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Bandits break-in to Bikini Bills in downtown Kamloops
KAMLOOPS - Thieves shattered a downtown store window with a fire extinguisher last night, Dec. 29, and made off with three swimsuits from a display. “It could have been a lot worse,” Bill Sanesh, owner of Bikini Bills on Victoria Street, says. Sanesh says he received a phone call from the RCMP around 7 a.m....
Drunk driving checks net few impaired drivers in Chase check
CHASE - RCMP say a Christmas Eve checkstop in Celista that produced nothing more than verbal warnings shows local motorists are heeding the message about drinking and driving. In a release, Chase RCMP Sgt. Gary Heebner says one ticket for no insurance was issued as were verbal warnings, but no impaired driving charges among the...
Kamloops plan to help youth homeless goes national
KAMLOOPS - Several agencies in town do their best to help curb homelessness in Kamloops, but one is being recognized nationally for assisting homeless youth. Katherine McParland, youth homelessness manager with Interior Community Services, has joined forces with 15 agencies in town to help teens who are homeless or could be soon. McParland and other...
Plan on getting a safe ride home this New Years
KAMLOOPS - Extra enforcement units will be on the roads this New Years Eve and Mounties are hoping locals will ensure they have a safe ride home if they plan to drink. Along with added officers, the detachment plans to set up various roadblocks throughout the city in hopes it keeps impaired drivers off the...
Children ejected from vehicle when California tourist crashes near Merritt
MERRITT - A California man has been charged after a single vehicle accident on Highway 97C resulted in several young children being ejected from his SUV earlier this week. The driver, a 47-year-old man, was on vacation with his and one other family from California. Witnesses told police that four of the nine people in...
Refugee family from Syria set to arrive in Kamloops today
KAMLOOPS - One of the Syrian families moving to Kamloops will arrive today after successfully entering Canada as refugees. Refugees and Friends Together (RAFT), a group which helped sponsor four families through the United Church, will pick up the arriving group — a couple and their three children — from the airport today, Dec. 30,...
Theft highlights true meaning of Christmas for Kamloops business-owner
KAMLOOPS - A local business-owner whose store was broken into and her Christmas presents stolen is happy to report her family managed to have one of their best holidays yet despite the setback. Diane Stetar, who owns the Aberdeen store A Favor to Remember had several items along with her four children’s Christmas presents lifted...