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RCMP reunite missing dog with family
KAMLOOPS - Saundra Potter didn’t expect to come home without a dog when she took a family trip to Kelowna to run an errand. Potter and her three children left their dog Bailey in the back of her truck with a blanket, food and water when they entered a store to grab barbecue supplies last...
TRENDING NOW: Film about B.C. town inspired by ‘Nightcrawler’
The B.C. filmmaker was inspired by the movie Nightcrawler, which showed a cool bird's eye view of Los Angeles. He decided to try the same camera techniques as seen in the movie. See just how abandoned a small city can look in the middle of the night. %%embed1%%
TRENDING NOW: What it takes to become a Magic Mike fangirl
Conan O'Brien decided to hop on the Magic Mike fangirl bandwagon by crashing a girl's night to celebrate the sequel release. Watch him take part in dinner, drinks, hilarity and a glowstick party on today's Trending Now. %%Embed1%%
Cause of Kamloops apartment fire unknown
KAMLOOPS - A fire that ripped through a Sahali apartment building Sunday is still under investigation. Investigators with Kamloops Fire Rescue are working to determine the cause of a fire at 44 Whiteshield Cres. Dispatch received the call around 6:30 a.m. yesterday, July 5, to attend the Woodlane Manor apartment complex. Firefighters evacuated all residents...
Kamloops designer sets off on new chapter, bids farewell to city’s fashion scene
KAMLOOPS - The city is losing its best-known fashion designer to Toronto. Quinn Collier, owner of QTC designs, staged his final fashion show at Hotel 540 on June 28 to a crowd of white-clad spectators — mainly friends and family — who supported him in his six-year quest to become a fashion designer. “Lots of...
The blue piano of downtown Kamloops silenced by vandal
KAMLOOPS - The blue public piano in downtown Kamloops has gone silent after a vandal destroyed it this week. Members of the Downtown Kamloops Association are looking for someone to remove the city’s blue piano after it was destroyed yesterday, July 2. Jackie Rechenmacher, a team leader with the association says members witnessed a man...
City extends state of emergency after flash flooding
KAMLOOPS - The city applied to lengthen the state of emergency order on the Oak Dale trailer park area today, July 3, to give city workers more time to fix landscaping and drainage areas. The city declared the order after flash flooding ran through the trailer park on June 30. The water, which cascaded from...
TRENDING NOW: Ready for the close up
Sometimes the cat just wants to be the focus of the attention. Especially when you can do something it can’t. Watch this kitty steal the limelight at a very opportune time in today’s Trending Now. Do your pets ever try to steal the show? %%embed1%%
TRENDING NOW: Telling your kids about gay marriage
Following the controversial Supreme Court ruling on gay marriage, late night host Jimmy Kimmel took to the streets to see what kids had to say about it. Some kids shared their opinions on marriage in general, including the best time to get married and how old you should be. See what they had to say...
Residents in flooded Westsyde mobile home park remain upbeat
KAMLOOPS - A construction team sweeps debris from Westsyde Road as residents of the nearby Oak Dale trailer park return home to survey the damage, throw away perishables and connect with neighbours after a flash flood tore through the neighbourhood earlier this week. On Tuesday, June 30, Emergency crews evacuated about 60 homes after a...
‘Sheer brutality’ earns killer who stabbed friend 12 years
RECEIVES SAME SENTENCE AS LAST TRIAL KAMLOOPS - A convicted killer could be back out in the community in roughly five years’ time after he was handed his sentence today, June 30, for his 'sheer brutality' in the 2008 murder of a Lytton man. Kamloops Supreme Court Justice Dev Dley handed Cory Bird, 27, the...
Judge hands three-month curfew for jealous attack
KAMLOOPS - A woman who assaulted her ex-husband’s new girlfriend in a jealous rage will have no criminal record after a Kamloops provincial judge decided to absolve her of the assault charge earlier this month. Instead of a criminal penalty, Michelle Prevost, who pleaded guilty to the assault, faces a one-year probation period where she...
Kamloops mounties keeping an eye out on Canada Day
KAMLOOPS - As you plan to enjoy your Canada Day celebrations, remember to decide how to get home safe ahead of time; RCMP is on the watch for impaired drivers among other criminal violations. Cpl. Cheryl Bush, a spokesperson for the Kamloops RCMP, says a full complement of officers will be at Riverside Park tomorrow,...
Man with warrants flees from police, spends night on Pritchard Bridge
PRITCHARD - It was a long shift for Chase RCMP members who spent their night watching a runaway man with warrants for his arrest stand on a bridge over rushing water in Pritchard. Const. Jonathan Spooner says the man fled from police at a beach yesterday afternoon, June 28. “A Chase officer noted the man...
Local university develops international partnership in Mexico
KAMLOOPS - Representatives from Thompson Rivers University’s international department made a formal agreement with a Mexican university this month to provide students at both institutions more opportunities for research and exchange. Baihua Chadwick, the associate vice present and CEO of TRU World Global Operations was in Acapulco June 16 to join Dr. Javier Saldaña from...