Author Archives: Aaron Schulze
'We're people too': Canada's homeless population is aging, changing how shelters run
VANCOUVER - Seventy-one-year-old Roger Oake sat on a bench outside the Union Gospel Mission shelter in Vancouver's Downtown Eastside after breakfast. He had been sleeping at the shelter for about a mo...
Jun 06, 2025
Two pediatric patients transferred to Kamloops amid Kelowna pediatric department closure
KAMLOOPS - The multi-week closure of the pediatric department at Kelowna General Hospital is sending children in need of a hospital stay elsewhere, including Royal Inland Hospital in Kamloops. Accordi...
Jun 05, 2025
'Not receiving the value'; Kamloops Chamber cites cost-saving in decision to cut ties with BC Chamber
KAMLOOPS - The Kamloops and District Chamber of Commerce says its decision to not renew its membership with the BC Chamber of Commerce isn't related to 'bad blood', but simply boiled down to a matter ...
Jun 05, 2025
Several Kamloops-area programs getting funding from B.C. Civil Forfeiture Grant program
KAMLOOPS - The B.C. government says a number of initiatives in the Kamloops area will benefit from a provincial grant that is aimed at preventing crime, advancing healing and enhancing public safety.T...
Jun 05, 2025
Canada Post union files labour practices complaint
OTTAWA - The Canadian Union of Postal Workers says it has filed an unfair labour practice complaint against Canada Post related to ongoing contract bargaining. The union alleges in the complaint that ...
Jun 05, 2025
UPDATE: R.W. Bruhn Bridge in Sicamous reopens after rockslide
SICAMOUS, B.C. - (UPDATE 3:15 p.m.): DriveBC says the Trans-Canada Highway at the R.W. Bruhn Bridge in Sicamous has reopened after a rockslide. It first reported of the closure around 2:30 a.m. Thursd...
Jun 05, 2025
Jury in Carson Crescent stabbing spree trial played video, audio evidence from RCMP on third day of trial
KAMLOOPS - The murder trial of Michael Wayne Palmer extended into day three of the scheduled five-week proceeding on Wednesday (June 4), with the Crown calling a pair of Kamloops RCMP officers to the ...
Jun 04, 2025
Bloodstain pattern analysis expert testifies in murder trial for former Kamloops lawyer accused of killing client
VANCOUVER - An expert in bloodstain pattern analysis testified out of BC Supreme Court in Vancouver Wednesday (June 4) in the first-degree murder trial of a Kamloops lawyer accused in the death of his...
Jun 04, 2025
DASHCAM VIDEO: Unable to stop, semi slams into minivan near Revelstoke
REVELSTOKE, B.C. - Dramatic dashcam video posted to social media Wednesday (June 4) shows a violent rear-end collision between a commercial truck and a minivan.WATCH: (Video Credit: Facebook / Skilled...
Jun 04, 2025
Elks-Lions game features first CFL opening-week meeting of Canadian quarterbacks
It will be a historic CFL first Saturday night in Vancouver. The B.C. Lions will host the Edmonton Elks at B.C. Place in the season opener for both teams. This will mark the first opening week featuri...
Jun 04, 2025
