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Driver killed in highway rollover west of Kamloops identified

KAMLOOPS - The man killed in a single-vehicle crash near Cherry Creek west of Kamloops this weekend has been identified. The lone occupant of the vehicle was Jerrylee Lyle Terry, 33, of Lillooet, according to the B.C. Coroners Service. The pickup truck flipped on its roof after it left the highway and collided with a rock...

Disaster assistance for Cache Creek flood victims

CACHE CREEK - Cache Creek residents impacted by the flash floods this past weekend will get help from the province through disaster financial assistance. A severe storm system moved through the area Saturday, May 23, causing wide-spread flooding through the town and forcing evacuations as well as the closure of Highway 1. On Sunday Mayor...

Performing arts centre referendum: Are you in favour of a $49M debt?

KAMLOOPS – Are you in favour of the City of Kamloops borrowing up to $49 million to design and construct the parkade and performing arts centre complex? That will likely be the official question of a fall referendum. A steering committee looked at several questions and came back recommending this one because it was the...

Severe thunderstorm watch underway in much of Southern Interior

THOMPSON-OKANAGAN - After a wet and wild weekend in the Interior another round of thunderstorms could hit the region. Environment Canada has issued a severe thunderstorm watch for the Nicola, South Thompson and Okanagan Valley regions for Monday, May 25. The weather office notes conditions are favourable for storms that could produce hail, strong wind...

UPDATE: Two teen girls from Kamloops located

UPDATE: 8:06 A.M., MAY 24, 2015 Both girls have been located and are safe. 9:31 P.M., MAY 23, 2015 KAMLOOPS - Two teen girls are missing from Kamloops this weekend and it is believed they may be travelling together to the Central Interior. Kamloops RCMP believe 13-year-old Taylor Donald (also known as Taylor Garrioch) could be...

Humanitarian remains focused on efforts abroad since return from Nepal

KAMLOOPS - David Sakaki received a call for help with the devestating earthquake in Nepal while he was flying home to Kamloops after his humanitarian work in Nicaragua. So he got off the plane, went home, unpacked and packed again. Sakaki volunteers with GlobalMedic, a team of medical professionals which travels to areas rocked by...

UPDATE: Flash flooding at Cache Creek

8:28 P.M., MAY 23, 2015 UPDATE: The highway has reopened. Drive B.C. recommends using caution in the area still. 6:59 P.M., MAY 23, 2015 CACHE CREEK - A severe thunderstorm tracking through the Interior dropped hail and lots of rain on Cache Creek this afternoon, resulting in flash flooding that has closed down the highway....

Severe thunderstorm watch issued for South Thompson and Nicola

KAMLOOPS – Environment Canada has issued a severe thunderstorm watch for the Kamloops and Merritt areas this morning. Forecasters say conditions are favourable today, May 23, for the development of severe thunderstorms, which may be capable of producing strong wind gusts and heavy rain. Hail and intense lightning are also possible with any storm, which...

TNRD looks at options for regulating biosolids

KAMLOOPS - In response to recent concerns around biosolids the regional district is considering changes to regulations around commercial and agriculture composting. The Thompson-Nicola Regional District is reviewing a zoning bylaw to regulate commercial composting and to limit the scale of agricultural composting. In a media release, the district says if the amendment is supported...

Hot dog calls on rise as weather heats up in Southern Interior

THOMSON-OKANAGAN - Though summer isn’t even officially here, the unseasonably warm weather in the Interior is already prompting concerned calls about dogs left unattended in cars. “We’ve had three or four already this morning (May 22) and yesterday we had half a dozen before lunch,” Cam Buksa, spokesman for the Central Okanagan branch of the...

Woman files lawsuit after dance floor injury

KAMLOOPS - A child care worker is seeking compensation for damages from the Northland Properties Corporation and the Shark Club Sports Grill after a table allegedly fell and broke her ankle while she was on the dance floor. Violet Weaver filed her allegations in a notice of claim in Kamloops Supreme Court May 20. Weaver...

Kamloops resident donates modern equipment to hospital

KAMLOOPS – Local businessman and philanthropist Ken Lepin has donated $300,000 and an important piece of medical equipment to Royal Inland Hospital. Lepin helped procure a piece of laser assisted technology used to help identify bacterial infections known as a MALDI/TOF Mass Spectrophotometer. Bacterias like meningitis, staphylococcus or even the flu continue to be deadly...

RCMP warn of social media scam

KAMLOOPS - A scam using social media to get money out of unsuspecting victims saw one local senior citizen bilked of $300 this week. Kamloops Rural RCMP says a senior citizen was contacted through social media on May 20. She was told she had won a large sum of money and needed to wire $300...

Residents reacting to ‘urban myth’ regarding Westsyde Pool closure: Councillor

KAMLOOPS – The Westsyde Pool is set to close for repairs for more than a year beginning this summer and while it may be an inconvenience, starting a public petition won’t change the closure. Area resident Amanda Cosgrove started a petition last month. Cosgrove was upset about the pool’s closure and is asking the city,...

UPDATE: 16-year-old Kamloops girl located

UDPATE: 5:21 P.M., MAY 21, 2015 RCMP say Starcey Laughington has been located and is safe and sound. 2:33 P.M., MAY 21, 2015 KAMLOOPS - RCMP are asking for help to find a missing 16-year-old girl last seen Sunday evening. Starcey Laughington, 16, is described as First Nations, 5’2” and 112 pounds with short black...

No jail for break and enters

KAMLOOPS - After breaking and entering two separate residential garages last year, a babysitter will serve his four-month sentence in the community rather than jail. Adam James Thomas McMillan pleaded guilty to breaking and entering the Aberdeen homes last October. Crown prosecutor Camille Cook said the owner of the first house noticed items were moved...

Groups against Ajax Mine raising funds to hire experts

KAMLOOPS – An online fundraiser started this week by groups opposing the proposed Ajax Mine aims at hiring 'independent experts' to review the application documents that are set to be submitted this summer. The application, which is expected to be thousands of pages of information in technical language, will be the document that helps decide...

Body of missing man recovered in South Thompson River

KAMLOOPS - Police located the body of a 58-year-old man who was reported missing May 18.  Cpl. Chery Bush, a spokesperson for the Kamloops RCMP detachment, says investigators recovered the man's body the afternoon of May 20 from the South Thompson River.  Police asked the public for information earlier this week after the man's truck...

You have a few more months to register your off-road vehicle

THOMPSON-OKANAGAN – Good news for the estimated 200,000 trail riders across the province as the government has pushed the deadline to register off-road vehicles from June 1 to Nov. 1. According to a press release sent Wednesday, May 20, the deadline change will give users more time to prepare for the mandatory registration as well...

Public asked for details in missing child case from 1960s

KAMLOOPS - The search for Edna Bette-Jean Masters, who went missing July 3, 1960, continues. The family who knew the 21-month-old as Bette-Jean called police when the girl went missing after playing with friends at a residence near Red Lake, 45 miles Northwest of Kamloops. Cpl. Cheryl Bush says Bette-Jean never returned after her disappearance...

Federal prison for three of four convicted in Cherry Creek break and enter

KAMLOOPS - Four men who stole firearms and cash from a home before running from police in a high speed car chase which prompted an emergency mine closure were sentenced in Kamloops Supreme Court today, May 20. Ellwood Bradbury, 24; Gopal Figueredo, 22; and Anees Mohammed, 23 were sentenced to three years in federal prison...

Interior Health to consider ebola preparedness recommendations

THOMPSON-OKANAGAN - If the world has learned anything from the ongoing ebola epidemic, it’s that you cannot predict where and when a person carrying the dreaded virus will show up. The Interior Health Authority learned that in December when one of its own employees, nurse practitioner Patrice Gordon, returned from Sierra Leone and began displaying flu-like...