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Kamloops group fundraising for Ebola prevention
KAMLOOPS – Members of the group Developing World Connections cannot return to Sierra Leone to finish constructing a school for local children because of the threat of the Ebola epidemic. Over 3,000 cases of Ebola have been reported in Sierra Leone. One thousand have died from the virus. Now the group is fundraising to hire...
Female hockey set to take over Kamloops
KAMLOOPS - Four international hockey teams will be will be in town for the 4 Nations Cup the first week of November, along with 47 all-female youth hockey teams. The 4 Nations Cup will see the national teams from Canada, United States, Sweden and Finland hit the ice at the Interior Savings Centre Nov. 4-8....
VIDEO: Kamloops mayor among dancers for a cause this weekend
KAMLOOPS – Small-business owners, a lawyer, a judge - even the mayor will dance for a crowd and judging panel this weekend. The event, inspired by popular TV show “Dancing with the Stars” will feature well-known community members from Kamloops. Royal Inland Hospital’s event “Dancing like the Stars” will take place at the Columbo Hall...
Kamloops Olympian retires
KAMLOOPS - Jessica Hewitt is retiring from the sport of speed skating just eight months after winning a silver medal in Sochi. “I’ve decided to officially retire from the wonderful world of speed skating,” Hewitt posted to Facebook Wednesday. “I’m thankful for all the memories and experiences…. This sport has taught me a lot about...
Connecting a campus through photos
KAMLOOPS – A couple weeks ago a Thompson Rivers University student started “Humans of TRU”, a Facebook page he says he created spur of the moment that's already garnered nearly 400 likes. The source of 20-year-old Eric Rankin's inspiration for the Thompson Rivers page is the well-known Human's of New York Facebook page. The premise...
Homeless concern a city survey surprise
KAMLOOPS - Nearly 200 people responded and more than 60 per cent say they love Kamloops because of the weather or recreation, but it was the responses on what the city could do better that offered a bit of surprise to Coun. Arjun Singh. Singh put out the survey as a way to gauge the...
Two cars stolen from North Shore home Tuesday night
KAMLOOPS – RCMP officers are following up on a report of two vehicles stolen last night from a North Shore residence. Kamloops RCMP Cpl. Cheryl Bush says officers received a call around 6 a.m. Wednesday. A 2004 black Dodge 2500 and a 2004 grey Grand Prix were stolen from a residence on the 1000 block...
Last minute mayoral candidate passionate about Kamloops
KAMLOOPS - Pierre Filisetti wants a more liveable Kamloops, a Kamloops residents can be proud of and the rest of the world won’t look down on, and he wants to help create that from the head of the council table. Filisetti says he decided to run for mayor at the last minute when he realized...
Open burn ban to be fully lifted
THOMPSON-OKANAGAN - The Kamloops Fire Centre received calls of open burns in areas still under prohibition this long weekend, but staff are happy none led to wildfires. Fire Information Officer Kayla Pepper says a 13.7 hectare fire just north of Lytton this weekend is believed to be human-caused, but not a result of open burning....
Unsatisfied customer ends up in court after making false allegations
KAMLOOPS – A disgruntled yacht-owner will have to pay $40,000 to the business that sold him the boat after he made false allegations about the business’s sales manager. Robert Turpin, of 100 Mile House, paid $1,160,000 to purchase a used 64-foot yacht from Ocean Alexander Marine Yacht Sales, a business based near Seattle, but when...
ELECTIONS 2014: Candidate ‘alliance’ emerges
KAMLOOPS - A ‘loosely-knit alliance’ of five city council candidates announced Tuesday morning they are running under the umbrella of Vision Kamloops, but they were not yet ready to say what they stand for as a group. Dieter Dudy, Jenny Green, Brad Harrison, Daphane Nelson and Denis Walsh say they began talking about the possibility...
Experts in Kamloops to talk air pollution
KAMLOOPS - How to improve air quality and reduce health risks will be on the menu at an upcoming public forum on air pollution in Kamloops. Between several weeks with smoky skies because of forest fires this summer and constant concern being raised over the proposed Ajax mine and other industrial activity, air quality has been...
Thanksgiving for the less fortunate
KAMLOOPS - As families gather to feast on turkey, mashed potatoes and stuffing this long weekend others in the city are coming together to make sure the less fortunate do not miss out on a hearty Thanksgiving meal. The New Life Mission is once again hosting a Thanksgiving dinner on Monday from 11 a.m. to...
PHOTOS: Delivering handmade happiness; meet the Kamloops toymaker
KAMLOOPS – To a child a toy means one thing: Fun. It's rare for anyone to consider where a toy came from or how it was made. But when the toy is stamped with the words "handcrafted by Terry Shupe" you might wonder who Terry Shupe is or what the toy means to him. For...
IN PHOTOS: A tour of the proposed Ajax Mine site
KAMLOOPS - KGHM Ajax Mining has been offering tours of the mine site on the outskirts of Kamloops for a few years already, but the tour changed slightly with the release of a new footprint earlier this year. The tour meets at the Inks Lake overpass and were the group takes a bus along the...
More lanes for dangerous section of Trans-Canada
KAMLOOPS – The second phase of the Hoffman’s Bluff highway improvement project is going to tender on Monday. About 3.1 kilometres of the Trans-Canada between Kamloops and Chase will be widened from two to four lanes, according to a media release from the Ministry of Transportation. The Ministry calls that section of highway “one of...
Downtown liquor store robbed by men armed with bear banger
KAMLOOPS – No one was hurt during a liquor store robbery in downtown Kamloops Friday night. RCMP say two men held up the clerk at the liquor store in the Plaza Hotel at 405 Victoria St. at about 9:40 p.m. with what appeared to be a bear banger or maybe a pen style flare. The...
RCMP asking for witnesses to come forward in potential arson case
KAMLOOPS - Police are asking members of the public to come forward with any information regarding a suspicious vehicle fire believed to be deliberately set. Officers responded to a report of a burning truck early Friday morning on Nicola Street. Fire damage to the 1992 Dodge W350 pickup truck included a burned rear tire, canopy,...
Man who strangled cat under house arrest
KAMLOOPS - A man who got drunk, strangled his cat and disposed of its body in a dumpster last year will spend the next nine months under house arrest. Steven Seidel, born 1985, was convicted of causing pain, suffering or injury to an animal after he strangled Oreo the cat at his home when he...
ELECTIONS 2014: Your Kamloops candidates
KAMLOOPS - Nominations are officially closed and we appear to have a decent sized race for councillor and school trustee seats, and four candidates are vying for the mayoral seat. At the end of the nomination period Friday, incumbent councillors Donovan Cavers, Ken Christian, Nelly Dever, Tina Lange, Arjun Singh, Marg Spina and Pat Wallace...
Gaglardi awaits sentencing, financial penalties
KAMLOOPS - The lawyer for one of the wealthiest men in B.C. says his client's financial status should not justify the maximum fine for the environmental damage he caused after renovating his family summer home and property in Savona. Tom Gaglardi was not present in Kamloops Provincial Court Friday morning to hear Crown prosecutor Digby...
Thanksgiving long weekend full of fall fun
KAMLOOPS - A teddy bear picnic, corn mazes, pumpkin patches, salmon and hockey. Yes, you have a lot of options to keep the family busy beyond eating turkey this Thanksgiving long weekend. Kick off the weekend with a Blazers game tonight. The team will be hosting Lethbridge Friday and then will host Everett on Saturday....
Venture Kamloops website top of the pack
KAMLOOPS - Venture Kamloops is not only top in the province when it comes to marketing, a recent award shows the economic development group is also top in the country. As the economic development arm for the city Venture Kamloops was recognized as a leader in the web-based marketing and website category with the Marketing...
Industrial, retail growth strong
KAMLOOPS - With 45,000 square feet of industrial space and 28,000 sq. ft. of retail space under construction in the city of Kamloops, the third quarter of 2014 was well ahead of 2013. On the outskirts of Kamloops Moly-Cop is currently building a 45,000 sq. ft. expansion and around town several companies have either snapped...