Cherry Creek

Safer driving on Trans Canada near Cherry Creek with new left-turn lane

KAMLOOPS - Locals, tourists and commercial drivers can now feel safer turning left onto Highway 1 at Gardi Road near Cherry Creek thanks to a newly built left-turn lane. “Left-turn lanes have been proven to reduce collisions by eliminating the conflict between turning and through traffic,” Minister of Transportation Todd Stone said in a media...

Kamloops Rural RCMP deal with two separate vehicle crashes

CHERRY CREEK — Two people were sent to hospital after a collision on Highway 1 and Rodeo Drive near Cherry Creek today, August 26. Aird says three cars travelling in the fast lane were involved in the collision. The first, a blue Honda signalled to turn left. The second car in the chain made a...

Man killed in Cherry Creek crash named

KAMLOOPS - A Savona man is dead after a head-on crash near Cherry Creek on Friday afternoon. The B.C. Coroners Service says Stewart Walter Green, 24, was the lone occupant of a westbound vehicle that crossed the centre line and collided head-on with an eastbound vehicle just east of the Cherry Creek store on Friday,...

Fatal collision along Highway 1 near Cherry Creek

CHERRY CREEK – Tk'Emlups Rural RCMP are at the scene of a fatal vehicle collision west of Kamloops on Highway 1. One person is dead following a head-on collision between two vehicles east of the Cherry Creek store. Highway 1 is completely closed several kilometres west of the Highway 1-Highway 5 interchange. Alternate routes include...

TNRD says recycling services will continue

KAMLOOPS - Recycling pickup is not being offered to Kamloops residents while Emterra Environmental employees strike, but the regional district does not foresee any disruption in recycling services oustide of the city. In a release today, June 23, Jamie Vieira, Manager of Environmental Services for the Thompson-Nicola Regional District, says even though the district uses...

Federal prison for three of four convicted in Cherry Creek break and enter

KAMLOOPS - Four men who stole firearms and cash from a home before running from police in a high speed car chase which prompted an emergency mine closure were sentenced in Kamloops Supreme Court today, May 20. Ellwood Bradbury, 24; Gopal Figueredo, 22; and Anees Mohammed, 23 were sentenced to three years in federal prison...

RCMP investigating potential horse thefts

KAMLOOPS - Rural RCMP officers are investigating suspected horse thefts after responding to calls of fence-cutting in the Cherry Creek area.  Staff Sgt. Doug Aird with the rural detachment says the latest incident was last weekend on April 11. Eight horses escaped through a cut fence at a property on Cactus Road around 9 p.m....

RCMP following lead on fence-cutting suspect in Cherry Creek

KAMLOOPS - RCMP officers are following a report of a female suspect after a series of suspicious fence-cutting incidents.  Staff Sgt. Doug Aird with the rural RCMP detachment says around 10:19 p.m. Monday night, a Cherry Creek resident and a neighbour chased a female lurking on their property. The woman, believed to be the same...

UPDATE: Cat rescued after being stuck on Kamloops hydro pole for days

KAMLOOPS - The Honourable Lord Pumpernickel had been stuck near the top of a hydro pole, likely since Tuesday morning and his owner was getting frustrated no one was willing to help. That is until B.C. Hydro showed up to save the day late Thursday afternoon.  Owner Ashley Diehl believes the nearly two-year-old cat got...

UPDATE: Four suspects arrested in armed robbery

KAMLOOPS – RCMP have now arrested all four suspects near the New Gold mine after responding to an armed robbery call in the Cherry Creek area. Const. Jason Epp, one of 22 officers at the scene says the alleged robbery, believed to be targeted home invasion, took place at a residence along the TransCanada Highway...