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Kmjan2016
Buffalo hide produced by B.C. rancher featured in latest Leonardo DiCaprio film
70 MILE HOUSE - A buffalo farmer in the B.C. Interior has become famous in his own right after Hollywood star Leonardo DiCaprio showcased one of the hides made by at his ranch in the recently released film The Revenant. “It’s just great. I put so much work and labour and love into this stuff,”...
Faculty agrees to private mediation with university in wake of strike notice
KAMLOOPS - A private mediator will be brought in to help settle a nearly year-long labour dispute between faculty and administration at Thompson Rivers University. Faculty at the university agreed to private mediation with school administrators following a 72-hour strike notice that was delivered yesterday morning, Jan. 11. While the TRU Faculty Association have taken...
Walsh to take another run at saving former Kamloops Daily News building
KAMLOOPS - After a confusing meeting back in December that left Coun. Denis Walsh frustrated by his own mistake, he plans on bringing the issue of saving the former Kamloops Daily News building back to council next week. Walsh announced in a news release he once again plans to ask council to rescind his own...
Winter tick season is a thing, check your pets: Kamloops SPCA
KAMLOOPS - While ticks are a rarity in the winter time, officials at the Kamloops SPCA branch are advising pet owners to check their animals year-round after a cat with nine live ticks was recently surrendered. Valerie Wilson says the cat came from a farm in Barriere where it lived in a chicken coop. While...
Salmon Arm RCMP want your help finding stolen truck
SALMON ARM - Police are on the lookout for a stolen pickup truck and could use your help. Salmon Arm Staff Sgt. Scott West says the 2007 black GMC Sierra truck with Alberta plates EKS767 was stolen from a parking lot on Jan. 10 at 10 a.m. in the 2400 block of the Trans Canada...
Snowfall warning for Coquihalla Highway
THOMPSON-OKANAGAN - While temperatures continue to warm up in town, a system is expected to drop enough snow on area highways today to prompt a snowfall warning for at least one section of highway. Environment Canada has issued a snowfall warning for the Coquihalla Highway from Hope to Merritt, where up to 25 centimetres of...
Crown appealing judge’s decision to toss evidence from Kamloops gun-bust case
KAMLOOPS - The criminal justice branch is appealing a recent decision from a Kamloops Supreme Court justice after all the evidence collected against a man was tossed from trial due to Charter violations. Justice Hope Hyslop tossed the case against accused Charles Patrick in December, 2015 after determining Kamloops RCMP made mistakes while arresting the...
Kamloops court to decide whether pedophile should be declared dangerous offender
KAMLOOPS - A Kamloops Supreme Court Justice will determine if a man with a history of sexually molesting children across the province will face an indefinite jail term as a dangerous offender. The man - whose name and locations of his offences cannot be published due to a court order protecting his victim’s identities -...
Ashcroft murder trial to resume this spring after lengthy delay
KAMLOOPS - A man accused of murdering his uncle will return to court this spring for his trial to continue after it was adjourned indefinitely last summer. Shane Takeshi Gyoba is charged with second degree murder after his uncle Ed Gyoba died from blunt force trauma in the backyard of the home they shared in...
Accused in 2009 sex assault case in Kamloops to face trial this summer
KAMLOOPS - The accused in a sex assault case that went cold for years will face trial in Kamloops Supreme Court this summer. Taylor James Howard Matchett, who is charged with sexual assault involving a weapon and use of an imitation firearm in the commission of an offence, will face a judge and jury this...
Kamloops man convicted of manslaughter, arson to get psychiatric tests
KAMLOOPS - A Kamloops Supreme Court justice ordered a psychiatric assessment for a local man convicted of arson and manslaughter to determine if he is eligible to be declared a dangerous offender. Last November, a jury convicted David Peter Gordon of two counts of arson which caused the death of his house guest Cheryl William...
Investigation underway into death at Kamloops business
KAMLOOPS – A lot of questions remain unanswered following the death of a person at a Kamloops business this morning. RCMP were called to a sudden death at Inland Glass and Aluminum on Kryczka Place just after 8 a.m., Jan. 11. Police say in a media release the death is not suspicious and they have...
Faculty at TRU issue strike notice
KAMLOOPS – The union representing faculty at Thompson Rivers University have issued 72-hour strike notice this morning. The 650 instructors, librarians, counsellors, educational coordinators, and learning specialists on campuses in Kamloops and Williams Lake are prepared to walk off the job on Thursday, Jan. 14 as part of their labour dispute with the university, according...
Temperate week ahead for Kamloops
KAMLOOPS - We can expect temperatures to hover around the freezing mark this week, with temperatures expected to be at or near seasonal normal temperatures in Kamloops. Environment Canada is calling for daytime high temperatures to be at or just below 0 Celsius this week, with overnight lows expected to reach between -2 C and...
Kamloops gas prices among the cheapest in B.C.
KAMLOOPS - If you’ve been tracking the gas prices in Kamloops you know they go up and down, and on a regular basis, and this week we are back below $1 per litre, about 13 cents below where we were a week ago, and right where we were a year ago. BCgasprices.com, a consumer-driven gas...