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Trans-Canada Highway east of Kamloops to be shut down during blasting

KAMLOOPS - Blasting will shut down Highway 1 east of Kamloops as crews prepare to move forward on the expansion of the highway. The closure will take place from 8 a.m. to noon tomorrow, Sept. 20. The highway will be closed in both directions about 13 kilometres west of Chase. An alternate route is available...

Coroners service names man killed in collision with tour bus

CHASE - The B.C. Coroners Service has released the name of a young man killed in a vehicle collision with a bus on Friday, July 31. He was Sascha Dieter Hedrich, 19, of Pritchard. Hedrich was the driver of a vehicle travelling west just outside of Chase Friday. He struck a tour bus around 4 p.m....

Federal and provincial governments announce more funding for Highway 1

PRITCHARD – With three kilometres of highway construction completed, the federal and provincial governments have announced $94.4 million in funding to complete the expansion of Highway 1 from Hoffman's Bluff to Chase Creek. The province is contributing $18.3 million, while $76.1 million is coming from Ottawa. The money is paying to widen a 7.5-kilometre section...

An exclusive sneak-peak into a unique home fit for a king

PRITCHARD – You have to go out of the way to find it, but nestled among the pastures and ranches of Pritchard is perhaps the most unique home in the area, if not the B.C. Interior. Scratch that, it’s not so much a home — it’s a castle. The 5,000 square foot stone and concrete...

Man with warrants flees from police, spends night on Pritchard Bridge

PRITCHARD - It was a long shift for Chase RCMP members who spent their night watching a runaway man with warrants for his arrest stand on a bridge over rushing water in Pritchard. Const. Jonathan Spooner says the man fled from police at a beach yesterday afternoon, June 28. “A Chase officer noted the man...

First Nation protests as highway widening moves forward

CHASE - Despite support from First Nation leadership, not all band members are in favour of the second phase of construction the widening of the Trans-Canada Highway near Chase. Robin Billy, chief of the Adams Lake First Nation in Chase, says he’s not aware of how many people are standing in protest of the provincial...

Crash claims life of Chase woman

CHASE – A 39-year-old woman from Chase was killed when the vehicle she was a passenger in left Kamloops Shuswap Road Saturday afternoon and rolled down a steep embankment. Const. Valerie Guillaume with the Chase RCMP detachment says the crash happened about five kilometres west of Pritchard at about 3 p.m. Three people were in...

More lanes for dangerous section of Trans-Canada

KAMLOOPS – The second phase of the Hoffman’s Bluff highway improvement project is going to tender on Monday. About 3.1 kilometres of the Trans-Canada between Kamloops and Chase will be widened from two to four lanes, according to a media release from the Ministry of Transportation. The Ministry calls that section of highway “one of...

Midnight head-on crash leaves Chase man dead

KELOWNA – RCMP are looking for the cause of the head-on crash near Pritchard which claimed the life of a Chase man. The crash happened on the Trans-Canada about two kilometres west of Pritchard just after midnight on July 17. A pick-up truck being driven eastbound by John Findlay Linklater, 58, was involved in a...

Police officer assaulted near Pritchard

KAMLOOPS - A passing motorist lent assistance to an officer who was allegedly assaulted during a traffic stop Saturday afternoon in the Pritchard area. RCMP Senior Media Relations Officer Sgt. Rob Vermeulen says the officer began an impaired driving investigation on a pickup truck, containing three people, around 4:40 p.m., July 5. The driver pulled...

Hefty fine for Revelstoke Grizzly

KAMLOOPS – A Revelstoke hockey player who pleaded guilty to recklessly driving an uninsured dune buggy was handed fines of $2,300 in Kamloops Provincial Court yesterday. Robert Wade Cline, 20, of Chase said he was sorry for his role in a vehicle accident and nearly causing injury to a young girl. Cline plays defence for...