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Mountain Equipment Co-op coming to Kelowna
KELOWNA - Outdoor enthusiasts will soon have another option when shopping for outdoor gear, Mountain Equipment Co-op has announced it is coming to Kelowna next spring. The legendary Vancouver outdoor outfitter will open a 20,000-square-foot location in the former Future Shop location in Orchard Plaza Shopping Centre in Kelowna. In addition to its outdoor products,...
North Thompson under a severe thunderstorm watch
KAMLOOPS - A large portion of the Central Interior is under a severe thunderstorm watch today, including the North Thompson. Environment Canada has issued a severe thunderstorm watch, noting conditions are favourable for the development of severe thunderstorms. These storms could bring strong winds, large hail and heavy rain. The weather office warns large hail...
Kamloops RCMP investigating potential mail thefts throughout city
KAMLOOPS - Officers are investigating several reports of tampered mailboxes across the city. Const. Jason Epp, a spokesperson for the Kamloops detachment, says police received a report from Canada Post on July 7 about a bank of mailboxes opened on Lafarge Road in Dallas. Two similar reports were made yesterday, July 13, of one mailbox...
UPDATE: McGill Road police response was for a false report of a home invasion
KAMLOOPS - There was a heavy police presence in the 200-block of McGill Road this afternoon as officers responded to a report of a home invasion around 12:30 p.m. Const. Jason Epp, a spokesperson for the Kamloops RCMP detachment, says a man called 9-1-1 and reported two people armed with guns were invading his home....
Trailer park fire hydrants not up to snuff
KAMLOOPS - Nothing has changed in the Iron Mask Trailer Park since a fire claimed one mobile home on June 1, and it appears nothing will change. The home remains charred with its windows boarded up and various items strewn in front of it. A fire hydrant sits 30 feet away, but water pressure to...
Man killed in Cherry Creek crash named
KAMLOOPS - A Savona man is dead after a head-on crash near Cherry Creek on Friday afternoon. The B.C. Coroners Service says Stewart Walter Green, 24, was the lone occupant of a westbound vehicle that crossed the centre line and collided head-on with an eastbound vehicle just east of the Cherry Creek store on Friday,...
Judge in hate speech trial won’t hear free speech charter argument before trial
QUESNEL - The hate-speech versus free-speech debate continues in a Quesnel courtroom after a judge decided to wait until the end of trial to hear constitutional arguments from the accused charged with promoting hatred. Roy Arthur Topham, born 1947, is charged with promoting hatred against those of the Jewish religion or ethnic group on his...
In Kamloops, tossing a cigarette butt will cost you
KAMLOOPS - Fair warning, smokers: If you discard your cigarette out the window, expect a ticket. Kamloops RCMP Const. Jason Epp says police got about a dozen calls about people discarding their cigarettes. So far, four have already been ticketed; more are on the way. Rain over the weekend lowered the fire danger rating in the...
UPDATE: Man who needs medical treatment located
UPDATE: 3:13 P.M., JULY 13, 2015 RCMP say Brandon Lacavera has been located and is safe. 11:57 A.M., JULY 13, 2015 KAMLOOPS - RCMP are on the lookout for a man who left Royal Inland Hospital against doctor's advice yesterday afternoon. Const. Jason Epp says Brandon Lacavera, 29, was last seen around 3 p.m., July...
Smoky skies advisory ends for Southern Interior
THOMPSON-OKANAGAN - A system that broke a nearly three-week heat wave and dropped rain in the Interior also helped clear the smoke. The smoky skies advisory that had been in place since June 7 was lifted this morning, July 13, by the Ministry of Environment and the Interior Healthy Authority. While many large fires are...
Break in heat for Kamloops, back to seasonal normals
KAMLOOPS - After nearly three weeks of temperatures exceeding 30 Celsius almost every day we are finally seeing cooler temperatures, some rain and less smoke. This weekend, the heat wave finally broke with temperatures closer to seasonal normals of 28 C on both days, and Environment Canada is calling for high temperatures to remain a...
Break in heat for Okanagan, back to seasonal normals
OKANAGAN - After nearly three weeks of temperatures exceeding 30 Celsius almost every day, we are finally seeing cooler temperatures, some rain and less smoke. This weekend, the heat wave finally broke with temperatures closer to seasonal normals of 27 C on both days, and Environment Canada is calling for high temperatures to remain a...
Royal Inland Hospital eyes next phase of development
KAMLOOPS - With construction still in the works on the clinical services building the hospital is already looking towards the next phase of development, a patient care tower. It will still be about one year before the nearly $80-million clinical services building opens at Royal Inland Hospital but planning will soon be underway for the...
West Kelowna mom raises funds to give more parents of stillborn babies a few extra days together
THOMPSON-OKANAGAN – A West Kelowna woman who lost her baby shortly before giving birth to him has successfully raised enough money to bring a device to Kelowna General Hospital that will give other parents going through the same thing a little bit of comfort. Now she’s planning to do the same for Vernon, Penticton and...
Guns, stolen property recovered from Tobiano
KAMLOOPS - A tip about stolen property led police to several stolen ATVs and construction equipment in Tobiano yesterday. Const. Jason Epp says Kamloops RCMP received information about stolen property at a residence on Colebrook Road in Tobiano, west of Kamloops. When they went to the address to investigate yesterday, July 9, they found several...