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ELECTION 2015: Harper to visit Kamloops next week
KAMLOOPS - Prime Minister Stephen Harper is tentatively scheduled to come to Kamloops next week. The Conservative Party of Canada is releasing limited information, but a spokesperson confirmed the Conservative leader will be in the region on Monday, Sept. 14. Details on if and when an event is to take place will be confirmed 24...
Big Brother Canada stars spend the weekend in Peachland
KELOWNA - Stars of the Canadian version of the TV game show Big Brother were in Peachland over the weekend, meeting fans and signing autographs. Davis Cove Lakeshore Resort manager Shelley Peach originally arranged for 13 houseguests to come to her resort after missing an opportunity to meet them in Vancouver in the spring. She...
Here’s your first look at the Hopkins movie shot around the Okanagan
VERNON - Enderby debuts on the cinematic world stage this week at the Venice Film Festival, but for those of us without a plane ticket, at least there’s a sneak peak video to be seen. A teaser from Go With Me, produced by Enderby Entertainment and filmed locally, is now available. It offers up a...
KidSport looks to help 200 Kamloops kids get into the game
KAMLOOPS – More Kamloops kids are getting a chance to play sports this year thanks to a program aimed at helping families who wouldn't normally be able to pay for their children to be involved in organized sport. Currently the Kamloops chapter of KidSport helps roughly 180 kids in the community participate in sport and...
Missing teen sought in Kamloops
KAMLOOPS - RCMP are asking for help after an 18-year-old went missing a week ago. Kamloops RCMP say Sarah Robinson was reported missing on Sept. 2. The First Nations teen is described as 5’4” tall and 120 lbs with brown hair and eyes. Anyone with information on her whereabouts is asked to call Kamloops RCMP...
Man killed in Merritt crash named
MERRITT - A 32-year-old man from Surrey died when the vehicle he was in hit a rock bluff near Merritt last week. Jesse Dan Dietz was a passenger in a pickup truck that left the roadway and hit a rock bluff on Highway 5 near Merritt around 8 a.m. on Aug. 31, according to the...