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Cpl. Jean-Rene Michaud

One year later: The shooting of a Kamloops police officer

KAMLOOPS - It’s been one year since residents in the Batchelor Heights neighbourhood of Kamloops awoke to the sound of gunfire, only to find out a Mountie was gravely injured and a manhunt was underway. Cpl. Jean-Rene Michaud pulled a white sedan over on the side of the road on Dec. 3, 2014, around 2:45...

Attempted murder charges change for man accused of shooting police officer

KAMLOOPS -  New information has come forward that alleges a man accused of shooting Cpl. Jean-Rene Michaud committed the offense in relation to a criminal organization. In a brief court appearance in Kamloops Provincial Court Thursday morning, Kenneth Michael Knutson, 36, asked to put his bail hearing off for a month while he seeks legal...

RCMP Cpl. Michaud continues recovery, may be home for Christmas

KAMLOOPS - After enduring two surgeries and awaking from an induced coma, Kamloops RCMP Cpl. Jean-René Michaud has been moved out of the intensive care unit at Royal Inland Hospital where he continues to recover. "Our prayers are that he may be able to spend Christmas with his family," Cpl. Cheryl Bush, a spokesperson with...

Words of support in Ottawa for Kamloops RCMP officer shot on the job

KAMLOOPS – The RCMP officer shot and wounded in Kamloops has been praised in the House of Commons. Kamloops-Thompson-Cariboo MP Cathy McLeod rose in the House of Commons Wednesday to speak about the “horrific event” in her riding. Cpl. Jean Michaud continues to recover from the gun shot wound he received on Dec. 3 during...

Knutson arrest opens ‘old wounds’ for family of previous shooting victim

COQUITLAM – Family members of a young Coquitlam man who died from a gunshot wound in 2002 are shaken by news the man who killed him is now implicated in the attempted murder of Kamloops RCMP Cpl. Jean-René Michaud. “My whole family is upset... it will always hurt us,” Will Lesniak says. “It’s a very...