Savona
Kamloops area family loses everything in fire; needs your help to regroup
WALHACHIN – A family of four from a small town west of Kamloops are hoping to pick up the pieces after they lost everything in a devastating fire which destroyed their home last week. The fire started on the back porch of the home on Friday, Oct. 9. Katherine Allen, her husband Brian and their...
Kamloops Mounties on the hunt for break and enter suspects
KAMLOOPS – Extensive damage was done during three Kamloops and area break-ins early this morning and RCMP are looking for a suspect vehicle involved in all of them. Police say the Super Save gas station on Dallas Drive, the Super Save gas station in Savona and the Tobiano Golf Course on Holloway Drive were all...
Band financials for neighbouring Kamloops areas
KAMLOOPS – The July 29 due date has passed for First Nations to submit reports on financials including chief and council salary, remuneration and expenses as part of the First Nation Financial Transparency Act. So far, InfoNews has reported on the numbers for bands near Osoyoos, Enderby, Vernon and Kamloops. Numbers for the Penticton Band have...
TNRD says recycling services will continue
KAMLOOPS - Recycling pickup is not being offered to Kamloops residents while Emterra Environmental employees strike, but the regional district does not foresee any disruption in recycling services oustide of the city. In a release today, June 23, Jamie Vieira, Manager of Environmental Services for the Thompson-Nicola Regional District, says even though the district uses...
Police investigating break and enter at Savona post office
KAMLOOPS - Investigators from the Kamloops Rural RCMP detachment are following up on an early Sunday morning break in at the Savona post office. Police say it happened around 3:30 a.m. The suspects entered the building through a window and approximately 20 parcels were stolen, according to a RCMP media release. Anyone who may have...
Savona Trailers provided illegal camping
KAMLOOPS - Two lake front lots in Savona that were used as a campground up through the 1990s should not have been used for seasonal camping when the new owners took over in 2006 the Supreme Court of B.C. has decided. Thompson Nicola Regional District Development Director Regina Sadilkova says after nearly seven years of...
Owner of Dallas Stars found guilty of environmental charges
KAMLOOPS – Tom Gaglardi, owner of the NHL's Dallas Stars, and his company Northland Properties Corporation, were convicted Thursday morning of harmfully altering a fish habitat while constructing their family vacation home. “There was an element of wilfulness and a desire to get the job done and if necessary, seek forgiveness later,” Provincial Court Judge...
Injured hiker shares story of fear and rescue
ASPERGER’S SYNDROME ADDS TO STRESS KAMLOOPS — An infatuation with actress Emma Watson helped a 28-year-old man get through six hours of waiting for help after a dislodged boulder broke several of his bones while hiking on Mt. Savona. Matthew Corcoran, who was diagnosed with Asperger’s Syndrome as a teen, was hiking with a friend...
WITH PICTURES, VIDEO: Injured geocacher rescued off Mt. Savona
SAVONA — A geocacher was rescued off Mt. Savona by helicopter early this evening after he was left injured by a displaced boulder. Around 1 p.m. two hikers were on Mt. Savona, about 12 km south of Savona, Friday afternoon and took a short cut to get to a geocache close to the caves. While...