CMHA responds to complaints over increased crime along West Victoria Street
KAMLOOPS — Business owners along West Victoria Street have become increasingly frustrated with activities happening around their properties.
“At the back of our building, doing drug deals, shooting up, doing whatever they desire,” said Mindy Sandhu, co-owner of Stereo Warehouse and Sister’s Sleep Gallery. “And, (sister) Nina and I, for being females we don’t even feel safe during the day.”
RCMP say the city experienced a spike in property crime as the COVID-19 pandemic closed businesses across the community, but West Victoria Street was hit particularly hard even before the pandemic.