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RCMP investigating potential horse thefts

KAMLOOPS - Rural RCMP officers are investigating suspected horse thefts after responding to calls of fence-cutting in the Cherry Creek area.  Staff Sgt. Doug Aird with the rural detachment says the latest incident was last weekend on April 11. Eight horses escaped through a cut fence at a property on Cactus Road around 9 p.m....

Thompson Rivers prof to speak regarding the proposed Ajax mine

KAMLOOPS - A Thompson River University professor is exploring the the social impact the proposed Ajax mine would have on Kamloops and is holding a public lecture on his academic effort. Dr. Michael Mehta says when exploring the possibilities of new financial or economic ventures, communities fail to take the so-called soft sciences into account...

Judge ignores jury recommendations, imposes lesser sentence on convicted murderer

KAMLOOPS - Convicted murderer Robert Donald Balbar, 42, will not be eligible for parole for 13 years after he was sentenced in Kamloops Supreme Court today, but it's less time than he got the first time he was tried. After his successful appeal of his first trial, a jury found the accused guilty for a...

Mess on Highway 5 slows traffic

KAMLOOPS - Southbound traffic on Highway 5 is down to one lane after a pickup truck lost a load of cinder blocks around 3:30 this afternoon. Multiple police cars are on scene making sure oncoming traffic doesn't hit them. RCMP Staff Sgt. Doug Aird said a truck lost its trailer of roughly four pallets of...

UPDATE: Crash cleared on Peterson Creek bridge in Kamloops

KAMLOOPS - The Trans Canada near the Peterson Creek bridge in Kamloops has reopened to traffic following a three car crash earlier this morning. Kamloops RCMP say the crash happened around 7:30 a.m., April 13, in the westbound lanes. “A vehicle had mechanical problems on the roadway, causing it to slow down, which resulted in...

Thieves in custody after car break-ins in Pineview

KAMLOOPS - Three people are in custody after Kamloops RCMP responded to a call about someone breaking into vehicles in Pineview early this morning. Cpl. Cheryl Bush says officers took two women, aged 25 and 38, into custody around 3 a.m., April 13. A 51-year-old man was also arrested and police are trying to figure...