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Man hit by pickup and killed in Keremeos identified
KEREMEOS – The identity of the young man hit and killed while crossing the highway near Keremeos last weekend has been released. Samuel Houle, 20, of Quebec was walking across Highway 3, just south of the intersection with Highway 3A, Sunday night, April 17, when he was struck by a pickup truck, according to a...
Deer causes two separate crashes on Trans-Canada
KAMLOOPS – A deer crossing the TransCanada Highway at the east end of Kamloops this morning caused a pair of crashes. RCMP say shortly after 9 a.m., April 23, a deer ran into traffic east of the Kokanee Way exit and was hit by a westbound vehicle. The driver wasn't hurt and was able to...
UPDATE: Vernon RCMP appeal to public for help finding overdue biker
VERNON - Search and Rescue has joined the effort to locate an overdue, and inexperienced, motorbike rider last seen Tuesday afternoon. Kyle Macinnes, 25, went out on his dirt bike at 4 p.m. April 21, and has not returned. “His family is very concerned as he is not a very experienced rider,” Molendyk says in...
RCMP looking for this man following attack on young woman
KELOWNA – RCMP have released a sketch of the suspect wanted in connection with the attack of a young woman in Kelowna in February. The 21-year-old woman was assaulted on Harvey Avenue near Burtch Road around 5:12 a.m., Feb. 7., Cpl. Joe Duncan says in a media release. Duncan says she was walking eastbound on...
Victim of fatal rock climbing accident near Vernon identified
VERNON - A teen who died in a rock climbing accident near Vernon this past weekend has been identified. He was Taylor Samuel Archer, 18, from New Westminster. Archer was hiking with friends near the King Edward Forest Service Road about 15 kilometres east of Vernon on April 11, states a release from the B.C....
High risk man travelling to Kelowna sought
KELOWNA - A man travelling by bus to Kelowna is being sought by Surrey RCMP, who say they are concerned about his well-being. Steven Fayant, 22, was last seen in Surrey in the evening of April 13 and has not been heard from since. It is believed the "high risk" man, who does not have...
Stolen Lumby vehicle found scorched and shot up
LUMBY - Police are appealing to the public for tips after a stolen vehicle turned up torched and shot full of bullet holes last week. The vehicle, a silver 2000 Audi, was reported stolen from Catt Avenue in Lumby April 6. Two days later, it was found four kilometres up the Noble Canyon Forest Service...
UPDATE: All children accounted for after Summit Elementary locked down
KAMLOOPS - All students are accounted for while police continue to investigate a threat that locked down Summit Elementary around 2:30 p.m. Wednesday, April 15. Cpl. Cheryl Bush says a person called into the school and made a non-specific threat, though they did say they had a weapon, which triggered a police response. Parents and...
Man killed by pickup in Keremeos
KEREMEOS – A man was hit by a pickup truck and killed on Highway 3 in Keremeos last night. Cpl. Shana McLeod says the man was hit by a 2012 Dodge pickup while he was crossing the highway near Schneider Road around 11:30 p.m., April 17. “The male was wearing dark clothing,” McLeod says in...
Hunt on for Orchard Park Mall suspicious package suspect
KELOWNA – RCMP need your help to find the man who allegedly left a suspicious package at Sears in the Orchard Park Mall forcing an evacuation and a call to the bomb squad. RCMP say the mall was cleared out at yesterday afternoon when a Sears' employee found a suspicious package and contacted mall security...
Stabbing incident over bicycle
KAMLOOPS - A man has a knife wound after an altercation over a bicycle this morning. RCMP spokesperson Cpl. Cheryl Bush says they were called to Wilson Street shortly after 11 a.m. today, April 16. A 48-year-old man was found with a knife wound to his arm. The man suffered the injury during an altercation...
Kamloops RCMP need help identifying body found in February
KAMLOOPS - People hiking in a wooded area off Rose Hill Road found the body of a man in February and now RCMP and the B.C. Coroners Service are asking for help in identifying him. The body was found Feb. 21 in the area popular with hikers and dog-walkers. In a media release issued Thursday,...
No Kamloops neighbourhood immune to car break-ins
KAMLOOPS - Car owners in Westsyde have been dealing with a series of car break-ins over the last week, but a spokesperson for the RCMP says it's not out of the normal for thieves to hit several vehicles in one neighbourhood before moving on to a different one. Westsyde residents living on Bissette Road, Oak...
Wanted man taken into custody in Kamloops
KAMLOOPS - Several RCMP vehicles swarmed the Uplands Apartments complex Thursday evening and took a man into custody. About half a dozen cop cars were seen on Columbia Street and First Avenue just before 9 p.m. Thursday, April 9. Officers with guns drawn appeared to focus on one unit in the apartment complex. At least...
Judge ignores jury recommendations, imposes lesser sentence on convicted murderer
KAMLOOPS - Convicted murderer Robert Donald Balbar, 42, will not be eligible for parole for 13 years after he was sentenced in Kamloops Supreme Court today, but it's less time than he got the first time he was tried. After his successful appeal of his first trial, a jury found the accused guilty for a...