Jessica Wallace

UPDATE: April 4, 2013 - 4:00 p.m. A WorkSafe B.C. investigation has been launched into the events at a downtown construction worksite that left one man in hospital yesterday afternoon after plummeting 17 feet to the ground. The incident occurred at the new Sandman Signature Hotel on Lorne Street and Third Avenue at about 2:20...

Preliminary inquiry begins today for three police officers and a jail guard all accused of watching two female inmates have sex in a cell on video in 2010. Cpl. Kenneth Brown, Const. Evan Elgee and Const. Stephen Zaharia and civilian jail guard David Tompkins, face one count each of breach of trust. A preliminary inquiry...

By Jessica Wallace Police are investigating the suspicious details of a cardiac arrest that occured early this morning in downtown Kamloops. B.C. Ambulance arrived at the Desert Inn on 7th Avenue and Columbia Street at about 3:40 a.m. to find an unconscious 25-year-old man. A group of people with him left before RCMP arrived on scene....

By Jessica Wallace I better stick to my day job. While hopping behind the wheel of a Kamloops city bus today at the invitation of B.C. Transit to experience what it's like to be a bus driver, I realized - it's every bit as hard as you'd think. Taking the seat and hitting the gas...

By Jessica Wallace Knock, knock, knock. No answer. The McDonald's employee grows impatient, waiting for whoever was locked in the men's washroom at 2:30 a.m. on Saturday night. Another customer was waiting to use it. Knock, knock, knock. The door opens and a man stumbles out.The employee and the waiting man step back, not just...

By Jessica Wallace RCMP are getting a different kind of backup these days. A partnership between the RCMP and Interior Health has resulted in a two-man team operating under the name 'Car 40'. The alias consists of one registered nurse and one RCMP member both with a background in mental health.  They're trained to provide the...

A Penticton youth has been arrested in connection with several stolen ATVs after he was picked up in Kamloops last night by RCMP. The 15-year-old was arrested at about 10:30 p.m. on Sarcee Street West in Kamloops after riding up in a John Deer Gator that was recently reported stolen from a nearby dealership on...

Kamloops residents get a double dose of good news this weekend. Not only is it a long weekend, but Environment Canada is calling for nothing but blue skies and sunshine. Wednesday and Thursday are expected to see some clouds with temperatures of 17 C and 15 C, but it's all up from there. Friday, Saturday...

By Jessica Wallace Nikolina Ruzic describes the garden gnome that once sat in the front yard of her downtown Kamloops home: blue coat, red hat and 'so happy.' She adopted the statue earlier this year when it surprisingly showed up at her new rental property. As her first winter at the residence came to a...

By Jessica Wallace A 14-year-old girl sustained multiple injuries after being hit by a vehicle on a crosswalk last night in Westsyde. "Looks like she had possibly a broken rib, lots of scrapes, cuts and bruises," said Kamloops RCMP Staff Sgt. Grant Learned. "She did take a blow to the head and we're keeping her...

Kamloops' local MP will join a new committee in Ottawa tonight representing indigenous women. Cathy McLeod, MP for Kamloops-Thompson-Cariboo, is expected to join 11 other members in attending the first Special Committee on Indigenous Women held tonight in the House of Commons. The committee was formed to represent indigenous women and girls who have been...

RCMP are awaiting a coroner's report after a body was found yesterday on Skeetchestn Indian Band land outside of Kamloops. RCMP Staff Sgt. Grant Learned could not say exactly where the body was found, when or by whom, but said it was located 'near an old bridge.' He also could not idenfity the body or...

A 35-year-old Kamloops man faces charges of theft and possession of stolen property after copper wire was stolen from a construction site in North Kamloops yesterday afternoon. RCMP apprehended the suspect after reports of a theft from the construction supervisor at the south end of Mayfair Street from Tranquille about 4:40 p.m. Thursday. The supervisor...

By Jessica Wallace If you're leaving a downtown bar and looking for a cab, you needn't look too far. The City of Kamloops is hoping bar patrons will be able to hop into a cab directly outside popular downtown establishments now that designated taxi pickup locations have been moved. Taxi stands are part of ongoing...