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Rocky Mountain Rangers to have new colonel
KAMLOOPS – The Rocky Mountain Rangers are about to have a new Colonel leading both companies in Prince George and Kamloops. On Saturday, Lt.-Col Tyler will hand over leadership of the Rangers to Lt.-Col Dionne in a change of command ceremony at the Meadow Creek Armoury in Prince George. The Rocky Mountain Rangers is the...
New life for problem property in Westmount
KAMLOOPS - Nearly a year after a house that was known as a problem property to neighbours went up in flames a developer is looking to build two duplexes on the site. The Westmount house, at the corner of Collingwood Drive and Venables Place, went up in flames in January within a day of a...
UPDATE: Dallas Stars owner ordered to pay $140,000 at sentencing
KAMLOOPS – Dallas Stars owner Tom Gaglardi, and his company Northland Properties Corporation will have to pay $140,000 after each was convicted on two counts of harmful alteration of a fish habitat. In Kamloops Provincial Court, Judge Stephen Harrison ordered Gaglardi and Northland Properties Corporation pay $5,000 per count, totalling $20,000 in court fines. As...
Third day of record highs in Interior
COOL DOWN BEGINS THOMPSON- OKANAGAN - For the third day in a row more high temperatures records were set in the region Thursday. According to temperatures recorded by Environment Canada Vernon set a new record with a high of 12.6 Celsius Thursday, more than three degrees higher than the previous record set in 1939, and...
Warm weekend perfect for meteor show
THOMPSON-OKANAGAN - A mix of sun and cloud, low temperatures of only -2 Celsius and a moon in the last quarter may give us just the perfect conditions to take in the peak of the Geminid meteor shower this weekend. The meteor shower is visible Dec. 4-17 this year but overnight Dec. 13-14 is likely...
Where to go and what to do to get in the Christmas spirit
KAMLOOPS, SUN PEAKS FILLED WITH HOLIDAY CHEER KAMLOOPS - Trains, trees, lights and music. The holiday season is now in full swing in Kamloops and there are lots of ways to celebrate the season over the next two weeks. Wildlights, an annual celebration of lights and animals at the B.C, Wildlife Park, runs from Dec....
Man found guilty of second-degree murder in Kamloops re-trial
KAMLOOPS - A jury in Kamloops Supreme Court has found Robert Donald Balbar guilty of murdering his girlfriend Heather Hamilll in 2003. In court it was revealed Balbar killed Hamill by striking her in the head with a hammer. He then stored the body in a cooler before he eventually cast it in the Thompson...
Several accidents caused by weather on highway north of Merritt
KAMLOOPS - A 45 kilometre stretch of road North of Merritt is reopened after partially being closed due to several accidents caused by poor road conditions. Logan Lake and Merritt RCMP are on Highway 5 to assist emergency personnel as they tend to accidents on the roads. There is no official word from Mounties on...
Vancouver police officer gets schooled in Kamloops court
KAMLOOPS – A Vancouver traffic cop with over 20 years of experience learned a few lessons in court this week after he tried to help a friend fight a speeding ticket. Nelson Humberto Dossantos Teixeira had Const. Gerald Wickstead from the Vancouver Police Department represent him in an appeal hearing on Wednesday to challenge the...
Water main break quickly repaired
KAMLOOPS - Typically water main breaks in Kamloops occur with extreme cold temperatures, but this week crews were called out to repair one at a major intersection during record-breaking high temperatures. Around 4 p.m. Wednesday a water main break at the on-ramp to the Overlanders Bridge from West Victoria Street and Mission Flats had traffic...
Second person arrested after Mountie shooting faces unrelated charges in Vernon
KAMLOOPS – A woman with previous warrants and a connection to last week’s shooting that left a Mountie in hospital will likely be released on bail, as long as she can meet bail requirements. Marquee Jasmin Klim, 28, appeared by video in Kamloops Provincial Court Thursday morning for an obstruction of justice charge from Dec....
RCMP looking into report of threats against RIH
KAMLOOPS - Kamloops RCMP are investigating a report of threats involving Royal Inland Hospital, though Mounties haven't disclosed the nature of the alleged threats. Police first learned of the incident December 10, just before 11 a.m. according to a media release. They say threats were made through a third party who told police. As a...
More weather records broken in Interior
BACK TO NORMALS BY SUNDAY THOMPSON-OKANAGAN - As temperatures soared as high as 15 degrees above seasonal normals more weather records were broken across the region Wednesday. According to Environment Canada, temperatures reached 15.6 Celsius in Kamloops Wednesday, nearly three degrees higher than the previous record for the second day in a row, while Vernon...
WorkSafeBC investigating technician’s fall at Sagebrush Theatre
KAMLOOPS - WorkSafeBC is investigating a technician's serious fall during the intermission of Peter and the Starcatcher at the Sagebrush Theatre on the evening of Dec. 5. Catrina Crowe, a spokesperson for the Western Canada Theatre, says the investigation will review all of the extensive safety procedures the company and Sagebrush Theatre has in place...
Overnight investigation continues into possible jump from bridge
KAMLOOPS - RCMP and Kamloops Fire and Rescue still can't find evidence a man jumped from Overlander Bridge last night into the Thompson River. Mounties received a call from a concerned citizen who saw a man apparently preparing to jump off the bridge. An emergency response was deployed with police and Fire and Rescue scouring...
Weather record set in Kamloops, Okanagan communities just shy
COULD BE ANOTHER RECORD DAY IN INTERIOR THOMPSON-OKANAGAN - Kamloops was among a handful of B.C. communities to set new weather records as temperatures soared to above 14 Celsius Tuesday. According to Environment Canada Kamloops reached a high of 14.2 C Tuesday, 3.6 degrees higher than the previous record that was set in 1896. Today...
Stay vigilant in dark, wet weather
THOMPSON-OKANAGAN - B.C. drivers and pedestrians are reminded to remain vigilant during the wet, dark weather as statistics show an average of 269 pedestrians are injured and seven pedestrians are killed every year in December. 75 per cent of crashes involving pedestrians happen at intersections. Drivers are reminded to keep eyes on the road and...
UPDATE: School lockdown ends, RCMP discover deceased suspect
KAMLOOPS - Following a manhunt on Lac Le Jeune road, police discovered the suspect who was considered armed and dangerous in the vehicle they were searching for throughout the afternoon of Dec. 9. The 40-year-old man was found deceased from an apparent self-inflicted wound. A firearm was recovered nearby. Police began their investigation and subsequent...
Another nurse allegedly attacked at Hillside Centre
KAMLOOPS - A nurse working at Royal Inland Hospital's Hillside Centre in Kamloops was allegedly attacked by a patient Sunday. The event comes within days of a similar event between a patient and doctor at a Penticton hospital. According to a media release from the B.C. Nurses' Union, an experienced nurse was grabbed by the...
Police invite you to stuff a police cruiser full of toys
KAMLOOPS - Members of the public are encouraged to donate toys and other items to help families in need as part of the RCMP and Christmas Amalgamated partnership in the "Stuff the Cruiser" campaign. RCMP members will be set up at Toys R Us and Walmart from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Saturday, December...
Shortest Day short film festival makes a stop in Kamloops
KAMLOOPS - The city of Kamloops will be one of the stops for a travelling short film festival featuring work by Canada's best. The Shortest Day will present free screenings of new, classic and award-winning all-Canadian shorts in cities across western Canada and the Yukon. This second annual event was planned to take place in...
UPDATE: Traffic closed on Coquihalla near Logan Lake turnoff
KAMLOOPS - A rolled over tractor-trailer has blocked one lane of traffic on the highway between Merritt and Kamloops. Kamloops Fire Rescue Assistant Chief Steve Kilmartin says the driver is okay, but a passenger has been transported to Royal Inland Hospital. The closure which took effect around 7 a.m. is five kilometres south of exit...
Jurors set to deliberate on second-degree murder charge after trial concludes
KAMLOOPS – In their review of evidence, jurors will have to determine if Robert Donald Balbar’s testimony was genuine when he told them in a Kamloops Supreme Courtroom he killed his girlfriend Heather Hamill out of self-defence in 2003. In Monday morning’s closing submissions on day 19 of Balbar's second-degree murder trial, the accused's lawyer...
Garbage rates going up in Kamloops
KAMLOOPS - In the new year the average customer will see a $15 increase annually for garbage pick-up over the next three years, but it is the only city utility service where increases will occur in 2015. For single family residential homes an increased cost of fuel and vehicle maintenance of $200,000, combined with an...