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Music in the Park kicks off on Canada Day

KAMLOOPS - Music in the Park, now in its 22nd year, will continue to provide live entertainment nightly at Riverside Park and weekly at McDonald Park starting on Canada Day. The season runs from July 1 to Aug. 31, and will feature 62 free evening performances that showcase a variety of talented artists. Riverside Park...

Fire at North Shore fourplex still under investigation

KAMLOOPS - A fire ripped through a house and garage on Selkirk Avenue yesterday and while investigators are still trying to determine what happened, the assistant fire chief is saying it's too early to call it suspicious. Members of Kamloops Fire Rescue were called to a fire at a fourplex house on Selkirk Avenue yesterday,...

Chamber backs local business after councillor strikes out because of Ajax support

KAMLOOPS - A letter signed by local business people in support of the proposed Ajax Mine has come under fire recently, but not everyone feels the move to offer support to the mine is as premature as one councillor seems to think. The Kamloops Chamber of Commerce is challenging Coun. Denis Walsh's opinion that business...

Gottfriedson elected B.C. regional chief

KAMLOOPS – Shane Gottfriedson is B.C.’s new regional chief. Gottfriedson announced a couple months ago he would not seek re-election as head of Tk'emlups te Secwepemc so that he could run for the provincial leadership role. The election took place in Vancouver this morning, June 25, and according to Don Bain of the Union of B.C....

Woman who went missing in Okanagan bush has outstanding warrants

PEACHLAND - The Winnipeg woman who went missing for more than a week and then was found by two men checking on livestock on an old logging road near Peachland is due for a court appearance in Manitoba. Kara Jo Leigh Stoyanowksi, 24, went missing for nine days after she left a recreational area near...

Forecast heat wave prompts warning for people to be prepared

THOMPSON-OKANAGAN – Hot desert air moving into the Southern Interior this weekend is behind a Special Weather Statement warning people to get ready. Record breaking high temperatures of 40 Celsius are forecast for Saturday, June 27, and Sunday, June 28, in the South Thompson, Nicola and South Okanagan. In the statement, issued today, June 25,...

Cache Creek clean up continues

CONCERT FUNDRAISER PLANNED CACHE CREEK – The residents of Cache Creek continue to clean up following a flash flood that ripped through the small town last month. Coun. Wyatt McMurray says it's been a difficult month. On May 23 a flash flood devastated his town, leaving some residents homeless. While national attention has subsided, there...

Record temperatures of 40 C to hit Kamloops

KAMLOOPS - Mother Nature is bringing the heat and as a result records will likely topple this weekend. Environment Canada is calling for temperatures to hit 40 Celsius over the weekend, and will be in at least the mid-30s through Canada Day. With record highs of 37 C to 40 C over the next week....

Kamloops crash blamed on alcohol

KAMLOOPS - A crash on Highway 1 in Valleyview just before 11 p.m. Wednesday is being blamed on alcohol. Cpl. Kelly Butler says RCMP were called to a collision between a semi-trailer and a pickup truck around 10:50 p.m., June 24, near Highway 1 and Oriole Road. The semi was turning west onto the highway...

Police-themed party gets surprise police visit

PRINCE GEORGE - Police-themed birthday parties are all the rage with young boys, often complete with badges and hats, but not all young boys get to have actual cops at their birthday party too. When Cpl. Dave Tyreman found out four-year-old Capper was hosting a police-themed birthday party on June 20 he decided to roll...