Kamloops
Kamloops to take a look at what kind of arts centre best suits the city
KAMLOOPS - Arts and culture has taken yet another leap forward thanks to approval of a study that will outline exactly what Kamloops needs in a performing arts centre. While the study into what a performing arts centre would need to look like in Kamloops was approved alongside the city budget earlier this year the...
HOUSE WINS: Casino allowed to relocate to Aberdeen
KAMLOOPS - Gateway Casinos is now free to move the downtown casino to the former Rona location after a public hearing last night and approval from Kamloops city councillors. While nearly 200 people showed up for the public hearing at the Coast Hotel and Conference Centre, only a handful took to the podium to voice...
Dierks Bentley headlining in Merritt
MERRITT - Country star Dierks Bentley is the first big act to sign up for Riverfest 2015 in Merritt. Bentley recently released his eighth album, Riser, featuring hit singles I Hold On and Drunk On A Plane. The award-winning star is the first act signed to the music festival, which will run July 30 through...
UPDATE: Missing Kamloops teen safe and sound, again
KAMLOOPS - A Kamloops teenager who went missing on Wednesday, was found on Thursday, but reported missing again on Friday, has finally been located. Kamloops RCMP confirms Shanna Dodman, 15, is safe and sound, but won't answer any questions about the confusion surrounding the missing person case. Dodman was originally reported missing by Kamloops RCMP...
VIDEO: Arrests made by emergency response team
KAMLOOPS - Several arrests were made in Kamloops today with the aid of the South East District Emergency Response Team. Const. Jason Epp says the arrests were made today, Jan. 30, as part of an ongoing investigation. The response team was brought in because it was believed weapons were present which elevated the risk to...
Kamloops gas prices going up
STILL WELL BELOW LAST YEAR KAMLOOPS - Prices at the pump sat below 90 cents per litre at many Kamloops stations for more than a week but now prices are starting to increase across B.C. and our city is no exception. As of this morning Gas Buddy, a consumer-driven data base of fuel prices, only...
Kamloops event named top freeride event of 2014
KAMLOOPS - As if being named as another stop in the FEST series last week wasn’t enough, Aggy’s Reunion has also been crowned as the top freeride event of the year. Aggy’s Reunion is named for local mountain bike rider Graham Agassiz and was the first stop in the FEST series last year. It was...
Cirque du Soleil coming to the Okanagan
PENTICTON - Varekai, filled with magical forests, whimsical creatures and adventure, will be making a five-day stop at the South Okanagan Events Centre this spring. The Cirque du Soleil production will be in Penticton for seven performances from May 13 to 17 and will feature the mystical world of Varekai, where a ‘young man takes...
A thank you from the family of Cpl. Michaud
'I RECEIVED THAT KNOCK IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT, AND MY WORLD WAS SHATTERED' KAMLOOPS - Last month, after pulling over a white sedan, Cpl. Jean-Rene Michaud was shot several times. After a 12-hour manhunt in the Batchelor Heights neighbourhood, 36-year-old Kenneth Michael Knutson was taken into custody. Michaud has been in hospital ever...
Crash sends driver to hospital, calf passenger to vet
KAMLOOPS - Police believe a calf being transported in the cab of a truck may have caused head injuries to the driver after the vehicle crashed this morning. In the morning hours of Thursday, Jan. 29, Kamloops Rural RCMP members attended an accident scene on Highway 5 near the CN Junction Road after hearing reports...
Freeze thaw cycle and lots of snow could make for bad pothole season
KAMLOOPS - City crews are already working hard to stay on top of the potholes forming on city streets but because of temperatures hovering near 0 Celsius they are being forced to return to the same potholes multiple times. “Patches only last so long,” Streets Manager Glen Farrow points out. “We don’t have the hot...
Raising awareness for those living on the street
KAMLOOPS - With less than a month to go the organizer of a local fundraiser aimed at raising awareness for those living on the street is hoping at least another 200 walkers will sign up for the event. Carol Paulsen says she is hoping to have 300 walkers take part in the Coldest Night of...
Olynyk again named to Rising Stars All-Star team
KAMLOOPS - It is just his second year as a National Basketball Association player but Kelly Olynyk continues to make waves, posting numerous personal bests and getting named to the Rising Stars team for the second straight year. Olynyk has played 40 games this season, but has sat out the last few games after spraining...
Employee killed at Fountain Tire identified
KAMLOOPS - The name of a 36-year-old man who died in a work-related incident at Fountain Tire on Tuesday, Jan. 27 has been released. He was Nicklas Jay Kristen Taylor, of Kamloops, according to the B.C. Coroner's Service. The worker was fatally injured when he was unloading a trailer-load of tires and became trapped by a...
TRU collection memories of Auschwitz
KAMLOOPS - A set of 74 DVDs is the only collection of video testimonials from British Columbians who survived the Holocaust, and it is housed at Thompson Rivers University. The 74 DVDs are part of a larger collection of 50,000 testimonies from people from 56 countries created by University of Southern California Shoah Foundation Institute....