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High-end marker theft from Kamloops store
KAMLOOPS - Three suspects walked in to the Michaels store on Hillside Drive this weekend and walked out with $1,600 worth of Copic brand sketch markers. On Sunday, July 5, two men and a woman entered the store and filled a shoulder bag with the markers, which retail for about $8 each. According to Crime...
UPDATE: Missing 12-year-old returns home
UPDATE: 6:29 P.M., JULY 8, 2015 RCMP says Bryston Krug has returned home. 6:09 P.M., JULY 8, 2015 KAMLOOPS - Police need your help finding a 12-year-old boy who is refusing to return home. According to a release, Bryston Krug was reported missing by his family yesterday, July 7. "He is believed to be staying...
Students will continue to enjoy longer spring break in Kamloops
KAMLOOPS – The two-week spring break is likely here to stay. Of the parents surveyed, 59 per cent were in favour of the two-week break while teachers reported no “backward slide” after the two weeks and thought students were healthier physically and enthusiastic. School board chair Denise Harper admits the original idea was met with...
Building permits remain status quo in June
KAMLOOPS – June saw little change over last year when it comes to building permits issued in the city. Housing starts in Kamloops were on an upswing during the first few months of 2015, but this past May they declined and now June they have plateaued. Single family housing permits issued were exactly the same...
Winners announced in Kamloops Dream Home lottery draw
KAMLOOPS - The YMCA-YWCA 2015 Dream Home Lottery came to a close yesterday, July 7, and with it gave 305 ticket holders something to smile about. The big winner was Marge Lane, the owner of a brand new Juniper Ridge home worth $597,500. “We tried to give her a call and her line was busy,”...
No, you can’t do that in B.C. right now
‘SOMEONE IN AN INTERFACE AREA WAS USING A BLOW TORCH TO GET RID OF THEIR WEEDS’ KELOWNA – This hot, dry summer makes beach days all the more necessary, but it has taken at least some of the fun out of other favourite Thompson-Okanagan pastimes. By now we should all know that, during fire season...
Kamloops Slide the City date nears, tickets still available
KAMLOOPS - Late registration tickets are still available to hopefuls who plan to Slide the City on a giant waterslide later this month. On July 18, Hillside Drive between Hillside Way and Notre Dame drive will be closed off to host the event. On the event’s website, tickets are available for a single slide or a...
Do you know this trio? Police looking for tips in gun theft
BARRIERE - Crime Stoppers is asking for the public’s assistance in identifying three suspects who broke into a rural property near Barriere to steal guns and ammunition last week. On July 2 a security camera caught footage of two men and a woman walking the property around 3:30 p.m. before a gun safe was pulled...
Kamloops weather well on the way to setting new records this week
KAMLOOPS - As temperatures in Kamloops keep hitting well above 30 Celsius the possibility of new records being set is very real today and tomorrow. Temperatures climbed above 30 C nearly every day for the last two weeks and we can expect the same through the beginning of next week. The temperature reached 35.5 C...
Million-dollar Kamloops home comes complete with trip to Italy
KAMLOOPS – Think you have to choose between the house, the once-in-a-lifetime trip and a fully-stocked wine cellar? Not with this Sun Rivers house. The sale of 3014 Visao Ct. comes complete with a trip to Italy and a cellar stocked full of wine. It's part of Upcountry Developments’ formal launch and director of design...