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Ringo Starr to play in Penticton
PENTICTON - If you are on tour celebrating the release of an album named Postcards From Paradise, it only makes sense Penticton would be one of your stops. Former Beatle Ringo Starr is touring with his All-Starr Band and is making Penticton just one of three B.C. stops, and one of only eight Canadian tour...
From spring cleaning to spring construction
KAMLOOPS - It’s that time of year. Spring officially kicks off March 20, but we’ve been lucky enough to already have several weeks of spring-like weather, allowing crews to get roads cleaned ahead of construction season. Streets Manager Glen Farrow says things are progressing well and crews are ready to move in to the Sahali...
UPDATE: Cache Creek man identified in fatal single vehicle crash
UPDATE: 12:25 p.m., March 20, 2015 The B.C. Coroners Service has identified the driver as Donald George Alford. 4:27 p.m., March 18, 2015 ASHCROFT - A man is dead after the taxi he was driving crashed into a sheer rock face on Highway 97C Tuesday afternoon. Ashcroft RCMP say the 63-year-old Cache Creek man was...
Driving through Monte Lake about to become safer
MONTE LAKE - New signs and markings will be installed this spring in an effort to make Highway 97 at Monte Lake safer to drive. The Ministry of Transportation announced Friday, March 20, that vehicle-activated LED arrow signs will be installed at the north and south ends of the corridor. A driver entering the curve...
Wet start to spring in Southern Interior
THOMPSON-OKANAGAN - Spring has officially sprung and based on the forecast, you should have your umbrella and rain boots handy. Some in the region woke to rain Friday, March 20, and Environment Canada is calling for more over the next few days. A chance of rain begins today throughout the region and Saturday will bring...
Driver ticketed for causing highway crash
KAMLOOPS - A woman who turned left into oncoming traffic and caused a crash on the Yellowhead Highway Thursday afternoon has been ticketed. Cpl. Cheryl Bush, a spokesperson for the Kamloops RCMP, says the 42-year-old woman was ticketed for driving without due care after causing the crash at the intersection of Highway 5 and Paul...
Molotov cocktail destroyed by police at Brock park
KAMLOOPS - A bottle containing explosive materials was found and destroyed by police in Singh Bowl Park Thursday. Kamloops RCMP Cpl. Cheryl Bush says police were called to the park, located near the corner of Singh Street and Ord Road, in the afternoon. When they arrived they found a two-litre plastic pop bottle filled with...
This little piggy dug up the neighbour’s yard, this one went on the highway, this piggy’s owner went all the way to court
KAMLOOPS – If pigs could fly, a 77-year-old farmer and his neighbours probably wouldn't be in the predicament that landed them in Kamloops Provincial Court this month. Pig farmer Paul Peter Sabyan received numerous complaints from neighbours about his livestock breaking its barrier and destroying land adjacent to his Louis Creek property, south of Barriere. ...
Bullets, condoms and refuse – see what’s dumped in our protected grasslands
KAMLOOPS – Watching several trucks drive by Batchelor Heights into the province's protected grasslands and not knowing the driver's purpose for visiting makes Park Ranger Amanda Weber-Roy nervous as she prepares for a day of work in the Lac du Bois Grasslands Saturday. She looks for signs of recreational users — an ATV, a mountain...
Sharing our city with deer
People throughout Kamloops have experienced deer in their gardens or when they out walking in parks, in the hills, or along the river. Our city is so large and spread out, it seems that there is space for people and deer to live side by side harmoniously. I hope the harmony continues, because once deer...
Distributor of anti-gay flyers in Kamloops says he’s leaving the country for good
KAMLOOPS – The controversial author of a what some have called a 'hate-flyer' will no longer deliver them in Kamloops or any other Canadian city — according to his latest blog post, he's leaving the country for good. Christian proselytizer Bill Whatcott, known across the country for delivering pamphlets targeting and discouraging homosexuality, abortion and...
Another chance to see northern lights tonight
THOMPSON-OKANAGAN - If you weren’t able to find a clear spot to view the northern lights yesterday, or the day before, tonight might finally be your night. There were major storm intervals in the past 24 hours, according to Natural Resources Canada reports, and the auroras are expected to be active with stormy intervals over...
Federal prison sentence despite drug dealer’s public relations move
KAMLOOPS – A Kamloops judge said she recognized the efforts a convicted cocaine trafficker made to teach young people about the dangers of the industry he was caught up in, but still gave him a four-year federal prison sentence in Kamloops Supreme Court Wednesday morning. Last May, Jean-Claude Auger, 39, pleaded guilty to his involvement...
Highway upgrades near Kamloops top key provincial priorities
KAMLOOPS - Upgrades to Highway 1, Highway 5, cycling infrastructure and rest areas are among the many items listed in the recently released 10-year provincial plan. The Ministry of Transportation released the 10-year transportation plan, B.C. on the Move, this week. The plan outlines 12 key priorities, from improving highway safety and investing in transit...
Auroras flare, northern lights possible tonight
THOMPSON-OKANAGAN - If you can find a break in the clouds tonight you may be able to catch the tail end of a major northern lights storm that started early this morning. Natural Resources Canada reports the auroras were on the verge of a major storm just north of the Thompson-Okanagan earlier this morning and...
Accused in murder case to get psych evaluation; claims he ‘slaughtered a demon’
KAMLOOPS – A man accused of killing a woman in a Cherry Avenue apartment last year will get a psychiatric evaluation before trial after he told a Kamloops provincial court judge there’s “nothing on the law books for slaughtering a demon” at a hearing Tuesday morning. Christopher Frank Butler appeared on his own behalf when...
Merritt woman dies after falling into ditch on forest service road
MERRITT - A woman who died after being found in medical distress nearly 12 hours after the vehicle she was in got stuck on a forest service road has been identified. Mildred Jeannette Mitchell, 83, of Merritt, was found by RCMP around 2:30 a.m. on March 15 on the Maka Murray Forest Service Road about...
Concern over pipeline and salmon drives Kamloops forum
KAMLOOPS - Concern over the type of impact of the Kinder Morgan pipeline could potentially have on salmon in our communities will be the topic of an event in Kamloops this week. The Wilderness Committee and ForestEthics will join forces to host a town hall meeting to discuss the importance of salmon to our communities...
Vehicle window smashed at popular Kamloops hiking location
KAMLOOPS - A car left at the head of a popular hiking trail near Kamloops was targeted by vandals Monday morning. Officers at the Kamloops Rural RCMP detachment are looking for information to find out who smashed a car window around 11:35 a.m. near the Red Lake Mara Trail Monday. The driver's side window on...
Stuck hiker coached off of trail by emergency crews
KAMLOOPS - An overzealous hiker was coached off a trail by firefighters and RCMP members after he got stuck on a trail near the cliffs overlooking Brock Estates off Ord Road this afternoon. "It wasn't that steep. He kinda just froze on the side of the hill," Capt. Brian Lannon with Kamloops Fire Rescue said....
WASELENKOFF TRIAL: Father and son describe finding child pornography
KAMLOOPS – When Frans Van Der Woning and his son Ray were renovating Frans' McGill Road condominum one Saturday in 2012, they cut a hole in the ceiling and thought they found hidden treasure. They reached between the floor joists shared with the unit above — belonging to retired special education teacher Jerry Waselenkoff —...
Ajax Mine supporter event, protest planned for this week
KGHM STILL AIMING FOR SPRING SUBMISSION KAMLOOPS - As staff at the KGHM Ajax Mine office rush to finalize the environmental application for the proposed open pit copper-gold mine, those against the mine are planning a ‘peaceful protest’ outside a private supporters event this week. The private event is being held for supporters of the...
Avalanche risk increases on heels of windy, wet weekend
THOMPSON-OKANAGAN - With spring break officially underway for students and spring-like temperatures throughout the region it may feel like spring in the valleys but this past weekend proved winter is not over just yet. On Saturday a wind storm ripped through the region, leaving thousands without power, and while B.C. Hydro crews raced to fix...
Windstorm slams BC interior knocking power out to 39,000
THOMPSON-OKANAGAN – A major wind storm blew through the B.C. interior Saturday afternoon, March 14, knocking down trees and breaking branches which in turn hit hydro lines cutting the power to about 39,000. In the Thompson-Okanagan area just under 1,000 B.C. Hydro customers are still without power as of 1 p.m., Sunday, March 15 due...