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UPDATE: 16-year-old girl located

UPDATE: 2:48 P.M., OCT. 1, 2015 RCMP say Susan Clark has been found safe and sound. 3:55 P.M., SEPT. 29, 2015 KAMLOOPS - Kamloops RCMP is asking for the public’s assistance to help locate a missing 16-year-old girl. Susan Clark was reported missing on September 23. She is described as a First Nations female, five...

Top female sailors to race in Kelowna this weekend

KELOWNA - Some of the best female sailors in the country will be in Kelowna this weekend for a competitive sailboat race that hasn’t been held in Kelowna since 2007. The 2015 Re/Max Canada Women’s Keelboat Championships is a fast-paced weekend of racing that takes place over three days in front of Waterfront Park in...

TAYLOR TRIAL: Teen and accused were ‘getting along’ hours before her death

KAMLOOPS — In the hours leading up to her death, a pregnant 16-year-old was getting along with her boyfriend and didn’t want to leave him the night before their trip from Kamloops to Terrace, a jury heard in Kamloops Supreme Court yesterday, Sept. 29. Claude Royer, a ministry of children and families worker, was among...

TAYLOR TRIAL: Teen and boyfriend ended relationship before she was killed: Step-father

KAMLOOPS — The step-father of a teenaged girl who was slain in 2012 said he was surprised to find out she broke up with her boyfriend the night she was killed since the two were ‘inseparable’ when they lived with him in Terrace. Glen Wilson, CJ Fowler’s step-father, took the stand in Kamloops Supreme Court...

ELECTION 2015: Kamloops students pick a winner following candidate debate

KAMLOOPS - Students at Sahali Secondary put local candidates through vigorous questions during a mock debate, and then they chose a winner during a student vote. Three federal candidates — Green Matt Greenwood, New Democrat Bill Sundhu and Liberal Steve Powrie — attended the event and answered questions proposed by Grade 11 and 12 students yesterday,...

First medical marijuana grow op application in Kamloops heads to public hearing

KAMLOOPS - Residents will have a say in whether a medical marijuana grow operation is approved in Gateway Park at the east end of the city. While there have been previous inquiries this is the first formal application for a grow op in Kamloops, development and engineering services director Marvin Kwiatkowski told city council today,...

Search and rescue groups could get more funding

KELOWNA - Search and rescue volunteer organizations are a step closer to receiving more funding from the province. A funding model that has been in development for two years is being sent out to other search and rescue groups in the province for input before it gets forwarded to the government. Director Jim McAllister of...

Emotions run high during Ajax Mine meeting, but outbursts kept at bay

KAMLOOPS - The packed conference room at the Coast Hotel played host to one of the more civil meetings held in regards to the proposed Ajax Mine. About 500 people packed the City of Kamloops town hall meeting Monday, Sept. 28, and while there were no protestrs and no placards this time around a large...