Kamloops
Intense storm dropped record rain at rapid rate
THOMPSON-OKANAGAN - Several rainfall records were broken Wednesday but a local meteorologist says it is the rate of the rainfall that is the big story. “A record rain doesn’t really tell the story, the real story is the speed which it came out of the clouds,” Doug Lundquist of Environment Canada says. “You can have...
PHOTOS AND VIDEO: Parts of city flooded after storm rolls through Kamloops
KAMLOOPS - The skies opened up over the city of Kamloops during a brief intense storm creating flooding across the city this afternoon. Kamloops RCMP asked the public to avoid Overlanders Bridge for about an hour because run-off at the south end caused flooding that dumped debris across the road. Officers and city crews closed...
Trails at Peterson Creek closed due to flooding
KAMLOOPS – The Billy Miner Trail at Peterson Creek Park has been closed since last week when a flash-flood damaged walkways. The City is now working to repair the trails and assess the level of damage. Hikers are asked to respect signs and temporary re-routing to existing trails. The access road beside Escape Trail is...
City focuses on flood cleanup, tallying property damage
KAMLOOPS – While the flooding may have stopped, the City of Kamloops now has cleanup to worry about after buckets of rain scattered debris and poured through several buildings around town – including City Hall. “I don’t know the extent of (the damage),” City of Kamloops Manager Mike Firlotte says about the flooding at the...
Will we have a white Christmas?
THOMPSON-OKANAGAN - The halls are decked, the trees are trimmed and the presents are wrapped, or at least bought, or at least thought of, but it doesn’t really feel like Christmas until there’s snow on the ground. But will Mother Nature cooperate? Right now, it’s not looking so good. With Environment Canada forecasting above normal...
Former Kamloops Mountie: Shooting brings back bad memories
KAMLOOPS - Former RCMP officer Rob Creasser is reliving his nightmare after a Mountie was shot not far from his home in Batchelor Hills Wednesday morning. Creasser was conducting a routine traffic check in the Monte Creek area in 1991 when he was shot at. “A vehicle was actually pulled over and it was a...
Kamloops RCMP will not be investigated
KAMLOOPS - The independent investigations office will not be investigating after a suspect was injured following the shooting of an officer Wednesday morning. Cpl. Jean-René Michaud was shot around 2:45 a.m. during a routine traffic stop and a backup officer who happened to be nearby exchanged fire with the suspect before the suspect got away. When...
Knutson arrest opens ‘old wounds’ for family of previous shooting victim
COQUITLAM – Family members of a young Coquitlam man who died from a gunshot wound in 2002 are shaken by news the man who killed him is now implicated in the attempted murder of Kamloops RCMP Cpl. Jean-René Michaud. “My whole family is upset... it will always hurt us,” Will Lesniak says. “It’s a very...
RCMP Cpl. Michaud continues recovery, may be home for Christmas
KAMLOOPS - After enduring two surgeries and awaking from an induced coma, Kamloops RCMP Cpl. Jean-René Michaud has been moved out of the intensive care unit at Royal Inland Hospital where he continues to recover. "Our prayers are that he may be able to spend Christmas with his family," Cpl. Cheryl Bush, a spokesperson with...
UPDATE: Masked thieves hit storage lockers in Sun Rivers
HAVE POLICE RECOVERED YOUR STUFF? KAMLOOPS — Police are looking for three people wearing masks who broke into several storage units in Sun Rivers early this morning. Police say the thieves got into 16 storage lockers in the storage rooms for three apartments on Talasa Way. They used bolt cutters to open the lockers but...
Second person arrested after Mountie shooting faces unrelated charges in Vernon
KAMLOOPS – A woman with previous warrants and a connection to last week’s shooting that left a Mountie in hospital will likely be released on bail, as long as she can meet bail requirements. Marquee Jasmin Klim, 28, appeared by video in Kamloops Provincial Court Thursday morning for an obstruction of justice charge from Dec....
Cavers shoots the messenger before council takes away his gun
KAMLOOPS - Mayor and councillors may disagree with the lack of additional public input being provided for the proposed Ajax Mine but refused to endorse one councillor's personal attack over the issue. In a recent letter to council, Scott Bailey with the Environmental Assessment Office, agreed to host a public information session on the environmental...
Mixed feelings over Cavers’ ‘incompetent’ comment
KAMLOOPS - Today is the first council meeting since Coun. Donovan Cavers was called out by his colleagues for a personal attack fuelled by the Ajax mine debate. Since then, Cavers has refused to back down while a vocal minority shared their opinions of his tactics. Cavers was upset with a response from the province's...
Ajax could cost $40,000 per person?
KAMLOOPS - Economic impact from the proposed Ajax Mine could put the city in the red, to the tune of $6.28 billion, a report being released this week suggests. Dr. Dennis Karpiak, an internal medicine and respiratory disease specialist, and Ken Blawatt, a former university professor, looked at the ‘hidden costs’ of the mine, which...
About that Ajax statement on election campaign funding
KAMLOOPS - The company behind the Ajax Mine proposal made a point of noting it won't contribute money to political candidates, but it’s not that simple. Even though the city has little say in whether the open pit gold and copper mine gets the go-ahead, the proposed mine is a major issue for candidates in...