Jessica Wallace
Pedestrian hit in Costco parking lot
A 67-year-old Kamloops man was hit by a truck in the Costco parking lot last night at about 4 p.m. He was transported to Royal Inland Hospital after sustaining a cut to his head and reporting neck and chest pains. The driver stayed on the scene and told RCMP he was turning left in the...
Prohibited Kamloops driver doesn’t learn his lesson
A prohibited driver who killed a pedestrian in November has been charged again with driving while prohibited. The 62-year-old Kamloops man killed a 66-year-old woman Nov. 21 on Victoria Street and was found leaving the casino parking lot at about midnight last night. The driver faces another charge of driving while prohibited. His Ford pickup...
Organizer of local Idle No More event hopes to draw more diverse crowds
The Idle No More rally held in downtown Kamloops this morning pleased organizers by attracting a crowd of participants. "The turnout was good," says event organizer Lenora Starr. "You're always hoping for more." And by more, she means generating interest past the aboriginal community. There were few non-aboriginal people in attendance. Idle No More rallies,...
Councillor’s Idea sparks more interest than anticipated
An idea by a Kamloops councillor has caught on. Coun. Arjun Singh was pleasantly surprised by the interest in his first Idea Festival to be held Jan. 12 at T.R.U.'s House of Learning. The three-hour public forum about Kamloops ideas is open to residents, but is closed for registration, with 148 people signed up. "I thought...
Second public hearing for councillor’s carriage suite set
A second public hearing for Coun. Donovan Cavers' carriage suite has been set for Jan. 15. Plans to rezone his mother's property at 917 Douglas Street from a single family residential property to include a two-storey, 63 square-meter laneway carriage suite with outdoor parking have taken months. The initial application was denied on Nov. 6...
Kamloops bus driver exonerated by two witnesses
A Kamloops public bus driver who was shown on YouTube allegedly kidnapping two passengers is back at the helm thanks to witnessess who corroborated his account of events. The YouTube video posted Dec. 4 has garnered over 62,000 views, and two who saw it were prompted to take action because they were on the bus at...
Kamloops man lured 13-year-old girl over social networks for sex
A 21-year-old Kamloops man will serve a prison and probation sentence after pleading guilty today in B.C. provincial court to having sex with a 13-year-old girl he lured over the Internet. But according to circumstances relayed in court, it appears he wasn't the only one with a lure. Alexander J. G. Kennedy faced charges of sexual...
Kamloops man killed in Coquihalla Highway crash identified
A Kamloops man killed in a single vehicle accident on the Coquihalla Highway, Jan. 6 has been identified as 44-year-old Stephen Kulinski. Lower Mainland District RCMP reported that he was travelling in a 2006 Suzuki SUV with his 38-year-old wife heading southbound outside Hope, B.C. at the Falls Lake exit when the vehicle lost control....
More snow amounts to more accidents
It's deja vu for Kamloops RCMP every time the snow falls.
RCMP follow snowy scooter tracks in ‘slow speed pursuit’
While many people avoided Kamloops roads this morning after a massive dump of snow, a 70-year-old Ridgeview Lodge resident braved the wintery conditions on his electric scooter. RCMP were made aware of the missing senior after staff from the Desmond Street care facility reported him missing. It's believed he raced off just before 5 a.m. Staff...
Prolific offender gives and gets wakeup call
An unexpected 3:30 a.m. wakeup call for one downtown Kamloops motel guest on Sunday morning led to the arrest of a 27-year-old prolific offender. RCMP Staff Sgt. Grant Learned said a man staying at the Columbia Motor Inn awoke to two masked men at his door before they forced their way into the room. "Nothing...
Norovirus need-to-knows
With outbreaks of the Norovirus in Kamloops and elsewhere throughout the province, Interior Health wants residents to take precautions to prevent further spreading. Interior Health senior medical officer Dr. Andrew Larder says it infects through contact from person to person. "It's a virus that spreads through the faecal oral route. It is spread by that...
Kamloops man struck by train identified
The B.C. Coroners Service confirmed the Kamloops man who was killed by a train on Jan. 3. to be 25-year-old Christopher Scott Hobbs. Hobbs died on the scene at about 4 a.m. after being struck by a wesbound CP Rail train on Pat Road. Foul play has been ruled out by the Coroners office and...
Witness sought in CJ Fowler murder investigation
Four weeks after 16-year-old Hazelton girl CJ Fowler was found murdered in Guerin Creek, Kamloops RCMP are seeking a potential male witness who was smoking in the area at about 7 a.m. the morning her body was discovered. "We need them to come forward," said RCMP Const. Bernie Ward. RCMP have spoken with residents in...
Person killed by train in Dallas; RCMP deem intentional
An unidentified person was hit and killed by a train at about 4:40 a.m. in Dallas. "We had a westbound train approaching the Pat Road crossing," said CP Rail spokesperson Kevin Hyrsak. Hyrsak said the individual was on the tracks and despite whistle sounds by crew members and emergency brakes, the person failed to move...