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UPDATE: Kamloops teen located
UPDATE: 6:17 A.M., OCT. 29, 2015 RCMP say Taylor Donald has been located and is safe. 11:19 A.M., OCT. 28, 2015 KAMLOOPS - RCMP are hoping to confirm the well-being of a teen refusing to go home. Taylor Donald, 13, has not been home since the morning of Oct. 24 and has refused to return...

Poppy campaign kicks off this week
THOMPSON-OKANAGAN - This year’s poppy campaign is expected to be underway this Friday, Oct. 30. Poppies will be available at all Legion offices and members will have them available at locations throughout the city. Funds from the poppies contribute to veterans, their families and others in need of assistance in the community. The long-standing tradition...
Get ready for winter fun at B.C.’s largest snow show
VERNON - The largest exhibition of snow machines and snow safety equipment is coming to Vernon in less than two weeks. The first ever B.C. Provincial Snow Show is made up of three events that were previously held across the Interior — in Vernon, Williams Lake and Prince George. This year, the Vernon Snowmobile Association...

First Nations groups need to work together to tackle Trans Mountain pipeline issue: Chief
KAMLOOPS - The proposed twinning of the Trans Mountain pipeline brought First Nations groups from British Columbia and Alberta came together in Kamloops this week and organizer Chief Aaron Sam is hoping there is strength in numbers. “We’re talking about ways we can work together and strategizing on how we want to move forward when...

UPDATE: Kamloops bus driver sent to hospital after assaulted by passenger
KAMLOOPS - A B.C. Transit bus driver was assaulted yesterday afternoon after being confronted by an irate passenger. B.C. Transit spokesperson Mike Russell, says an individual on the bus became agitated around 3 p.m. yesterday, Oct. 27. The driver pulled the bus over at Fourth Avenue and Lansdowne Street and called the transit operator for...

Trial for two youths in Salmon Arm shooting death expected next year
KAMLOOPS - The trial for a man and woman accused of gunning down a man in a Salmon Arm school yard won’t take place until next spring. Names of both accused charged with first-degree murder cannot be revealed as they were both youths at the time of the alleged offence. Their names are protected under...

Conservation officers save baby bobcat in Osoyoos
KAMLOOPS - An orphaned bobcat kitten got another chance at life after being rescued by conservation officers this summer. Officers found the kitten orphaned near Osoyoos in July and with the help of the public were able to capture it. The kitten was then transferred to the B.C. Wildlife Park in Kamloops for rehabilitation. The...

Lots of love for Shania Twain’s farewell performance in Kelowna
KELOWNA - Kelowna’s Prospera Place was Shania Twain’s final performance on her Rock This Country tour and possibly her last concert ever. And locals made sure to send her off in style. The show sold out quickly and fans were all over social media saying thanks and wishing her the best. Locals like Rose’s Pub...

Help identify this woman using a stolen bank card in Kamloops
KAMLOOPS - Three weeks after Crime Stoppers asked for help identifying a fraud suspect, RCMP are still looking for the woman. On Sept. 18 someone broke into an elderly couple’s vehicle at McArthur Island Park and stole a wallet. A stolen bank card was then used at Walmart and RCMP say the woman has been captured...

Bear spray used in Sahali 7-Eleven robbery
KAMLOOPS - A lone suspect made off with cigarettes and cash after bear-spraying the clerk at 7-Eleven Tuesday morning. A lone male robbed the 7-Eleven on Summit Drive just before 6 a.m. on Oct. 27. The male bear-sprayed the clerk and made off with cigarettes and cash. The suspect was wearing a blue jacket, red-...
New $49M hydro substation planned next to Kenna Cartwright Park
KAMLOOPS - The east side of Kenna Cartwright Park will look a little different with a new hydro substation planned for the area adjacent to the Bunker Road area. B.C. Hydro and the City of Kamloops have reached an agreement for the energy provider to acquire land from the city to construct a new substation...

Kamloops neighbourhoods could lose backlane garbage collection
KAMLOOPS - Garbage and recycling collection in back alleys might soon be changed in Kamloops, leaving residents with the possibility of pushing their carts to just one side of the alley, or all the way out to the street instead. Some city garbage collection routes are not only inefficient, but have become unsafe, streets and...