Author Archives: Aaron Schulze
One dead after Highway 5A motorcycle crash Saturday night
KAMLOOPS - Kamloops RCMP has confirmed a person died after an apparent motorcycle crash Saturday (June 25) evening.On Highway 5A near Kamloops at 9:49 p.m., a person crashed a motorcycle. One person w...
Jun 26, 2022
A timeline of B.C.'s record-setting extreme heat event in June 2021
Environment Canada heat warnings covered most of British Columbia one year ago as a so-called heat dome settled in and became deadly. The weather office described the heat dome as a strong ridge of hi...
Jun 24, 2022
Trial by fire continues for Lytton, B.C., its residents in limbo, buildings in ruins
LYTTON, B.C. - Denise O'Connor stands on the sidewalk outside her home of 32 years - only the home is gone and so is most of her village and she doesn't live there anymore. "I had a wooden picket fenc...
Jun 24, 2022
Kamloops residents may not see immediate impact if BCGEU begins strike
KAMLOOPS - Members of the British Columbia's General Employees' Union (BCGEU) have voted overwhelmingly in support of striking if negotiations with their employers falls through. More than 33,000 publ...
Jun 23, 2022
Cirque du Soleil's OVO brings a bug's life to Kamloops' Sandman Centre
KAMLOOPS - For the first time in four years, Cirque du Soleil has returned to the Sandman Centre. Its show OVO takes the audience into the life of "human insects."Created in 2009 and launched in Montr...
Jun 23, 2022
Rainfall runoff has peaked; further rises may come from expected summer heat: province
VICTORIA - The province says the impact of heavy rains in the mid-week has made its way through Interior waterways - and all eyes are now trained on the thermometer.In a Thursday afternoon (June 23) b...
Jun 23, 2022
Hunter joins crowded race for Kamloops mayor's chair
KAMLOOPS - The Kamloops mayoral race is getting crowded as a fifth candidate - and third current city councillor - has announced they're running for the city's top seat.Current first-term councillor S...
Jun 23, 2022
Quebec man arrested in Kamloops charged with human trafficking
KAMLOOPS - The man under investigation by Manitoba RCMP, who was arrested in Kamloops Monday (June 20) evening, has been charged with human trafficking.In a news release issued Thursday (June 23) morn...
Jun 23, 2022
Pope Francis' visit to Canada to include stop at residential school
The Vatican has released the program for Pope Francis' trip to Canada next month, which includes visiting the site of a former Alberta residential school with survivors of the institutions. The papal ...
Jun 23, 2022
Flood watch issued for Illecillewaet River near Revelstoke
REVELSTOKE, B.C. - The Illecillewaet River near Revelstoke was the latest Interior waterway put on flood watch by the B.C. River Forecast Centre (BCRFC) Wednesday (June 22) night.In an update by the B...
Jun 23, 2022
