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Suspect in Batchelor Heights shooting case still awaiting bail hearing
KAMLOOPS - The man accused of shooting a Kamloops Mountie has yet to have his bail plan heard by Kamloops Provincial Court after it was adjourned for the seventh time today, April 2. Kenneth Michael Knutson, 36, is charged with attempted murder in the commission of a criminal organization, aggravated assault of a peace officer,...
Province overrules city; transit service increases put on hold
KAMLOOPS - In 2014 Kamloops city council members agreed to adding new transit buses and more service hours but a decision by the province to put a freeze on B.C. Transit funding means there will not be any additional services added this year, or for the next three years. B.C. Transit representatives were before council...
Time to put your garbage and bird feeders away
KAMLOOPS - To some April 1 signifies a day of pranks but to others, the ones concerned about the welfare of our local wildlife it's no joke. It is the day to get serious about bears. Wednesday, April 1, is the day the City of Kamloop's community bear bylaw comes into effect. The bylaw runs...
Concerns for traffic, business during bridge construction in Kamloops
KAMLOOPS - With the imminent construction on Overlanders Bridge, business owners, band council members and city staff are discussing solutions to the impact of traffic re-routing in the area. Construction on Overlanders Bridge is expected to start in April and in a meeting with City of Kamloops council members Monday, March 30, Tk'emlups te Secwepemc...
UPDATE: RCMP investigating armed home invasion
KAMLOOPS - RCMP officers were on scene at a North Shore home Monday to investigate an alleged home invasion that took place around 5 p.m. Kamloops RCMP were called to a residence in the 300 block of Fortune Drive on Monday, March 30, for a report of a home invasion with a weapon in progress....
Kamloops gun club to gain rare rifle after drug traffickers’ sentencing
KAMLOOPS – The city’s gun club is the unlikely beneficiary of a heavy sentence levied against a drug trafficker sentenced today in Kamloops Supreme Court—they will take custody of a rare, valuable collective rifle police confiscated. Terrence Arthur Dean, 64, was sentenced to five years in prison today, March 30, after he earlier pleaded guilty...
Reviewing the reviewers: TRU professor questions the university’s transparency
KAMLOOPS – The issue of transparency at a Kamloops institution is under the microscope after a professor who requested survey results on the university’s president was denied. An email to faculty and staff from the university's board of governors chair, Brian Ross, earlier this month suggested their 300 survey results reviewing Dr. Alan Shaver, the...
ATV crash kills one on Greenstone Mountain
KAMLOOPS - A man has died after he failed to properly negotiate a curve and lost control of his ATV on Greenstone Mountain Saturday. The B.C. Coroners Service says Joshua William Pollard Zapf was operating his quad ATV on the mountain around 6 p.m. on Saturday, March 28, when he failed to make a curve....
Pac-Man takes on Kamloops
KAMLOOPS - If you’ve ever wondered what it would look like if Pac-Man took over the streets of Kamloops, wonder no more. Google Maps is now offering a local version of Pac-Man. Only available in some browsers, you will see a Pac-Man box in the bottom left of the screen. You simply need to make...
Mother Nature’s take on April Fools’ Day: A mix of snow, rain and thunderstorms
THOMPSON-OKANAGAN - After dropping upwards of 20 centimetres of snow on some highway passes Tuesday, the first day of April could also bring more rain, more snow and a chance of thunderstorms to the Interior. Temperatures should hit the double-digit mark today, but will hover just below seasonal normals of 12 Celsius to 14 C,...
Air quality initiative gets a few thumbs up from council
KAMLOOPS - A group advocating for clean air won a major victory for their cause this week and will now get help from the city in establishing a committee to specifically look at how to better improve air quality in Kamloops. Headed by Gina Morris, the group wished to continue the work of the already...
Free transit worth the cost?
COUNCIL WORKSHOP TO DISCUSS OPTIONS KAMLOOPS - Transit is a topic that gets a lot of discussion around the table at City Hall, and rightfully so. Taxpayers subsidize a portion of the public transportation and council plans to again explore whether any form of free transit can be offered and how much is too much...
How City Hall is making it easier to pay your taxes this year
KAMLOOPS - When paying your property taxes, the City of Kamloops is offering you another option: Charge it. A Thompson Rivers University team recently looked at what options the city could provide to make paying taxes easier including drop boxes, credit card payment, self-service kiosks and more advertising. More property owners paid their taxes online...
Communal cars just around the corner
KAMLOOPS — A year ago a small group of people met to talk about the possibility of sharing a single car and now they are ready to begin a membership drive and purchase their first communal vehicle. “We are registered as a cooperative,” Interior CarShare Co-operative (InCar) chair Krystal Kehoe says. “Members will make the...
FORECAST: This could get loud
THOMPSON-OKANAGAN - One more day and you might have thoughts the folks at Environment Canada were playing an odd April Fool’s Day prank, but it is only March 31 and there is a chance of thunderstorms in parts of the region today. In Kamloops, Environment Canada is calling for a 70 per cent chance of...