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POLICE – One dead, three others injured in Carson Crescent stabbing

March 29, 2020 // 0 Comments

One man is dead and three others injured in a stabbing Saturday night (March 28, 2020). RCMP answered a 911 call to an apartment complex on Carson Crescent at 11:32 p.m. [Continue]

POLICE – Gun pointing incident at Lorne Street home being investigated

March 22, 2020 // 0 Comments

A 36-year-old Kamloops man was being sought Sunday afternoon (March 22, 2020) after a gun-pointing incident at a home on Lorne Street. RCMP said the incident occurred about [Continue]

POLICE – Man charged with attempted murder in liquor store robbery

March 20, 2020 // 0 Comments

A suspect was arrested and charged today (March 20, 2020) in connection with a liquor store robbery in which an employee was slashed with a knife. The robbery took place at [Continue]

POLICE – Man slashes U District liquor store employee, escapes with cash

March 19, 2020 // 0 Comments

A liquor store employee was slashed with a knife during a robbery today (March 19, 2020). At 12:25 p.m. a man entered the U District Liquor Store in the 700 block of McGill [Continue]

EDITORIAL – Once again, a surveillance camera flunks the focus test

March 2, 2020 // 2 Comments

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. DID YOU HEAR THE ONE about the guy who walks into a store, smashes a glass case and runs away with $20,000 worth of jewelry? And did you see [Continue]

POLICE – Thief smashes glass case in Aberdeen Mall store, grabs jewellery

February 27, 2020 // 0 Comments

Kamloops RCMP are asking for the public’s assistance in identifying a suspect who stole items from a jewellery store in Aberdeen Mall. Yesterday (Feb. 26, 2020) at 1 p.m. a [Continue]

POLICE – Man, two children killed in single-vehicle crash on Highway 5A

February 24, 2020 // 1 Comment

UPDATE: Kamloops RCMP today said that “after further confirmation from health officials,” one of the children (aged five, not six as police earlier reported) [Continue]

POLICE – Two injured when their vehicle collides with truck trailer

February 19, 2020 // 0 Comments

Two people were taken to hospital today (Feb. 19, 2020) after a serious motor vehicle collision on Highway 1 near the Copperhead Road exit. The accident happened about 2 a.m. [Continue]

POLICE – Suspect in custody after stabbing on Rogers Place

February 17, 2020 // 0 Comments

A suspect is in custody after a stabbing on Rogers Place on Sunday night (Feb. 16, 2020). Kamloops RCMP say a group of people were standing in the 1800 block of Rogers Place [Continue]

POLICE – Suspect arrested after cash and ciggies robbed from gas station

February 16, 2020 // 0 Comments

Police arrested a suspect Saturday night (Feb. 15, 2020) after a gas-station robbery. At about 8:40 p.m., Kamloops RCMP received a report of a robbery that had just occurred [Continue]

POLICE – Remains found on Salish Road identified as those of Richard Jules

February 5, 2020 // 0 Comments

The remains of missing person Richard Jules have been located. Kamloops RCMP said today (Feb. 5, 2020) a resident found human remains last Saturday on Salish Road on the [Continue]

POLICE – Man sought after fire breaks out in hotel room

January 30, 2020 // 0 Comments

Kamloops RCMP are investigating a hotel room fire that broke out at about 8 a.m. today (January 30, 2020). According to witnesses, they could smell smoke at the Travelodge on [Continue]

POLICE – Pickup smacks BC Transit bus in intersection of Seymour and Sixth

January 24, 2020 // 0 Comments

Passengers in a City bus escaped injury but the driver was taken to Royal Inland Hospital today (Jan. 24, 2020) after the bus was hit by a pickup truck at the intersection of [Continue]

EDITORIAL – The good, the bad and the tragic of this winter storm

January 13, 2020 // 2 Comments

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. A FEW THOUGHTS on the nasty storm that descended upon us Sunday. The good news is that most people seemed to take it seriously and heed [Continue]