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Another showing of northern lights possible Monday

THOMPSON-OKANAGAN - The adventurous and the lucky were able to get a glimpse of the northern lights this weekend but there is still a chance of seeing them again tonight and this time Mother Nature might be a bit more cooperative. With Environment Canada calling for clear skies and Space Weather Canada calling for unsettled...

Prescribed burns planned for Kenna Cartwright Park

KAMLOOPS - Expect to see smoke in the air later this month as the city works to protect our large urban nature park from a potentially catastrophic fire. The City of Kamloops is working with B.C. Wildfire performing a prescribed burn in Kenna Cartwright Park with the hope of completing it this month. Starting later...

Signature look leads to arson conviction

KAMLOOPS – The video evidence may have been grainy, but it was an accused man’s white Stetson cowboy hat that turned his arson charge into a conviction. Kamloops Provincial Court Judge Stephen Harrison convicted Mannie Shaw Stewart of arson damaging the McCracken Station Pub’s property after reviewing video evidence of the event and hearing from...

Elementary schools vandalized in Aberdeen neighbourhood

KAMLOOPS – The weather has warmed and with it has come an upswing in vandalism, most recently at two South Shore elementary schools. School District 73 Facilities Manager Art McDonald says Pacific Way Elementary and Aberdeen Elementary schools both had windows broken last week. “It’s nothing out of the ordinary,” he notes. “It’s weather-dependent. We...

Family of Clearwater homicide victim takes custody battle public

"WE LOVE THEM MORE THAN I CAN EVEN PUT INTO WORDS." THOMPSON-OKANAGAN – Ten months after Angila Wilson was killed in her Clearwater home, her family members are going public with efforts to move her children out of foster care and into a more stable environment. Wilson's brother, Frank Wilson, and his wife Leanne Bowcott...