Kamloops
Environmental response on Ajax ‘not good enough for the city of Kamloops’
KAMLOOPS — Council united in frustration Tuesday afternoon as they approved two separate motions asking for the Environmental Assessment Office to step up and help the residents of Kamloops better understand the proposed Ajax mine. Back in May, city councillors asked the office to host a public session to provide clarity on the process for Ajax...
‘Secret’ new bike trail system creating conflicts
KAMLOOPS - The Coal Hill area linking Aberdeen and Pineview Valley has been a popular place to hike and bike for a number of years. Now a group is quietly working to establish some official trails but not everyone is happy about it. The Kamloops Performance Cycling Center, the group that runs the Bike Ranch...
Details on Ajax environmental plan process coming soon
KAMLOOPS - If you have questions about the environmental application process for the proposed Ajax mine, you might get answers as early as this October. Scott Bailey of the Environmental Assessment Office finally agreed to an earlier meeting after initially declining a May letter from Kamloops city council. He had said the office would meet to discuss...
$6 billion cost of Ajax is ‘intuitive’ study authors say
KAMLOOPS - A figure released earlier this week pegging the cost to taxpayers of the proposed Ajax Mine at $6 billion was a 'conservative estimate,' according the authors of a year-long study. The costs could reach as high as $20 billion, they say. Dr. Dennis Karpiak, an internal medicine and respiratory disease specialist, and Ken...
Have you seen this woman?
KAMLOOPS - RCMP are looking for help to find Deseree Smith, who has not been heard from since November. Police say the 33-year-old Kamloops resident is known to frequent Surrey and Salmon Arm but has not made contact with family or friends in those areas. She was officially reported missing Dec. 2 and police are...
Woman dead in single vehicle crash named
KAMLOOPS - Amber Marie Lukow of Kamloops was the sole occupant of a car that left the road and struck a fence on Shuswap Road East this weekend. The B.C. Coroners Service confirmed the 30-year-old woman was dead at the scene after her car left the road east of Kamloops just after midnight on Dec....
Kamloops on the big screen this week
KAMLOOPS - In April, dozens of locals lined up in the hopes of getting cast as an extra in Night at the Museum: Secret of the Tomb, which was filming nearby, and this week the movie finally hits theatres. The latest instalment of Night at the Museum, starring Ben Stiller, Owen Wilson and Robin Williams,...
City to voice concerns over pipeline project
KAMLOOPS - The City of Kamloops has been given the opportunity to question the Kinder Morgan Trans Mountain Pipeline expansion and staff plan to take full advantage of the opportunity. Noise, influx of workers during construction and impacts on traffic, infrastructure and parks are among the top concerns, along with the possibility of the newly...
Crash claims life of Kamloops woman
KAMLOOPS – A 30-year-old Kamloops woman died when the vehicle she was driving crashed on Shuswap Road early Sunday morning. Tk’emlups RCMP say the woman was the only one in the car when it crashed in the 3600-block of Shuswap Road at about 1 a.m. She was pronounced dead at the scene. The RCMP Southeast...
Father acquitted in allegations of sexually abusing daughter
DISCRETION ADVISED; CONTENT MAY BE DISTURBING KAMLOOPS – A justice in Kamloops Supreme Court acquitted a Merritt father accused of touching his daughter for a sexual purpose after determining the daughter’s testimony was inconsistent. Justice Miriam Gropper said while she found the daughter to be “extremely poised and coherent” as she delivered evidence in court,...
Where to go and what to do to get in the Christmas spirit
KAMLOOPS, SUN PEAKS FILLED WITH HOLIDAY CHEER KAMLOOPS - Trains, trees, lights and music. The holiday season is now in full swing in Kamloops and there are lots of ways to celebrate the season over the next two weeks. Wildlights, an annual celebration of lights and animals at the B.C, Wildlife Park, runs from Dec....
Rocky Mountain Rangers to have new colonel
KAMLOOPS – The Rocky Mountain Rangers are about to have a new Colonel leading both companies in Prince George and Kamloops. On Saturday, Lt.-Col Tyler will hand over leadership of the Rangers to Lt.-Col Dionne in a change of command ceremony at the Meadow Creek Armoury in Prince George. The Rocky Mountain Rangers is the...
New life for problem property in Westmount
KAMLOOPS - Nearly a year after a house that was known as a problem property to neighbours went up in flames a developer is looking to build two duplexes on the site. The Westmount house, at the corner of Collingwood Drive and Venables Place, went up in flames in January within a day of a...
So you want to be a wildland firefighter?
NOW IS THE TIME TO APPLY THOMPSON-OKANAGAN - The wildfire season is just barely over but the provincial branch responsible for protecting us from wildfires is already getting prepared for next year. This past year crews attended nearly 350 fires, which burned a total of more than 3,800 hectares, in just the Kamloops centre. Across...
RCMP looking into report of threats against RIH
KAMLOOPS - Kamloops RCMP are investigating a report of threats involving Royal Inland Hospital, though Mounties haven't disclosed the nature of the alleged threats. Police first learned of the incident December 10, just before 11 a.m. according to a media release. They say threats were made through a third party who told police. As a...