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These videos about small Thompson-Okanagan towns will make you proud to live here
THOMPSON-OKANAGAN - From brewhouses to outdoor theatre companies, a number of small businesses in the Thompson-Okanagan are being celebrated in a six-part video series. It’s part of a project called Small Business, Big Culture that highlights select cities across B.C. and Alberta. Vernon, Armstrong and Kamloops made the cut, in addition to Medicine Hat, Lethbridge,...
Man wields syringe in North Shore robbery
KAMLOOPS – An employee at a convenience store was threatened with a syringe during a robbery Tuesday morning. Around 9 a.m. a male entered the Cornerstone Market on 12 Street, presented a syringe to the clerk and demanded cash. The clerk was not harmed and the suspect made off with an undisclosed amount of money....
The way this Kamloops customer treated his servers brought ‘goose bumps’
KAMLOOPS - He’s a customer who has visited the Chopped Leaf restaurant in Sahali almost every day since they opened in 2011 but last week he made sure he would be remembered for more than just being a loyal customer. Customer Cory, who wishes to remain quiet about his generosity, brought in gifts for the...
Signature look leads to arson conviction
KAMLOOPS – The video evidence may have been grainy, but it was an accused man’s white Stetson cowboy hat that turned his arson charge into a conviction. Kamloops Provincial Court Judge Stephen Harrison convicted Mannie Shaw Stewart of arson damaging the McCracken Station Pub’s property after reviewing video evidence of the event and hearing from...
Another showing of northern lights possible Monday
THOMPSON-OKANAGAN - The adventurous and the lucky were able to get a glimpse of the northern lights this weekend but there is still a chance of seeing them again tonight and this time Mother Nature might be a bit more cooperative. With Environment Canada calling for clear skies and Space Weather Canada calling for unsettled...
Elementary schools vandalized in Aberdeen neighbourhood
KAMLOOPS – The weather has warmed and with it has come an upswing in vandalism, most recently at two South Shore elementary schools. School District 73 Facilities Manager Art McDonald says Pacific Way Elementary and Aberdeen Elementary schools both had windows broken last week. “It’s nothing out of the ordinary,” he notes. “It’s weather-dependent. We...
Prescribed burns planned for Kenna Cartwright Park
KAMLOOPS - Expect to see smoke in the air later this month as the city works to protect our large urban nature park from a potentially catastrophic fire. The City of Kamloops is working with B.C. Wildfire performing a prescribed burn in Kenna Cartwright Park with the hope of completing it this month. Starting later...
Catholic school chooses uniforms over heavy regulations
KAMLOOPS - More Catholic students are getting uniforms after St. Ann’s Academy decided to forgo stricter dress codes and stick with the Catholic School standard of uniforms for all its students. In a letter to parents last week, the school council said the decision to phase in uniform requirements for the secondary school students was...
$130k donation means better care for trauma patients at RIH
KAMLOOPS – A Kamloops resident is making sure Royal Inland Hospital has the equipment it needs to help doctors and nurses save lives in the emergency room. Guy Mercier made the $130,000 donation through the Royal Inland Hospital Foundation, which paid for the other $437,000 required to complete the project. At a conference Friday afternoon,...
Millions promised for pipeline construction inconvenience
KAMLOOPS - The Kinder Morgan crude oil pipeline expansion has yet to be approved but it's not stopping the company from signing millions of dollars worth agreements with communities that will be affected by the project. Kamloops and four parts of the Thompson Nicola Regional District signed agreements with the company Thursday, Feb. 26, joining...
YMCA Strong Kids campaign gets provincial boost
KAMLOOPS - The YMCA gives families a chance to be physically active together and the provincial government decided to recognize that effort with funding as the Strong Kids fundraising campaign enters the final week. Health Minister Terry Lake was on hand at the new John Tod Centre YMCA location to make the $250,000 funding announcement...
UPDATE: Both missing teens located
KAMLOOPS - RCMP members have found two teens who went missing Feb. 26. Sarah Robinson had been away from her home since Feb. 17 and was last seen on Feb. 23. She was reported found March 2. A second teen, Brittany Pattison, was reported as missing after she was last heard from on Feb. 25....
What are DCCs and why Habitat for Humanity wants them waived
KAMLOOPS - The confusion over development cost charges and the complexity of the mandatory charge came to a head Tuesday with Habitat for Humanity asking to have the charges waived on affordable home ownership projects and members of the public questioning how they affect larger capital projects. Development cost charges, commonly referred to as DCCs...
Hockey dad could face criminal charges
WHEN YELLING AT REFEREES GOES TOO FAR THOMPSON-OKANAGAN – A Kamloops hockey dad who allegedly took his anger out on referees in the parking lot after a Junior-A hockey game in Penticton last week could face charges. Penticton RCMP Sgt. Rick Dellebuur says the 52-year-old father of a Merritt Cenntennials player allegedly threatened two referees...
Westsyde Pool to re-open in March
KAMLOOPS – Westsyde Pool is nearly set to re-open after being closed down for emergency repairs two weeks ago. The pool was shut down Feb. 13 when it was noticed the interior cedar ceiling panels over the pool area had started to sag. Crews have since assessed the damage and temporary repairs are underway. The...
Sweeping into spring
KAMLOOPS - Even with a chance of snow still in the forecast crews are ready to move ahead to the next stage of road maintenance — street sweeping and cleaning. The City of Kamloops will be moving ahead with full around the clock cleaning starting next week, the first week of March. “It’s a few...
It’s back… snow expected overnight
THOMPSON-OKANAGAN - We just knew it was too good to be true, Mother Nature is set to remind us winter is not quite over with a couple centimetres of snow by Friday morning and well below normal low temperatures early next week. Environment Canada is forecasting high temperatures to be within the seasonal normals of...
Early spring weather means early return of ticks
THOMPSON-OKANAGAN - This spring-like weather may have you enjoying the outdoors with a hike or two, but beware, ticks are already out in full force. Hikers and dog owners are already reporting tick sightings, with one Kamloops-area hiker picking up nine in a single hike last week. In the Southern Interior the most common tick...
Snow clearing remains top of mind in Kamloops
KAMLOOPS - It may be all but gone from our yards, but snow is still leading the discussion at council and budget meetings this week. Stan Stewart recently asked city council to have a policy to remove snow from designated handicap parking stalls as well as the adjacent curb and edge of the sidewalk. There...
UPDATE: Missing senior located
UPDATE: 5:08 P.M., FEB. 25 The man has been located and returned home safely. KAMLOOPS - An 80-year-old man has not been seen since he left his home earlier this afternoon and RCMP are asking for help in finding him. Gerald Fraser, who suffers from dementia and is hard of hearing, left his home around...
Clearwater pedestrian killed by semi named
KAMLOOPS - A man walking on the Yellowhead Highway who was struck and killed by a semi-trailer on Feb. 18 has been named. Reginald Shane Daughtrey, 36, was walking on the travelled portion of the roadway about 10 kilometres south of Clearwater when he was struck by a fully loaded semi-trailer unit shortly after 8...
Kamloops RCMP officer to focus on prostitution and missing person files
KAMLOOPS – Prostitution in the city is at a plateau and the local RCMP detachment is taking the opportunity to move forward with initiatives to help connect with sex workers. Supt. Brad Mueller says changes in policy and steps required to investigate prostitution cases created the need for an internal position to liase between officers,...
Tethering a bone of contention for city council
KAMLOOPS - The hows, whens and ifs of tethering dogs took a back seat to whether it would actually change the behaviour of bad dog owners and how much it would cost the city if a bylaw was in place to limit tethering practices. Claudine Sleik sent a letter to council urging for a tethering...
RCMP helicopter permanently flying north
THOMPSON-OKANAGAN – Don't expect to see RCMP helicopters flying overhead as often going forward, a Kamloops-based RCMP helicopter will be handed over to the North District this April leaving only one to cover the entire district. “They’re moving the one from Kamloops to Prince George. (The district-level decision) was based on the fact that they...