Tranquille
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...