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Farmers step back in time to work fields with draft horses near Kamloops
Several teams of draft horses were spreading manure and harrowing a 160 acre farm in…
Crews working on two lightning-caused wildfires east of Kamloops
KAMLOOPS — Two lightning-caused wildfires that ignited east of Kamloops yesterday have not shown much…
RCMP warn of possible attempted child luring incident near Pritchard
PRITCHARD – Police in Chase are warning the public after a potential attempted child luring…
Crown appeal results in jail time for two men convicted of beating Kamloops Mountie
KAMLOOPS – Two men convicted of assaulting a Kamloops cop and leaving him unconscious on…
Kamloops cop was kicked in the head in drunk driving case gone bad
'I NEED HELP. I'VE BEEN BEATEN UP' KAMLOOPS – Two men with no criminal records…
Alberta man dies in early morning crash in Pritchard
PRITCHARD – A 57-year-old Alberta man has died after crashing a pickup truck into an…
RCMP check stop in Shuswap results in unusual chase
CHASE – A driver who avoided a police check stop in the Shuswap and abandoned…
Events in Kamloops up in the air this weekend
KAMLOOPS – Kamloops residents might want to look up this weekend. Up at Sun Peaks,…
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...