Jessica Wallace
Trial delayed for Kamloops man accused of killing his father
KAMLOOPS - The trial for a Kamloops man accused of killing his father will be postponed so he can find a new lawyer, again. Jaipreet Singh Toor faces one charge of second-degree murder after being arrested in connection with the death of his 79-year-old father, Harsewak Singh Toor, stabbed to death in North Kamloops last...
Kamloops lawyer appointed as new judge
KAMLOOPS - First he was called to the bar, and now he has been called to the bench. Kamloops lawyer Leonard Marchand has been named the newest provincial court judge in Kamloops and will take the bench come September. Marchand was called to the bar in 1995 after graduating from the University of Victoria in...
Young pilot found dead as tragic search ends near Kamloops
KAMLOOPS - A young pilot who went missing after a lone flight on Tuesday morning has been found dead near Cache Creek. Search members found the Single Prop 172 Cessna plane crashed west of Kamloops in the hills near Cache Creek around 6:30 p.m. tonight. It had been missing since Tuesday when the lone pilot...
Victim dealt drugs for accused, wasn’t doing sufficient work; Crown
KAMLOOPS - The Crown says two men accused of robbing a North Kamloops home last year were holding a drug dealer accountable. Trevor Taylor and Kyle Metz each face multiple charges including break and enter and commit an indictable offence, assault with a weapon, two counts of assault causing bodily harm, unlawful confinement or imprisonment...
Man guilty in pool cue assault at Kamloops bar to be sentenced mid-November
KAMLOOPS - A TRU international student found guilty of stabbing another student in the eye with a pool cue at a nightclub last year is expected to be sentenced in November. Yousef Almotairi was found guilty of aggravated assault and assault with a weapon after an incident at Cactus Jacks Nightclub in Kamloops last November....
Have you seen plane marked ‘CFQTR’?
POLICE SEARCHING FOR MISSING PLANE AND YOUNG PILOT KAMLOOPS - Rural RCMP are reporting an overdue plane outside the city taken out by a young pilot this morning. The pilot took the Single Prop 172 Cessna plane out this morning about 10:30 a.m. and failed to return. The Coast Guard Search and Rescue along with...
Search for missing plane and pilot continues
"HE WAS QUALIFIED TO FLY SOLO" KAMLOOPS - The search continues today for a plane and a student pilot who was expected back at the Kamloops Airport nearly 24 hours ago. Captain Pat McSorley of the Rescue Co-ordination Centre in Victoria said the search is being directed by a sighting and radar report. Crews continue...
Crown proves intent; student guilty in pool cue assault case
KAMLOOPS - A Saudi Arabian international student was found guilty yesterday of assaulting another student with a pool cue at a Kamloops nightclub last year. Yousef Almotairi, 26, blamed his lawyer outside of the courtroom after he was found guilty in B.C. Supreme Court for assault and assault with a weapon. Justice Richard Goepel said...
Bridge-jumping illegal and dangerous: RCMP
KAMLOOPS - It's common, it's illegal, it's tough to monitor, and it's dangerous. Kamloops RCMP Const. Bernie Ward says about six or seven reports come in per month in the summer of people jumping off the train bridge between Pioneer Park and Riverside Park. "It's an ongoing problem," Ward says. The bridge is a shunting...
Former councillor charged with fraud, theft and breach of trust
KAMLOOPS - A former Kamloops city councillor and treasurer for the Kamloops Heritage Railway Society is facing multiple charges of fraud, theft and breach of trust following an investigation into the misappropriation of heritage rail funds. Joe Leong faces two counts each of fraud, theft over $5,000 and breach of trust for offences dating to...
“I really trusted Joe — we all did:” former heritage railway president
FORMER PRESIDENT SAYS LEONG ABUSED ACCESS TO PRE-SIGNED CHEQUES KAMLOOPS - Former Kamloops councillor and Kamloops Heritage Railway Society treasurer, Joe Leong, is expected to make his first appearance today in court following charges of theft, fraud and breach of trust. Leong faces multiple charges for two offences dated Feb. 10, 2011 and March 26,...
Lightning sparks fires across Kamloops fire region
KAMLOOPS - Stormy weather may feel like relief with hot and dry weather partly to blame for multiple wildfires ignited in recent weeks — but the lightning that came with it may have made the situation worse. B.C. Wildfire Information Officer Michaela Swan says fire crews have been working around the clock to keep up...
Fire prohibition heading into the long weekend
All campfires will be prohibited across the Kamloops Fire Centre beginning on Thursday. "We've been at a pretty escalated fire danger rating for quite some time now," said Kevin Skrepnek, fire information officer. "This decision was necessary." The areas affected are demonstrated in the map to the left and include Vernon, Penticton and Kelowna as...
Latest Ajax hire calls councillor comments ‘childish’
AJAX HIRES CALLED 'SELLOUTS' BY COUNCILLOR KAMLOOPS - Lawyer John O'Fee is calling the words of a local city councillor 'childish' after being labelled a 'sellout' for providing legal services to KGHM International, operators of the proposed Ajax mine. Coun. Donovan Cavers tweeted this last week: "Lacasse, Koopmans, O'Fee #sellouts." This after Kamloops Daily News editor...
“Forgetting what happened does not mean you didn’t do it:” Prosecutor
JUDGEMENT EXPECTED WEDNESDAY IN POOL-CUE ASSAULT CASE KAMLOOPS - Evidence from the accused in a gruesome assault case being heard in Kamloops Provincial court was called 'silly' and 'convenient' during today's final submissions. "Plain and simple… forgetting what happened does not mean you didn't do it," Crown prosecutor Chris Balison said. The defence claimed 26-year-old...