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Marianas Trench to include Kamloops stop on latest tour
KAMLOOPS - Pop-rock band Marianas Trench plans to make a Kamloops stop at the Sandman Centre on the Never Say Die Tour this April. General public tickets will go on sale Nov. 13. Along with the headlining band will be a performance by guest band Walk Off The Earth. The multi-platinum selling band from Canada will...
Johnny Reid to rock Kamloops’ Sandman Centre this February
KAMLOOPS - Juno award winner and country artist Johnny Reid is set to take the stage at Kamloops’ Sandman Centre this coming February. The What Love Is All About tour is set to highlight Reid’s new album released this month. A dollar from each ticket sold for his tour will go towards buying instruments for...
Checkstops, dead wildlife keep Chase RCMP busy
CHASE - A roadside checkstop near Chase last week kept RCMP busy mid-week, while a variety of other traffic incidents and a break and enter kept officers busy leading up to the checkstop. Investigators are asking for any information relating to a cabin break and enter in Anglemont on Oct. 28. Sgt. Gary Heebner says...
UPDATE: Stabbing at Kamloops Walmart under investigation
KAMLOOPS - Police have a suspect in custody after a loss prevention officer was stabbed at Walmart yesterday evening. The officer attempted to stop a 19-year-old man who left the store without paying, before the suspect stabbed the officer and fled on foot yesterday, Nov. 9, Cpl. Cheryl Bush says in a press release. Bush...
Kamloops horse-owner claims latest scam targets hay market
KAMLOOPS - Since last summer’s drought, hay prices are on the rise and that may have led to a horse-owner and her daughter getting taken by what they call a scam while purchasing hay online. Crystal McKay says late last month, she and her mother put out a call for round hay bails on Kamloops...
Where you can pay your respects for Remembrance Day in Kamloops
KAMLOOPS - Canadians will take a moment of silence this week to honour the veterans and serving members who keep our country protected. Here are the ceremonies and events in Kamloops where you can pay your respects. On Tuesday, Nov. 10, a ceremony is scheduled at Thompson Rivers University's Student Street in the Old Main...
Kamloops man shares his grizzly attack survival story
"WHEN I WAS HIKING OUT, I KEPT SAYING TO MYSELF: 'DON'T PASS OUT. DON'T PASS OUT.'" KAMLOOPS - Local hunter Ralph Smith planned to get the elk he was tagged for when he took his mid-September hunting trip in Sparwood, B.C. He’d seen grizzly bears before, but he wasn’t expecting the violent scenario he ended...
Learn more about what restorative justice is from victims of crime
KAMLOOPS - A national week to commemorate the practice of restorative justice is coming up at Thompson Rivers University, which will host a symposium for participants to teach locals more about it. Restorative justice is a healing approach for victims of crime and conflict, and gains accountability from offenders without vengeance. The approach is a...
Anti-Harper graffiti continues in Kamloops despite Conservative election loss
KAMLOOPS - The election was over more than two weeks ago but taggers in Kamloops either haven't heard or just want to make sure their delayed political message, while sometimes misspelled, is still heard. Anti-Harper graffiti was around before the election started, but according to Graffiti Task Force director Ronnie Bouvier, the tagging has increased...
Kamloops Graffiti Task Force recognized for inclusive workplace
KAMLOOPS - Staff at the Graffiti Task Force headquarters managed to put their rollers down long enough yesterday, Nov. 5, to receive a certificate which recognizes the efforts made to create a inclusive workplace in the city. Task Force director Ronnie Bouvier says she was honoured to receive the workplace diversity and inclusion award from...
Lower Sahali neighbourhood could get a block watch
KAMLOOPS - It wasn’t a crime spree and there was no event to kick-start it, but when Ben Sears found out he could start a block watch in the lower Sahali neighbourhood he figured why not? “Crime was not the inspiration; it’s not like our neighbourhood is plagued by crime,” Sahali Community Association founder Sears...
Merritt woman searching for long lost sister born in Kamloops
KAMLOOPS - Terri Beckett grew up always having cousins she could play with — the same people her two daughters now refer to as aunts and uncles — but she always wanted a sibling. When she was 15 she found out her mother did actually have another child, her baby sister, but had given her up...
Kamloops business owner falls prey to fake B.C. Hydro call
KAMLOOPS - A local business owner says his mother fell prey to a sophisticated phone scam working its way through the Interior. Min Vo owns a nail salon in Sahali and says his mother received a alarming phone call which caused her to panic on Monday, Nov. 2. “They contacted her and were claiming to...
Guilty pleas close 2011 Kamloops schoolyard murder case
KAMLOOPS - Prosecutors are preparing for sentencing instead of trial in a murder case from 2011 after last-minute guilty pleas were entered by two accused in Kamloops Supreme Court yesterday, Nov. 3. Anthony James Scotchman and co-accused Travis Aaron Johnny were both originally charged with first-degree murder in the death of 23-year-old Archie LePretre. LePretre,...
Kamloops winner happy with new tablet after entering InfoNews.ca contest
KAMLOOPS - A local business owner is excited about winning an iPad Air in the latest InfoNews.ca contest. Kristy Thompson entered a ballot at the InfoNews.ca booth during a Kamloops Chamber of Commerce event. She plans to use her new device for marketing events with her company Overtime Apparel and Promotions. Of course, there will...