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Child’s stolen Mothers’ Day gift returned
KAMLOOPS – A young girl would have been heartbroken if the RCMP had not found and returned her stolen backpack. Early Saturday morning, police were investigating after a thief was spotted breaking into a car on the North Shore. The RCMP weren’t able to track down the suspect but they did find a backpack during...
Kamloops woman could make one-way trip to Mars
KAMLOOPS – Only 705 people in the world can say they’re in the running for a trip to Mars – Raine Light is one of them. The 30-year-old Kamloops paramedic applied for the Mars One project last year because it peaked her interest. “Whenever I see something really interesting I want to learn more; I want...
Two convicted in botched armed robbery
KAMLOOPS – Two Kelowna men were convicted while a third was acquitted on charges related to a botched robbery involving a duffel bag full of weapons. Rick Herd, born 1984, and Joel McLean, born 1987, were convicted of possessing a restricted firearm and ammunition without a proper license. The two were involved in an attempted invasion...
Last chance to experience Beethoven Festival
KAMLOOPS — The Beethoven Festival wraps up Saturday after a week of spreading musical awareness. The Beethoven Festival has featured concerts, guest conductors, films and speakers. The festival concludes with one of the greatest symphonic works ever composed. The Kamloops Symphony Orchestra will perform Beethoven's Ode to Joy Saturday night at 7 p.m. in the...
Judge believes ‘very little’ but drops robbery and threat charges
KAMLOOPS - Fabricated stories from both sides resulted in dropped robbery and threat charges for a man familiar to courts. Trevor Wilvers, 36, originally faced several charges alleging he held a knife to the neck of a friend to get cash for a lost motorhome, but the charges were dropped because he suspected no one told...
Neighbours push for nuisance bylaw
KAMLOOPS - Some say it's different living in North Shore, worrying about gunfire, stolen vehicles and arson. These are the things North Shore residents Joanne Forde and Angela Rigby say they deal with daily and they hope the city will soon put a bylaw in place to help bylaw and police officers deal with the nuisance...
2141 project chugging along
KAMLOOPS - Without much hesitation council approved more than $200,000 be signed over to the Kamloops Heritage Railway Society to repair the historic 2141 steam engine. It has been over a year since the steam engine was shut down by Transport Canada and the group ordered to fix the boiler before the beloved old train...
Delays in Snelson manslaughter re-trial
KAMLOOPS – A Kelowna man awarded a new trial for manslaughter—scheduled this time in Kamloops—is still waiting to set a re-trial date as he now searches for a new lawyer. Neil Snelson said his trial lawyer, Wade Jenson—also the lawyer who argued the new trial should be moved to Kamloops—is no longer representing him. Snelson was...
Nuisance property owners could face charges
KAMLOOPS - Potential changes to how the city deals with nuisance properties would see the owners of properties generating a lot of calls to bylaw and police officers charged for those services. City Community Safety and Enforcement Manager Jon Wilson says staff has been looking at the way Nanaimo deals with nuisance properties and whether...
Man involved with drug ring pleads guilty
KAMLOOPS – A local man with ties to an organized cocaine operation pleaded guilty to two drug charges in Kamloops Supreme Court yesterday. Jean-Claude Auger, 38, is one of eight Kamloops men charged after an RCMP sting discovered an organized cocaine dial-a-dope operation. The group operated from February until October of 2012. RCMP uncovered the...
Bones, diapers and food scraps may see curb side pickup
KAMLOOPS - If there was somewhere to compost it the city could be offering curb side organic pickup as soon as tomorrow. “We could start pickup tomorrow, but we have nowhere to bring it,” Public Works Director Jen Fretz says. “That’s the problem, there is nowhere we can bring it.” The city is currently only...
Young boys report stranger danger in Kamloops
KAMLOOPS — Two young boys were offered a ride home by a unknown male yesterday afternoon, prompting a warning from RCMP for parents to review stranger awareness with their children. Police say two six-year-old boys were walking on the north side of the Parkcrest Elementary School grounds near Edgemount Avenue Wednesday when a man in...
Perks of Being a Wallflower book to stay in schools
CONCERNED PARENT SAYS HE WILL NOT FILE AN APPEAL KAMLOOPS – Administration at School District 73 have decided a controversial book will remain in schools, much to the chagrin of a concerned father. Dean Audet received a letter from the district last month. He says the letter stated the decision and outlined reasons to keep...
Appeal rejected, fine stands for CNR
KAMLOOPS - The province was claiming more than $340,000 in mature timber was lost in a blaze sparked by a train near Ashcroft in 2005, but a panel of judges disagreed last week, instead handing down a fine of only $11,000 and a bill for $6,252 in lost timber value. In July 2005 a Canadian...
Halley’s Comet debris trail sets the sky aglitter tonight
THOMPSON-OKANAGAN - A peak at the annual debris trail from Halley’s Comet may be possible tonight and early Tuesday morning if skies clear. Every spring bits of the debris trail burn up resulting in the annual Eta Aquarid meteor shower. This year the peak will occur tonight, Monday, May 5, through Tuesday morning. The bright...