Tag Archives: Crime & Courts
Crown closing claims Kamloops lawyer planned client's murder to avoid financial, legal fraud consequences
VANCOUVER - BC Supreme Court has heard the Crown's theory that former Kamloops lawyer Butch Bagabuyo's act of killing his client was not a spur of the moment killing, but a calculated decision to avoi...
Oct 07, 2025
Kamloops lawyer admits to killing client, claiming manslaughter instead of first-degree murder
VANCOUVER - Closing submissions began Monday (Oct. 6) in BC Supreme Court in Vancouver for the first-degree murder trial of Butch Bagabuyo, a former Kamloops lawyer accused of killing his client, Mohd...
Oct 06, 2025
Fundraisers identify both victims in wrong-way crash on Coquihalla near Kamloops
KAMLOOPS - The two people who were killed in a head-on crash that involved a vehicle driving the wrong way on the Coquihalla near Kamloops have been identified in a pair of online fundraisers. A fundr...
Sep 07, 2025
Former Kamloops lawyer accused of killing client surprises trial, opts out of testifying in his own defence
VANCOUVER - A former Kamloops lawyer accused of killing his client more than three years ago opted not to share his side of the deadly incident in BC Supreme Court in Vancouver on Tuesday (Sept. 2). R...
Sep 02, 2025
Chase RCMP investigated alleged sexual assault at Pritchard-area music festival
PRITCHARD, B.C. - Police in Chase are investigating after a woman said he was drugged and sexually assaulted at the Electric Love music festival near Pritchard.Chase RCMP say they were called by secur...
Aug 28, 2025
Investigation underway after human remains found inside burned vehicle near Kamloops
KAMLOOPS - The RCMP's Southeast District Major Crime Unit is investigating a suspicious death after human remains were discovered in a burned out vehicle Saturday (Aug. 23).The Tk'emlups Rural RCMP wa...
Aug 24, 2025
Into Thin Air - Shannon White | Kamloops Jeep community keeps up search and awareness of friend's disappearance
KAMLOOPS - Shannon White had only lived in Kamloops for a few years but she formed a deep connection amongst the local Jeep off-roading community. Those friends are now keeping her memory alive and ke...
Aug 22, 2025
John Tod Centre break-in a blow to Kamloops Y, Boys and Girls Club
KAMLOOPS - Tuesday morning (Aug. 19), the BC YMCA Kamloops put out posts on social media stating that programming at its John Tod Centre on the North Shore would be cancelled for the day due to a brea...
Aug 19, 2025
Kamloops council expected to resume advocacy for community court in 2026
KAMLOOPS - The push to establish a community court in Kamloops to deal with petty crimes fuelled by mental health and addiction issues is expected to pick up steam again in the new year, after a so-ca...
Aug 11, 2025
Into Thin Air - Dean Morrison, Luke Neville, and Ben Tyner | missing men around BC's Interior
NICOLA VALLEY - BC's Interior region has been the location of interest for a handful of missing persons investigations, all within a few years of each other, though none have ever been officially link...
Aug 08, 2025
