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Psych results in: Accused murderer will stand trial
KAMLOOPS - A man accused of the only murder in Kamloops in 2014 was deemed fit for trial by a Provincial Court Judge Wednesday afternoon after results of a court-ordered psychiatric assessment. On April 15, Judge Stephen Harrison announced Christopher Frank Butler will stand trial on a second-degree murder charge. Butler was charged after Deanne...
Superman to stand trial during Kamloops Law Week
KAMLOOPS - If you’ve ever been curious about the city’s courthouse or the players within it, the Canadian Bar Association of B.C.'s Law Week is the chance to learn more. On Wednesday, April 15, members of the public are invited to the Kamloops courthouse where guests can meet representatives from justice agencies like the law...
Death in Riverside Park rock sculpture prompts city to action
KAMLOOPS - The City of Kamloops is going to make changes to a scuplture in a local park in an effort to make it safe and prevent others from climbing into the rock structure. The Parks Department has plans to fill in a space inside the Uji Feature Garden sculpture at Riverside Park following the...
Thompson Rivers prof to speak regarding the proposed Ajax mine
KAMLOOPS - A Thompson River University professor is exploring the the social impact the proposed Ajax mine would have on Kamloops and is holding a public lecture on his academic effort. Dr. Michael Mehta says when exploring the possibilities of new financial or economic ventures, communities fail to take the so-called soft sciences into account...
Judge ignores jury recommendations, imposes lesser sentence on convicted murderer
KAMLOOPS - Convicted murderer Robert Donald Balbar, 42, will not be eligible for parole for 13 years after he was sentenced in Kamloops Supreme Court today, but it's less time than he got the first time he was tried. After his successful appeal of his first trial, a jury found the accused guilty for a...
Police make morning arrest in pub
KAMLOOPS - After responding to an alarm at Westsyder Pub around 2:30 a.m. April 14, RCMP members discovered the door was insecure and noticed a man in the building. Officers took the 18-year-old into custody. Cpl. Cheryl Bush, a spokesperson for the detachment, says the man is known to police but did not have a...
Performing arts centre may be a record-setter
KAMLOOPS - If the City of Kamloops proceeds with its preliminary business plan for a new performing arts centre and parkade, it would be the most expensive municipal building ever built in the interior of B.C. The long-awaited report for the 97,600 square-foot facility — which includes a 1,200-seat main theatre, 350-seat studio theatre, rehearsal...
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...
School threat may have been false alarm
KAMLOOPS - A threat which prompted the lockdown of a Sahali neighbourhood elementary school may have been a false call. Cpl. Cheryl Bush, a spokesperson for the Kamloops RCMP detachment, says investigators determined the threatening call to Summit Elementary around 2 p.m. yesterday, April 15, came from a blocked source and found out other schools...
Airport numbers continue to drop in Kamloops
KAMLOOPS - A slight decline in traveller numbers at Fulton Field is being attributed to a continued decline in the number of resource workers in northern Alberta. In March the number of travellers dipped by almost 250 passengers to 28,290, compared to more than 28,500 in March 2014. Combined with modest declines in January and...
Performing arts centre would give Downtown Kamloops more heart
The release of the report on the proposed performing arts centre in Kamloops means the residents of Kamloops must now decide if they want the proposed $90-million facility. The site would include a 1,500-seat theatre, a 300-seat black box facility as well as parking and amenities such as meeting rooms, retail, food and beverages. The...
Kamloops councillors back hospital laundry workers
KAMLOOPS - The health of the hospital is so much more than just doctors and nurses and potential job cuts to laundry services could deeply hurt the hospital. This is the message Donisa Bernardo, the Hospital Employees' Union's financial scretary, brought to Kamloops city council Tuesday, April 14. The organization is concerned about the amount...
More snow on Interior highways
THOMPSON-OKANAGAN - After more than 30 centimetres of snow fell on some Interior highways this past weekend, the white stuff continues to fall. The Coquihalla Summit had more than 30 cm fall in two days and after a one day reprieve, another 6 cm fell at the highway pass overnight. The Okanagan Connector also received...
Minor increase for Kamloops tax payers
KAMLOOPS - After hours of discussion council has finally come to an agreement on the 2015 budget and property owners in Kamloops can expect to pay an average of $34 more this year. Taxes will increase by 1.22 per cent, a little lower than last year's two per cent increase. Council started the meeting sitting...
Pedestrian killed in highway collision
CACHE CREEK - RCMP are still investigating the cause of a collision that left one pedestrian dead on Highway 1 outside of Cache Creek this past weekend. Ashcroft RCMP Sgt. Michel Grondin said around 5:10 a.m. Saturday, April 11, police attended the scene where a 45-year-old man died after being struck by a pickup truck...