Glynn Brothen
Police Judo set to kick off in Kamloops
KAMLOOPS - A new martial arts program aims at making the streets safer for both law enforcement officials and suspects being taken into custody. Police Judo is a recreational fitness training program that combines the martial art of judo and police control techniques. Started 20 years ago by a Vancouver Police Department Inspector, the judo...
Hidden behind the walls: A note from ’85 warns Kamloops couple about shoddy construction
EXPLICIT LANGUAGE WARNING KAMLOOPS - A Kamloops couple is living the ‘home is where the heart is’ adage after buying a house full of problems this year. Bob Moreau told his soon-to-be wife Tokla to pick a house she loved. His only request was a garage. She scanned the city for the best place to...
ELECTION 2015: Harper to visit Kamloops next week
KAMLOOPS - Prime Minister Stephen Harper is tentatively scheduled to come to Kamloops next week. The Conservative Party of Canada is releasing limited information, but a spokesperson confirmed the Conservative leader will be in the region on Monday, Sept. 14. Details on if and when an event is to take place will be confirmed 24...
SNELSON TRIAL: Killer’s sentence depends on finding of sexual assault argument
KAMLOOPS —It’s been almost 22 years since the night Neil Snelson killed college student Jennifer Cusworth after a party in Kelowna in 1993 and now Cusworth's family has one week left to find out how long he'll spend in prison. The 19-year-old Cusworth was found dead in a ditch on Swamp Road in Kelowna in...
SNELSON TRIAL: Kelowna Killer to be sentenced (again) for 1993 manslaughter of college student
KAMLOOPS - A Kelowna man who killed a female party guest in 1993 is due back in court today, Sept. 10, to be sentenced for manslaughter. In June, a Kamloops jury convicted Neil George Snelson of manslaughter in the death of Jennifer Cusworth. The 19-year-old's body was found in a ditch on Kelowna's Swamp...
This Kamloops man got a conditional sentence for his 52nd conviction; not so lucky on 53rd
BROKE INTO A RURAL HOME THE FIRST DAY UNDER HOUSE ARREST KAMLOOPS — A man caught red-handed for a break and enter just one day after he was sentenced to house arrest for a previous conviction will now spend the next four years in prison after a judge’s decision today, Sept. 8. Jason Aran Martin,...
Man who deceived police, courts with fake name guilty of obstruction
KAMLOOPS - A man who told police and the court a different name than his own got away with it for a period of time, but it finally caught up with him when he was convicted of obstructing justice last week in Kamloops Supreme Court. During a street check in 2013 Eric Bradley Charlie, 31,...
Hilarious, full contact soccer to hit Kamloops
KAMLOOPS - A brand new, full-contact sport has arrived in the Tournament Capital. B.C. Bubble Soccer is bringing what are essentially human bubblewraps to Kamloops to add more contact to the traditional game of soccer, but also to changeup schoolyard games from red rover and gauntlet, to prison break and more. "It's a very intense,...
ELECTION 2015: Conservative Cathy McLeod seeks re-election in Kamloops
KAMLOOPS - Cathy McLeod is not only the incumbent in the race to be the MP for Kamloops-Thompson-Cariboo, but she is also a wife, mother and a former nurse. With grown children, over 30 years of her marriage to husband Gord, a masters degree and seven years under her belt as a member of parliament,...
ELECTION 2015: RCMP investigate Kamloops campaign sign vandalism
KAMLOOPS - The Conservatives, Liberals and New Democratic Party are being targetted by election sign vandals in Kamloops and the RCMP have launched an investigation. Many of the large party signs across the city's south shore were flattened over the last two nights. Cathy McLeod, the riding’s Conservative candidate, says because of the weight of...
UPDATE: Kamloops woman located
UPDATE: 7:09 P.M., SEPT. 3, 2015 RCMP say Rhonda Johnson has been located and is back with her family. 3:05 P.M., SEPT. 3, 2015 KAMLOOPS - A woman has been reported missing after she didn't return home from a walk to the store yesterday. RCMP is asking for the public’s help in locating a Rhonda...
UPDATE: Teen spotted in Kamloops located
UPDATE: 7:05 P.M., SEPT. 3, 2015 RCMP say Hayley Haines has been located. 3:08 P.M., SEPT. 3, 2015 KAMLOOPS - A girl who was reported missing on the weekend was spotted downtown yesterday and RCMP are asking for help in locating her. Hayley Haines, 18, was reported missing Aug. 29 but was sighted in the...
Dog still missing after fire destroys Barnhartvale house
KAMLOOPS - A Barnhartvale couple who lost their dog Aurora and all their possessions in a fire last month continue to search the streets of Kamloops for their only memory of home, their other dog Jasmine. Janelle Andrews and her partner Cory Lien came home to see friends try to douse the flames at their...
Local designer and Mrs. Universe to bring First Nations fashion with a message to Kamloops
KAMLOOPS — Not every fashion show carries a message beyond today's trends, but the next show in Kamloops hopes to communicate a larger issue to those who attend. Nadine Spence, an aboriginal clothing designer from Spences Bridge, is dedicating her latest show to raise money and awareness for Aboriginal missing and murdered women and children....
Get your hands on these Kamloops firefighters
ANNUAL FUNDRAISING CALENDAR ON SALE NOW KAMLOOPS - As fall begins and the year winds down, local firefighters already have next year top of mind with the release of the Kamloops Firefighter's Charitable Society 2016 calendar. Cory Poirier, a local firefighter and coordinator for the project, says this year the society went with a different photographer...