POLICE – RCMP thank wanted man for revealing his location
Jessie Dean Kowalchuk was in a Kamloops courtroom today to face charges in three separate files from 2015. In December, 2018 Kamloops RCMP released Kowalchuk’s photo to [Continue]
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HEIGHTON – Road is long and winding on street issues, not insurmountable
By JEREMY HEIGHTON Executive Director, North Shore BIA THIS PAST WEEK, I and Bryce Herman, our President, attended the annual Business Improvement Association of B.C. [Continue]
POLICE – Suspect arrested and charged in connection with street robbery
A 21-year-old Kamloops man is facing one charge of robbery. The man was arrested Monday in connection with an early morning incident April 19. A man was walking by himself [Continue]
EDITORIAL – No need for police to be defensive about investigations
An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. THE KAMLOOPS RCMP DETACHMENT has been having some embarrassing moments. The tragic drowning death of a 23-year-old international student in [Continue]
POLICE – Body of missing TRU student recovered from North Thompson River
The body of a missing student was recovered from the North Thompson River today (May 4, 2019). The RCMP Underwater Recovery Team searched the area along Schubert Drive where [Continue]
POLICE – Man goes missing after being swept away in N. Thompson River
UPATE: Police now say they’ve learned the man was wearing a striped maroon and green sweater, not a red one, and jeans. Kamloops RCMP are asking for the public’s [Continue]
POLICE – Suspect in Seymour Street West hit-and-run dies; case closed
A suspect who may have been at the wheel when a pedestrian was killed on Seymour Street West last October has died, Kamloops RCMP said today (May 3, 2019). The hit and run [Continue]
POLICE – Snowmobiler succumbs to injuries in crash at Sun Peaks
SUN PEAKS – A 28-year-old snowmobiler died Saturday (April 20, 2019) after suffering serious injuries in a crash during the Western Canadian Hillcross Tour at Sun [Continue]
POLICE – Alleged jewelry thief hits pedestrian with vehicle
Kamloops RCMP are asking for the public’s assistance in identifying a vehicle that was used in a jewellery theft from a retailer and then, later in the day, hit a woman in [Continue]
FIRE – Two suspicious early morning house fires being investigated by police
Kamloops RCMP are investigating two suspicious residential fires that occurred early Sunday morning. At 2:08 a.m. on March 24, officers and Kamloops Fire Rescue attended a [Continue]
LETTER – RCMP question accuracy of newspaper series on gang violence
Kamloops This Week has released a series of articles in which it is claimed that “justice and law-enforcement officials – police officers and others” have [Continue]
POLICE – One murder suspect arrested, second still being sought
Hugh Alexander McIntosh was arrested today (Feb. 26, 2019) in Langley without incident, RCMP say. McIntosh was wanted for the murder of Jason Glover, which occurred on Feb. [Continue]
POLICE – Westsyde Road re-opened after being closed overnight by accident
UPDATE: RCMP say the crash on Westsyde Road at McQueen Drive on Sunday night involved a Toyota Corolla that was travelling southbound when it crossed the centre line and [Continue]
PETERS – We need a new approach to drug trade before more bystanders die
ALMOST EXACTLY A MONTH AGO, we asked in this space why we can’t have a nice, peaceful drug trade. This was just a few days after a double homicide RCMP told us was [Continue]
