Jessica Wallace

About 600 people showed up to a meet and greet event with Justin Trudeau to the Grand Hall at Thompson Rivers University. The Liberal Party of Canada candidate said the political climate in Canada, has left Canadians cynical about politics. "That's not what we need right now," Trudeau said. "What we have to do is...

Kamloops RCMP are requesting help from the public regarding a two-vehicle collision that took place downtown Kamloops, Jan. 13. A red 1998 Suzuki Swift was leaving Royal Inland Hospital exiting onto Third Avenue when it was hit by a grey 2002 Toyota 4Runner travelling through the intersection on Columbia Street. The investigation is ongoing. Anyone...

A Kamloops man was allegedly driving intoxicated when he skidded into a fire hydrant Sunday night despite an interlock system installed in his vehicle. RCMP Staff Sgt. Grant Learned said the 2003 Honda Accord was equipped with a device requiring the 27-year-old to provide a breath sample before driving, as designated by the Superintendent of...

A photo album displayed beside the cash register at the Dollar Barn in Dallas holds photographs of weddings held in Haiti—an unlikely link between the two communities. It's part of a 'Hope for Haiti' missionary project with participants from the Dallas Barnhartvale Baptist Church. One project includes travelling to Haiti and holding mass wedding ceremonies where...

A public hearing set for mid-January regarding medical marijuana grow-op zoning in Kamloops was postponed Tuesday after new information from the federal government regarding proposed marijuana medical purposes regulations. "We have to keep in mind that when staff first brought this forward, staff were trying to be proactive," said Mayor Peter Milobar. "Since that time,...

Federal leadership candidates for the Liberal Party of Canada are expected to visit Kamloops next week on speaking tours. Justin Trudeau, son of the late Liberal prime minster Pierre Trudeau, will attend a meet and greet in the Campus Activity Centre's Grand Hall at Thompson Rivers University, 900 McGill Road, on Jan. 21 from 5:30...

Grandmothers may have been inadvertently promoting graffiti for years. Yarn bombing, crocheted or knitted garments sewn around objects, has become popular throughout the world and will be featured on Victoria Street this summer in conjunction with the B.C. Seniors Games. "This is a mass public art project," said Marlaina Buch, education and public programs coordinator...

A new online application allows transit users to map their routes for free, but the City is forking over $29,000 for new bus stop signs to help promote it. Kamloops city councillors voted on Tuesday to install the new signage throughout the city. The decision came after an announcement Jan. 7 that the Google Maps...

Kamloops city councillors have work to do now that the tax rate increase has nearly doubled since the preliminary rate was set in December. Early projections for the 2013 tax rate in May 2012 expected a 5 per cent increase. That changed in December when some capital expenditures were inferred and the preliminary tax rate...

It may be a new year, but it's the same issues at city hall.

Mayor Peter Milobar and three city councillors will finally get a private meeting today with the company behind the proposed gold and copper mine in Kamloops. KGHM International requested the meeting with council and the Thompson Nicola Regional District. The Ajax mine has been controversial and under public scruitiny for its vicinity within the Kamloops...

The intention was for a safe ride home. It's why an 18-year-old Kamloops man got behind the wheel of a Jeep Cherokee despite breaking restrictions on his driver's license. He was the designated driver. But despite seemingly good intentions, the driver crashed into a North Kamloops home at about 2:30 a.m., Sunday. He hit the...

Two open-house information sessions will be held this week regarding a proposed open-pit copper/gold mine causing a stir in Kamloops. "We're introducing the town of Kamloops to the KGHM International team," said Normon Thompson, community relations manager for the KGHM International Ajax copper and gold project. The company took over the project from Abacus Mining...

B.C. Coroners Service have confirmed the identity of a 61-year-old Kamloops man who died in a snowmobiling accident near Valemont Jan. 8. His name is Richard Allan McDonald. McDonald was pronounced dead the next day after he went snowmobiling along the clearing between the roadway and tree line on Highway 5 near Valemont. He was taken...