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Late snow to hit Interior highways this weekend

THOMPSON-OKANAGAN - A spring snow storm is expected to drop up to 10 centimetres of wet snow on Southern Interior highways this weekend. According to Environment Canada, an unseasonably cool frontal system will reach the coast by Friday evening and rain will change to snow over the mountain passes early Saturday morning. So far 5...

Regional Science Fair underway at TRU

KAMLOOPS - This week more than 160 science-loving students from around the Kamloops-Thompson School District and the Cariboo region are competing for a spot in the national fair. Students in Grades 4 to 12 will have their projects on display in the Thompson Rivers University gymnasium Thursday and Friday. They are competing for cash prizes,...

Westsyde development goes to public hearing next week

KAMLOOPS - The fate of a vacant Westsyde property could be in the hands of the public with a public hearing scheduled for next week. The question at hand is whether to rezone 3260 Westsyde Rd. from a commercial space, which it was zoned for in 2011, to residential to make way for a townhouse complex....

Wanted man taken into custody in Kamloops

KAMLOOPS - Several RCMP vehicles swarmed the Uplands Apartments complex Thursday evening and took a man into custody. About half a dozen cop cars were seen on Columbia Street and First Avenue just before 9 p.m. Thursday, April 9. Officers with guns drawn appeared to focus on one unit in the apartment complex. At least...

Kamloops food truck season set to kick off

KAMLOOPS - If the long winter left you craving the street-side dining experience only food trucks can provide you are in luck, food truck season is just around the corner and the city will again be allowing food trucks in the downtown area.  A report, based on the 2014 pilot project, is expected to go...

Superman to stand trial during Kamloops Law Week

KAMLOOPS - If you’ve ever been curious about the city’s courthouse or the players within it, the Canadian Bar Association of B.C.'s Law Week is the chance to learn more. On Wednesday, April 15, members of the public are invited to the Kamloops courthouse where guests can meet representatives from justice agencies like the law...

UPDATE: Missing Kamloops man found

KAMLOOPS – A Kamloops man who went missing on Monday has been found safe and sound today. Robert Isbister, 39, had not been seen or heard from all week, which was out of character for the man according to RCMP. In a news release Friday, April 10, police say Isbister is no longer missing. To...

Police looking for suspect connected to stolen vehicle

UPDATE 9:45 P.M., APRIL 9: Waylon Faulhafer has been taken into custody. KAMLOOPS - Police are asking for the public’s help to locate a man known to possess guns and is suspected of having connections to a stolen vehicle discovered Wednesday night. Cpl. Cheryl Bush, a spokesperson for the Kamloops RCMP, says Mounties attended the Tournament...