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RCMP warn of social media scam

KAMLOOPS - A scam using social media to get money out of unsuspecting victims saw one local senior citizen bilked of $300 this week. Kamloops Rural RCMP says a senior citizen was contacted through social media on May 20. She was told she had won a large sum of money and needed to wire $300...

UPDATE: 16-year-old Kamloops girl located

UDPATE: 5:21 P.M., MAY 21, 2015 RCMP say Starcey Laughington has been located and is safe and sound. 2:33 P.M., MAY 21, 2015 KAMLOOPS - RCMP are asking for help to find a missing 16-year-old girl last seen Sunday evening. Starcey Laughington, 16, is described as First Nations, 5’2” and 112 pounds with short black...

Kamloops resident donates modern equipment to hospital

KAMLOOPS – Local businessman and philanthropist Ken Lepin has donated $300,000 and an important piece of medical equipment to Royal Inland Hospital. Lepin helped procure a piece of laser assisted technology used to help identify bacterial infections known as a MALDI/TOF Mass Spectrophotometer. Bacterias like meningitis, staphylococcus or even the flu continue to be deadly...

Residents reacting to ‘urban myth’ regarding Westsyde Pool closure: Councillor

KAMLOOPS – The Westsyde Pool is set to close for repairs for more than a year beginning this summer and while it may be an inconvenience, starting a public petition won’t change the closure. Area resident Amanda Cosgrove started a petition last month. Cosgrove was upset about the pool’s closure and is asking the city,...

No jail for break and enters

KAMLOOPS - After breaking and entering two separate residential garages last year, a babysitter will serve his four-month sentence in the community rather than jail. Adam James Thomas McMillan pleaded guilty to breaking and entering the Aberdeen homes last October. Crown prosecutor Camille Cook said the owner of the first house noticed items were moved...

Groups against Ajax Mine raising funds to hire experts

KAMLOOPS – An online fundraiser started this week by groups opposing the proposed Ajax Mine aims at hiring 'independent experts' to review the application documents that are set to be submitted this summer. The application, which is expected to be thousands of pages of information in technical language, will be the document that helps decide...

Hot temperatures in Kamloops not quite record-breaking

KAMLOOPS - Temperatures soared into the high 20s Wednesday, and will get even hotter Thursday and Friday, but it wasn’t quite enough for a record. According to Environment Canada, temperatures reached upwards of 28 Celsius in the Okanagan and 29.4 Celsius in Kamloops on Wednesday, May 20, but those numbers fell shy of records ranging...

Body of missing man recovered in South Thompson River

KAMLOOPS - Police located the body of a 58-year-old man who was reported missing May 18.  Cpl. Chery Bush, a spokesperson for the Kamloops RCMP detachment, says investigators recovered the man's body the afternoon of May 20 from the South Thompson River.  Police asked the public for information earlier this week after the man's truck...

Laundry workers bring anti-privatization message to Interior Health

THOMPSON-OKANAGAN - Hospital Employees' Union reps will get their first chance to argue their case against privatizing laundry services in front of the Interior Health Authority board next week. “We hope after our presentation that they will conclude this is a necessary service,” union representative Mike Old says, noting he is well aware board members...

Expect delays on Columbia Street next week

KAMLOOPS - Drivers can expect more delays on their commutes starting next week with work having already started on the Columbia Street widening project. The city’s capital projects manager Darren Crundwell says work started Tuesday, May 19, but the site will get busier starting May 25 as Fortis B.C. begins work on the site and...