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Vancouver council wants province to make changes following report on Kamloops girl who fell through foster care cracks
VANCOUVER - After reviewing a lengthy report on a young woman who fell through the cracks of government care, Vancouver’s city council is calling on the province to make changes for better foster care in B.C. On July 7, the province’s representative for children and youth Mary Ellen Turpel-Lafond spoke to councillors about her May...
UPDATE: Coroner identifies victim in Shuswap house boat accident
SICAMOUS - A young Alberta woman died in a house boat accident last Friday. The accident happened on Shuswap Lake near the Cinnemousun Narrows about 15 km north of Sicamous Friday, July 10. Andrea Mary Jacura, 22, of Edmonton, Alberta died Friday while swimming in Shuswap Lake in B.C.'s Southern Interior. The woman was behind...
Judge in hate speech trial won’t hear free speech charter argument before trial
QUESNEL - The hate-speech versus free-speech debate continues in a Quesnel courtroom after a judge decided to wait until the end of trial to hear constitutional arguments from the accused charged with promoting hatred. Roy Arthur Topham, born 1947, is charged with promoting hatred against those of the Jewish religion or ethnic group on his...
UPDATE: Former Vernon cop accused of child porn faces ex-wife-accuser on first day of trial
ADDICTED TO COCAINE, HEROIN, ALCOHOL KELOWNA – The ex-wife of a former Vernon RCMP officer accused of possessing child pornography in 2013 says she turned him in when she found more than 60 images of child porn on his computer. His lawyer, however, said she downloaded the images in an attempt to smear his image...
Pesticide ban back on the table in Kamloops
KAMLOOPS – The notion of a Kamloops-wide ban on cosmetic pesticide use is back on the city’s agenda this week. Tabled on June 2, the debate has seen lobbying from both sides of the aisle via the media, city council delegations and online petitions. First introduced as a motion by Coun. Tina Lange about six weeks...
In Kamloops, tossing a cigarette butt will cost you
KAMLOOPS - Fair warning, smokers: If you discard your cigarette out the window, expect a ticket. Kamloops RCMP Const. Jason Epp says police got about a dozen calls about people discarding their cigarettes. So far, four have already been ticketed; more are on the way. Rain over the weekend lowered the fire danger rating in the...
Cascades Casino grand opening pushed back until August
KAMLOOPS – The grand opening of the new casino in Aberdeen is being pushed back nearly three weeks. Originally slated to open July 29, the new casino on Versatile Drive will open instead by Wednesday, Aug. 19. According to Gateway Casinos, delays in construction materials caused delays and now a few additional weeks are needed...
UPDATE: Man who needs medical treatment located
UPDATE: 3:13 P.M., JULY 13, 2015 RCMP say Brandon Lacavera has been located and is safe. 11:57 A.M., JULY 13, 2015 KAMLOOPS - RCMP are on the lookout for a man who left Royal Inland Hospital against doctor's advice yesterday afternoon. Const. Jason Epp says Brandon Lacavera, 29, was last seen around 3 p.m., July...
Coroner names young man killed in ATV rollover near Salmon Arm
SALMON ARM - The name of a young man killed last week in an all-terrain vehicle crash has been released. The B.C. Coroners Service says Brandon James Radnai, 22, was killed July 8 when the ATV he was driving rolled over. A family member was with him when the accident happened. Radnai sustained critical injuries...
Smoky skies advisory ends for Southern Interior
THOMPSON-OKANAGAN - A system that broke a nearly three-week heat wave and dropped rain in the Interior also helped clear the smoke. The smoky skies advisory that had been in place since June 7 was lifted this morning, July 13, by the Ministry of Environment and the Interior Healthy Authority. While many large fires are...
Break in heat for Kamloops, back to seasonal normals
KAMLOOPS - After nearly three weeks of temperatures exceeding 30 Celsius almost every day we are finally seeing cooler temperatures, some rain and less smoke. This weekend, the heat wave finally broke with temperatures closer to seasonal normals of 28 C on both days, and Environment Canada is calling for high temperatures to remain a...
Kamloops city gardener talks about alternatives to pesticides
KAMLOOPS – A few bugs or noxious weeds are not enough to throw city gardeners off their game, not when they have goats and ladybugs on their side. Kirsten Wourms, a head gardener with the citiy, manages a complex weed and pest management schedule that uses organic methods wherever possible to keep Kamloops green, clean...