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Kamloops designer sets off on new chapter, bids farewell to city’s fashion scene

KAMLOOPS - The city is losing its best-known fashion designer to Toronto. Quinn Collier, owner of QTC designs, staged his final fashion show at Hotel 540 on June 28 to a crowd of white-clad spectators — mainly friends and family — who supported him in his six-year quest to become a fashion designer. “Lots of...

UPDATE: Missing Lumby woman has been found safe

VERNON - Police say a Lumby woman has been found safe.  A family member reported Susan Catt, 54, missing about 4:30 p.m. on Sunday, June 28, to the Lumby RCMP detachment. She was found sometime Tuesday, according to a RCMP release sent around midnight. An original release said Catt left her home in Lumby around...

Vehicle crash causes power outage in Sahali

KAMLOOPS - A vehicle crash in Upper Sahali has caused a power outage to more than 1,000 customers this evening. B.C. Hydro is reporting a ‘motor vehicle accident’ just after 7 p.m. caused an outage  to 1,066 customers in the area east of Glencoe Place, south of Chino Place and north of Tuxford Drive. The...

Fallen tree causes power outage in Heffley Creek area

KAMLOOPS – A tree has fallen down across power lines near Heffley Creek cutting power to more than 1,600 customers. A tree near Tod Mountain Road and Highway 5 fell across wires, causing the power to go out for 1,666 customers in the Heffley Creek to Sun Peaks area just before 4 p.m. B.C. Hydro...

UPDATE: Severe thunderstorm warning ends for Kamloops, Okanagan regions

WATCH STILL IN PLACE KAMLOOPS - A severe thunderstorm watch was upgraded to a warning this afternoon for the South Thompson, Nicola and Okanagan areas but was later downgraded back to a watch. Environment Canada issued a watch for much of the Southern Interior earlier this morning, June 29, but then upgraded it to a...

Weekend of fires fuelled by lightning

THOMPSON-OKANAGAN – There were 35 fire starts this weekend in the Kamloops Fire Centre alone. Of those, 22 were caused by lightning, but the remaining 13 were believed to be human-caused. Penticton was the hottest fire zone in the region with 19 of the 35 starts this weekend, but Fire Information Officer Kelsey Winter says...

Man with warrants flees from police, spends night on Pritchard Bridge

PRITCHARD - It was a long shift for Chase RCMP members who spent their night watching a runaway man with warrants for his arrest stand on a bridge over rushing water in Pritchard. Const. Jonathan Spooner says the man fled from police at a beach yesterday afternoon, June 28. “A Chase officer noted the man...

What to expect this week as Kamloops roadwork continues

KAMLOOPS – Construction in the city has been in full swing for awhile now, but here's a look at what to expect this week. Work will start today, June 29, on the south sidewalk of Columbia Street, including pouring concrete between Third and Fifth Avenues. Pedestrians are asked to use the north sidewalk and crosswalk...

Fire along Schubert Drive causes intense blaze

KAMLOOPS – A fire along the Rivers Trail last night, June 28, engulfed the bush along the river and took 12 firefighters about two hours to extinguish the blaze.  Deputy Fire Chief Mike Adams says dispatch received a call around 10 p.m. of a fire near Schubert Drive and Windsor Avenue and crews from the...

Bylaw officer assaulted in Kamloops

KAMLOOPS - RCMP are trying to identify a man who attacked a city bylaw officer last night in Kamloops. A female officer was investigating a male who was spray painting the back of the Memorial Arena on Victoria Street around 8:30 p.m., June 28. The male struck the officer with his skateboard, knocking her to...

Another record day in Kamloops

KAMLOOPS - We didn’t quite hit 40 Celsius on Sunday but Kamloops was still one of about 30 communities to set a new high temperature record in the province. With a high temperature of 39.1 C Sunday, June 28, the mercury surpassed the former record by nearly a full degree. Saturday also saw a new...