Author Archives: Aaron Schulze
Kamloops MP's bill to change child pornography name reaches senate
OTTAWA - A private member's bill moved by Kamloops-Thompson-Cariboo MP Frank Caputo has reached the senate after unanimously passing third reading. Bill C-291 seeks to change the name of child pornogr...
Feb 01, 2023
Trial in 2019 Cache Creek shooting death to begin Monday
KAMLOOPS - The trial of a man charged in a 2019 murder in Cache Creek will begin Monday (Feb. 6) at the Kamloops courthouse.Corey Harkness is charged with shooting and killing Brock Ledoux on Jan. 14,...
Feb 01, 2023
Trial nears for man charged in 2020 killing of neighbour in downtown Kamloops
KAMLOOPS - Pre-trial proceedings are underway in B.C. Supreme Court for a man charged in a 2020 downtown Kamloops homicide.Jason Michael Holm is charged with second degree murder in the August 1, 2020...
Feb 01, 2023
'We have a lot of work to do to save more lives;' Health officials lament record-breaking overdose death total
KAMLOOPS - Despite the province's efforts to fight the overdose crisis, including Tuesday's (Jan. 31) start of a three-year pilot program to decriminalize illicit drugs, death rates have only gotten h...
Jan 31, 2023
New long-term care standards need investment to create improvement: Lake
KAMLOOPS - The Health Standards Organization has released a long-term care standards report. The organization's report focuses on the delivery of high-quality long-term care services. More than 20,000...
Jan 31, 2023
Investigation underway following report of assault with a weapon; one sent to hospital
KAMLOOPS - A large police presence is visible on Bossert Avenue as officers respond to a weapons assault report."(Today) around 11:35 a.m., multiple Kamloops RCMP frontline officers attended an addres...
Jan 31, 2023
Cash register stolen from Shuswap business
SALMON ARM, B.C. - A cash register was stolen from a Salmon Arm business after it was broken into. On Jan. 19, RCMP received a report of a break and enter into a business on 10th Avenue. A bald, male ...
Jan 31, 2023
'Dangerous' to think B.C.'s decriminalization plan will reduce OD deaths: researcher
VANCOUVER - Decriminalization of people with small amounts of illegal drugs for their own use has become a reality in British Columbia, but substance users and researchers say the change is expected t...
Jan 31, 2023
50 years for Kamloops addiction support centre
KAMLOOPS- It all started 50 years ago when a handful of parents got together to discuss young people in the community using drugs and alcohol. In an attempt to make a difference, the early draft of th...
Jan 30, 2023
Decriminalization a step in the right direction: Kamloops Day One Society
KAMLOOPS- The provincial government's three-year drug decriminalization pilot program begins tomorrow (Jan 31) and the executive director of Day One Society - formerly known as the Kamloops Society fo...
Jan 30, 2023
