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Police-themed party gets surprise police visit
PRINCE GEORGE - Police-themed birthday parties are all the rage with young boys, often complete with badges and hats, but not all young boys get to have actual cops at their birthday party too. When Cpl. Dave Tyreman found out four-year-old Capper was hosting a police-themed birthday party on June 20 he decided to roll...
UPDATE: Kamloops teen located
UPDATE: 2:55 P.M., JUNE 24, 2015 RCMP say Maycen Charlton has been located safe and sound. 6:52 A.M., JUNE 24, 2015 KAMLOOPS - RCMP are looking for help in finding a 15-year-old who has not been seen since late Tuesday afternoon. Maycen Charlton was last seen around 5 p.m., June 23, near the 1100-block of...
UPDATE: Driver sent to hospital following semi rollover on Highway 1
KAMLOOPS - A driver was trapped and the off-ramp at Lafarge Road closed following a semi rollover east of Kamloops around 8:20 a.m. today, June 24. The driver was taking the Lafarge Road exit off of Highway 1 when he lost control and rolled the vehicle. The 54-year-old male driver was trapped and Bush says...
Emterra strike could ‘overwhelm’ small recycling business
KAMLOOPS – Early on it was thought a strike by employees at the Emterra Environmental recycling plant would not affect curbside collection but since the strike began earlier this week not only was curbside collection stopped, but exactly what to do with your recyclables became a bit unclear. The strike officially started Monday and the city...
Second assault at Kamloops jail this week
KAMLOOPS - Emergency personnel were on scene at the Kamloops Regional Correctional Centre for an inmate assault this morning, June 24. Dean Purdy, chair of the corrections and sheriffs services component of the B.C. Government and Service Employee’s Union, says an ambulance and fire truck arrived at the jail this morning. “The inmate-on-inmate violence occurs...
Crews holding line on Cisco Road fire near Lytton
LYTTON - The large fire south of Lytton remains active as crews use controlled burns to help further contain the blaze. The fire, mapped at 1,270 ha this weekend, has not grown significantly over the last couple of days and remains at roughly 20 per cent contained. Controlled burn operations are taking place to the...
Cisco Road wildfire grows under controlled burns
LYTTON - A wildfire that was discovered a week ago near Lytton and grew rapidly over 24 hours has grown again, but this time because of controlled burns. B.C. Wildfire crews are working the Cisco Road Wildfire which was first discovered on June 11. It was first estimated at 150 hectares and by the end...
Support for late night patios at new Kamloops casino
KAMLOOPS – When the new casino in Aberdeen opens later this summer patrons will be able to sit on a Cascades Casino patio into the wee hours of the morning. Located on Versatile Drive just off the highway near the Aberdeen and Pine View Valley neighbourhoods, council shot down a city staff suggestion to close...
City wins case after rejected contractor takes matters to court
KAMLOOPS - A Supreme Court Justice dismissed a civil suit between the City of Kamloops and a construction company that was denied a bid on a municipal project after ruling construction company officials did not comply with instructions on the paperwork. True Construction Ltd. challenged city officials after its bid in 2010 to build the...
No fireworks and possibly no campfires allowed this weekend
THOMPSON-OKANAGAN – Without a significant amount of rainfall Tuesday night, the Southern Interior could see a fire danger rating of ‘extreme’ by the start of the weekend. And that could mean no campfires on the weekend before Canada Day. Kelsey Winter of B.C. Wildfire says the fire danger rating in the Kamloops Fire Centre, which...
UPDATE: Hillside Centre patient located
UPDATE: 4:11 P.M., JUNE 23, 2015 RCMP say Jordan Abbate has been located safe and sound. 11:29 A.M., JUNE 23, 2015 KAMLOOPS - An 18-year-old male requiring medical care left the psychiatric centre Monday night and has not been seen since. Jordan Abbate was last seen around 10:40 p.m., June 22, when he left Hillside...
Three strikes and you’re paying for it
KAMLOOPS - Mounties and community volunteers were out in full force on one of the city’s busiest roadways today, June 23, to remind people of the dangers and price of speeding. Citizens on patrol are stationed near Guerin Creek Way off of Summit Drive to count the number of drivers going above the 60 kilometres...
Deceit, identity theft and bigger breasts will cost jailed fraudster over $17K
KAMLOOPS - After stealing an 83-year-old man’s identity to use as a co-signer on breast implants, a tummy tuck and liposuction, a local woman owes more than $17,000 along with nine months in jail, a Kamloops Provincial Court Judge decided today, June 23. Judge Len Marchand sentenced Brandie Bloor, a woman with a history of...
TNRD says recycling services will continue
KAMLOOPS - Recycling pickup is not being offered to Kamloops residents while Emterra Environmental employees strike, but the regional district does not foresee any disruption in recycling services oustide of the city. In a release today, June 23, Jamie Vieira, Manager of Environmental Services for the Thompson-Nicola Regional District, says even though the district uses...
Dial-a-dope dealer caught in undercover sting
KAMLOOPS - A local dial-a-dope dealer will see three and a half more months behind bars after pleading guilty in Kamloops Supreme Court to two counts of drug trafficking today, June 22. Adam Duhamel, 34, was arrested in May after investigators obtained his number and began texting him for drug deliveries in an undercover operation....