it’s ‘remarkable’ they were able to save the building given its construction. “It’s low end (damage) compared to what it could have been,” Dave McMahon of Kamloops...
Convicted killer Snelson on bail until sentencing this fall
KAMLOOPS – Convicted killer Neil Snelson will spend the rest of his summer living in…
Man accused of running down paper carrier during police chase won’t face judge until 2016
KELOWNA – A preliminary inquiry of prolific offender Donald Maxwell Brodie, accused of critically injuring a paper carrier while evading a police road block in 2013, has been set for early 2016. Brodie, 35, is charged with criminal negligence causing bodily harm, flight causing bodily harm, impaired driving causing bodily harm and two counts of...
Kamloops dental surgeon continues work while awaiting penalty for causing brain damage to patient
KAMLOOPS - A local dental surgeon continues to work at his practice while he waits to hear what penalty a professional panel imposes for a series of failures which led to a patient’s cardiac arrest during surgery. A team of investigators for the Inquiry Committee of the College of Dental Surgeons of British Columbia examined...
RCMP reunite missing dog with family
KAMLOOPS - Saundra Potter didn’t expect to come home without a dog when she took a family trip to Kelowna to run an errand. Potter and her three children left their dog Bailey in the back of her truck with a blanket, food and water when they entered a store to grab barbecue supplies last...
Newly reopened Pinantan store hit by thief
PINANTAN LAKE - The general store in Pinantan Lake was hit by a thief early Sunday morning, leaving the community without an ATM. Const. Jason Epp of Kamloops RCMP says a lone suspect broke into the Pinantan General Store in the early morning hours of July 5. The suspect entered through the front door and...
VIDEO: Interior air quality an island of low risk amid smoky B.C. skies
THOMPSON-OKANAGAN – Yes there is a slight haze in the air and we can expect…
Project to guarantee clean water for Kamloops residents moving forward
KAMLOOPS – Projects aimed at ensuring clean water for Kamloops and Black Pines residents are moving forward following a funding announcement today, July 6. More than $3 million is being contributed from both federal and provincial governments for an emergency water intake project in Kamloops, and just under $450,000 from federal and provincial governments each...
Cause of Kamloops apartment fire unknown
KAMLOOPS - A fire that ripped through a Sahali apartment building Sunday is still under investigation. Investigators with Kamloops Fire Rescue are working to determine the cause of a fire at 44 Whiteshield Cres. Dispatch received the call around 6:30 a.m. yesterday, July 5, to attend the Woodlane Manor apartment complex. Firefighters evacuated all residents...
TRENDING NOW: Film about B.C. town inspired by ‘Nightcrawler’
The B.C. filmmaker was inspired by the movie Nightcrawler, which showed a cool bird's eye view of Los Angeles. He decided to try the same camera techniques as seen in the movie. See just how abandoned a small city can look in the middle of the night. %%embed1%%
Back to the land; a passion for growing and harvesting food
KAMLOOPS – For those who grow and harvest their own food – whether for the love of the earth or simply for produce – you are well supported in Kamloops. Sandra Frangiadakis and Elmarie Roberts share the same passion. Frangiadakis is the program coordinator of the Gleaning Abundance Project and Roberts, of Haliburton Farm in...
Fire burning near Ashcroft among several new ones in Kamloops Fire Centre
ASHCROFT - Crews are currently on scene of a wildfire that quickly grew to 20 hectares in Venables Valley along Highway 1. Kayla Pepper of B.C. Wildfire says it started this morning and is burning in grass and sage on the west side of Highway 1 southwest of Ashcroft. Early on the fire was more...
Road construction crews pushing through Kamloops heat
KAMLOOPS – Construction in the city continues to press on and here is what you need to know when commuting this coming week. The Columbia Street construction project remains the same from the week before with work continuing on the south side of the street. Pedestrians are asked to use the north sidewalk and the...
High temperatures in South Okanagan set new records
THOMPSON-OKANAGAN - If you thought it was hot yesterday, you were right. Many communities in the province set new high temperature records yesterday, July 3, including several in the Okanagan. According to Environment Canada, Penticton, Summerland and Osoyoos all squeaked in new records yesterday. At 36.9 Celsius, Penticton broke a record set back in 1922...
Second week of Emterra strike with no end in site
KAMLOOPS – After four months of talks and two weeks of strike aciton, Emterra Environmental and its Steelworkers Union employees appear no closer to ending their labour dispute than when they began. Union head Marty Gibbons is currently in Langley bargaining on behalf of airport screeners. “Trust me; it’s going much better,” he says in...
The blue piano of downtown Kamloops silenced by vandal
KAMLOOPS - The blue public piano in downtown Kamloops has gone silent after a vandal destroyed it this week. Members of the Downtown Kamloops Association are looking for someone to remove the city’s blue piano after it was destroyed yesterday, July 2. Jackie Rechenmacher, a team leader with the association says members witnessed a man...
City extends state of emergency after flash flooding
KAMLOOPS - The city applied to lengthen the state of emergency order on the Oak Dale trailer park area today, July 3, to give city workers more time to fix landscaping and drainage areas. The city declared the order after flash flooding ran through the trailer park on June 30. The water, which cascaded from...
Vancouver man dies in motorcycle crash south of Kamloops
KAMLOOPS - The man who died in a motorcycle crash south of Knutsford Thursday afternoon has been identified. The B.C. Coroners Service says Colin Leslie Mackay, 42, died in the crash. Mackay was operating the northbound motorcycle on Highway 5A around 1:20 p.m. yesterday, July 2, when he lost control on an uphill curve near...
Kamloops designer sets off on new chapter, bids farewell to city’s fashion scene
KAMLOOPS - The city is losing its best-known fashion designer to Toronto. Quinn Collier, owner of QTC designs, staged his final fashion show at Hotel 540 on June 28 to a crowd of white-clad spectators — mainly friends and family — who supported him in his six-year quest to become a fashion designer. “Lots of...
Man on mobility scooter hit in Kamloops crosswalk
KAMLOOPS - A man on a mobility scooter was sent to hospital after being hit by a vehicle while crossing Seymour Street this morning. An officer on scene says a tourist from Germany was crossing Seymour Street at Seventh Avenue in a marked crosswalk when he was hit. He was riding a mobility scooter at...
Heat is on in Kamloops
KAMLOOPS - After a cooler Canada Day of only 30 Celsius, things are beginning to heat up again in Kamloops, though we are still far from record-breaking temperatures. Yesterday, July 2, temperatures reached 35 C, well below the 63-year-old record of 38.9 C and with a record of 40 C for July 3 our forecast...
UPDATE: North Kamloops power restored
KAMLOOPS - Thousands on the North Shore and in Brocklehurst woke to no power this morning after a bird contacted wires causing an outage. B.C. Hydro is reported an outage affecting 3,173 customers as of about 5:40 a.m. The cause was not immediately clear but was later determined to be caused by a bird contacting the...