Author Archives: Aaron Schulze
ROTHENBURGER: Like dog turds in spring, graffiti has made its annual appearance
AS SURE AS the melting snow reveals crocuses and dog turds, graffiti is once again sprouting in Kamloops. It's spring. Unlike the diminutive crocus, which symbolizes rebirth and new beginnings, graffi...
Mar 24, 2022
Legacy and language around masks will be debated long after pandemic recedes: experts
VANCOUVER - First, we didn't have enough masks to protect us against COVID-19, then we all needed to wear them. Then we didn't, then we did again. There were fights, criminal charges and protests over...
Mar 24, 2022
Longtime Sun Peaks Mayor Al Raine will not seek re-election in the fall
SUN PEAKS, B.C. - The first and only mayor Sun Peaks has ever had says he will not be seeking re-election come October. Al Raine has been the mayor of Sun Peaks since it became a municipality in 2010....
Mar 23, 2022
Power outage affects 6,000 from Kamloops to Valemount
UPDATE (5 a.m. Thursday): More than 3,000 customers living along the North Thompson corridor remain without power early Thursday (March 24) morning. BC Hydro said late Wednesday night that the 3,229 c...
Mar 23, 2022
Kamloops businesses say new fossil fuel PST will punish residents purchasing new gas furnaces, fireplaces
KAMLOOPS - Gas fireplaces and furnaces are as common in Kamloops as anywhere. It's the cheapest option to keep your place warm. However, the province is trying to shift the use of gas fireplaces and f...
Mar 23, 2022
Kamloops man reported missing believed to be victim of homicide in Dufferin body discovery
KAMLOOPS - A 60-year-old man last heard from on March 11 is believed to be the victim of a homicide after his body was discovered in Dufferin Thursday (March 17) evening.After an autopsy on Tuesday (M...
Mar 23, 2022
Daughter-in-law died: Calgary man warns of rockfall on Trans-Canada Highway in B.C.
CALGARY - Alan Tennant and his wife, Rona, were driving on the Trans-Canada Highway through the Rocky Mountains earlier this month when the unthinkable happened. The two were on their way to Golden, B...
Mar 23, 2022
City of Kamloops solicits designs for new Chain of Office
KAMLOOPS - The City of Kamloops will get a new mayor later this year - and hopes to get the new mayor some new bling.The mayor's Chain of Office was stolen last September when thieves broke into Kamlo...
Mar 22, 2022
Auto wrecking yard and properties in 16 Mile area engulfed in flames over the weekend
CACHE CREEK, B.C. - Ashcroft RCMP say they responded to a fire at an auto wrecking yard in the 16 Mile area north of Cache Creek Sunday (March 20) evening.While the main residence on the property wasn...
Mar 22, 2022
Early Tuesday morning power outage in Valleyview
UPDATE (7 a.m.): BC Hydro estimates that power will be fully restored at 8 a.m. Tuesday. The electric utility's outage map says fewer than five customers are now affected by the outage caused by an eq...
Mar 22, 2022
