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Construction permits down for the month of May
KAMLOOPS – The month of May was the first month this year the city didn’t see an increase in the number of building permits issued. Single family housing permits issued were a bit lower lower this May than in 2014 — 16 compared to 22 — but with multi-family units factored in the number of...
SAR teams look for closure in cold case
LYTTON - It was nine months since a Lytton man was last seen and on Sunday local search and rescue crews hoped to finally solve the mystery of his disappearance and bring closure to his family. Gordon Davis, 87, was last seen riding his ATV on Aug. 30, 2014. Two days later his ATV was...
Near record rainfall in Kamloops
NEAR RECORD HEAT UP NEXT KAMLOOPS - With nearly 50 millimetres of rain falling within the first three days of June in Kamloops we have already surpassed the total rainfall for May by about 10 times. According to Environment Canada, we saw just 5.2 mm of rain recorded at the airport for all of May...
SNELSON TRIAL UPDATE: Friends recall last moments with Jennifer Cusworth
KAMLOOPS - The last time Jennifer Cusworth’s friends saw her alive at a house party, they planned to get her home safely after drinking into the early morning hours of October 16, 1993. For Pam Coulombe and Faith Klinksiek their plan didn’t work out; the 19-year-old disappeared from the party. A jury heard Coulombe and...
Kamloops teen missing
KAMLOOPS - RCMP are asking for help locating a teen last seen on the weekend. Cpl. Cheryl Bush says Daniel Munro, 17, was last seen on Sunday, May 31. The First Nations teen is 6’4” and 250 lbs with black hair and brown eyes. Anyone with information on his whereabouts is asked to call Kamloops...
Salmonella outbreak proof that monitoring system works: Buckerfield’s CEO
KELOWNA - The recent spike of salmonella cases connected to live poultry sales is a good news story, proof the system works rather than an indictment of its failings, according to a local business. “Fourteen cases is a very small number and it was detected and caught and the public was actually protected from what...
United Airlines drops service to Kelowna
KELOWNA – After less than a year of service between Kelowna and San Francisco, United Airlines has departed for good. The carrier first started service to Kelowna in October of last year and according to airport spokesperson Jenelle Hynes had already decided in December that it just wasn’t economically feasible to continue the once-daily flights...
No fire hydrants to fight Kamloops trailer park fire
KAMLOOPS - After a fire ripped through a double-wide trailer at the Iron Mask Mobile Home Park earlier this week the local fire chief has confirmed private hydrants on the property were lacking water flow. “Our thoughts from all of the staff at Kamloops Fire Rescue go out to the family who suffered from this...
Kamloops worker shot in chest with nail gun did not have access to instruction materials
KAMLOOPS - A Kamloops construction company must better inform its employees on the use of nail guns after a man accidentally shot himself in the chest last month. According to WorkSafe B.C. inspector Vince Strain, a worker on a Columbia street construction site was trying to attach a brace on architectural trusses with a nail...
Crown argues Gaglardi and company should pay more for environmental damage
KAMLOOPS - The case against Dallas Stars owner Tom Gaglardi and the Northland Properties Corporation is not over yet as a Crown prosecutor argued the two should pay more for causing extensive environmental damage to a fish habitat. Crown prosecutor Digby Kier argued in Kamloops Supreme Court today, June 2, that the court impose a...
Local woman uses social media to find long lost father
"IT'S GOING TO BE MY FIRST FATHER'S DAY IN 46 YEARS WHERE I ACTUALLY KNOW WHO MY FATHER IS." KELOWNA – A local expert in social media found out the power of Facebook last weekend when she used it to find and meet her father for the first time in 46 years. And even though...
Pesticide ban proposal bugs some residents
KAMLOOPS – A proposal on banning pesticides for cosmetic purposes faced opposition almost immediately after it was announced. Coun. Tina Lange’s motion calls cosmetic pesticides non-essential and says they pose needless risk to the health of people and pets. She says because they are spread through the air, water and soil there is no safe,...
Lightning strikes 500 per cent above normal for May
THOMPSON-OKANAGAN – We didn’t get a lot rain, and temperatures were only a bit warmer…
UPDATE: Mushroom picker last seen Saturday near Lytton located
KAMLOOPS - A mushroom picker last seen near Lytton on Saturday was found safely this early this afternoon. Kamloops Search and Rescue were called in to assist Merritt Search and Rescue members, along with Logan Lake Search and Rescue, in looking for the person in the Botanie Valley area near Lytton. Kamloops Search Manager Alan...
Emergency service in Ashcroft only available on weekends
ASHCROFT - The emergency room in the Village of Ashcroft will only be open on weekends as the Interior Health Authority continues its employment search for doctors. The services sustained a series of cuts after the village’s second doctor quit, leaving it to reduced emergency hours throughout the week. Now the service is only available from...
Drunken U-turn leads to crash, injury
CHASE - One woman is in hospital and another is in police custody after a single vehicle crash on Shuswap Road East near Pritchard around 4 a.m., Monday, June 1. Chase RCMP Cpl. Mark Skotnicki says officers noticed two women in their early-20s standing on the road next to a pickup truck in the ditch....
Cool, wet weather to hit Kamloops
NEAR-RECORD HEAT EXPECTED BY WEEKEND KAMLOOPS - The warm weather we’ve been having is about to step aside to make room for cooler temperatures and rain, lots of rain, over the next few days. Environment Canada has issued a special weather statement for all of the Okanagan Valley as well as the Shuswap, Nicola and...
High retail vacancy rate ‘a one-off for Kamloops’
KAMLOOPS - Commercial space vacancy in Kamloops is the highest it has been in the last three years but market analysts at a local real estate firm suggest the percentage is based solely on the thousands of square footage left empty by the now-defunct Target Canada in Sahali Mall. Prior to the big box departure,...
High-speed action coming to Kamloops this weekend
KAMLOOPS - If you love motocross, this is the weekend you have been waiting for. The motocross nationals will be bringing some of the top riders from across the world to Kamloops this weekend. The 2015 Rockstar Energy Drink Motocross National series is kicking off at Whispering Pines in Kamloops this year, before heading to...
UPDATE: Severe thunderstorm warning for North Okanagan ended, watch ended for Thompson-Okanagan
THOMPSON-OKANAGAN – Environment Canada has ended the severe thunderstorm watch for the Thompson-Okanagan. The severe…
Case against former immigration society director fails
KAMLOOPS - A judge has dropped a series of claims, including defamation and breach of confidentiality allegations against a former Kamloops Immigrant Services executive director who claimed the board chair harrassed staff in a toxic workplace after she and five other employees were dismissed. In her May 28 decision, Supreme Court Justice Martha Devlin said Wanda...
More B.C. wildfire personnel headed to Alberta
KAMLOOPS - Forty-one B.C. wildfire personnel, including two unit crews and an agency representative, will join the 88 others deployed earlier this week to fight wildfires in Alberta. Crews will be stationed in Edmonton, but could be deployed elsewhere throughout that province based on fire activity and need. Along with 129 personnel, B.C. sent two...
VIDEO: Spring car cruise attracts automotive fans from across B.C.
OKANAGAN – An annual car cruise which started a few years ago as a way for friends and car enthusiasts to show off their rides, has grown to include hundreds of 'tuners' from across the province. Tyson Noel organized the first Kelowna Spring Cruise and has seen it go from fewer than 50 cars to...
Kamloops property tax notices in the mail
KAMLOOPS – It's that time of year again, property tax notices began arriving in the mail this week. Council agreed to a 1.22 per cent tax increase earlier this year and as a result the average tax payer should expect to pay roughly $34 more dollars this season than last year. Property taxes, due Thursday, July...