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Weird winter weather in Kamloops, but snow removal came in under budget

KAMLOOPS - Mother Nature can be unpredictable but the City of Kamloops managed to clear the snow without blowing the budget in 2015. It was a year of weirdly unpredictable weather streets and environmental services manager Glen Farrow says. The city spent $100,000 more on contactors during the heavy snowfall of Jan. 4 and 5...

Three areas of Kamloops to stop speeding in

KAMLOOPS – If you can’t police yourself to stop speeding in school zones, the Kamloops RCMP will hand you a hefty fine. “We’ve received numerous complaints of drivers speeding in school zones,” spokesperson Cpl. Cheryl Bush says. The three roads police indicated as “high offender areas” are Parkcrest Avenue, Tranquille Road and Summit Drive. Bush...

Man in custody after firearm complaint

KAMLOOPS - Police have a 19-year-old man in custody after following up on a report of a distraught male with a firearm this afternoon. The incident occurred on the 1800 block of Tranquille around 1:30 p.m. Friday, Feb. 6. Cpl. Cheryl Bush, a spokesperson for the Kamloops RCMP, says the investigation is ongoing because police...

Items left bloodied in break and enter

KAMLOOPS – Monday morning’s break and enter at the Salvation Army Thrift Store will cost the charity more than a window replacement after a suspect cut herself on the glass and bled over several items throughout the store. “Anything with blood had to be disposed of,” Manager Sally Magee says. “You name it she was...

Tragedy and success for rescuers on busy Monday

KAMLOOPS - After two months with only a few calls for service local search and rescue members were called out on three separate searches Monday, including one requiring a rope team to recover the body of Barriere man from a rolled SUV. Kamloops Search Manager Alan Hobler says they were first called out shortly after...

Charges laid in gunstore cross-bow incident

KAMLOOPS – Charges have been laid against a man accused of trying to rob a gun store with a crossbow. According to an RCMP press release on August 11, a man entered the Powder Keg Shooters Supply store on Tranquille road, pointed the crossbow at the store attendant and demanded a gun. While police looked...

RCMP still investigating links to robberies

SUSPECT HAS LENGTHY CRIMINAL HISTORY KAMLOOPS – Police are still trying to determine if the man arrested in connection to a robbery at Shoppers Drug Mart is connected to several other robberies in town. Joseph Welsh, born 1980, has been charged with one count of robbery, two counts of possessing stolen property and four counts...