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RCMP looking for person of interest after series of downtown Kamloops dumpster fires
KAMLOOPS - Police in Kamloops are looking for a person of interest connected to an arson investigation from last week that they say may be linked to others downtown.Kamloops RCMP say officers responde...
Victor Kaisar Jun 09, 2025

Bagabuyo trial: Abdullah was stabbed to death, says forensic pathologist
VANCOUVER - Former Thompson Rivers University lecturer Mohd Abdullah was stabbed to death, according to forensic pathologist Dr. Farshaad Bilimoria. Bilimoria testified in B.C. Supreme Court on Friday...
Jun 06, 2025

TRU volleyball crash legal proceedings again delayed as driver accused searches for legal representation
KAMLOOPS - The driver involved in the fatal 2023 crash along McGill Road that killed a TRU WolfPack athlete and injured two others was back in a Kamloops courtroom Thursday (June 5) morning. Colval Ab...
Victor Kaisar Jun 05, 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...
Aaron Schulze Jun 04, 2025

Bagabuyo murder trial continues with meticulous detailing of items seized during initial police investigation
VANCOUVER - A lengthy first-degree murder trial for a former Kamloops lawyer accused of killing his client resumed this week out of Vancouver Criminal Law Courts. Rogelio 'Butch' Bagabuyo is charged i...
Aaron Schulze Jun 02, 2025

Kamloops RCMP, ERT searching Sifton Avenue property
KAMLOOPS - A visible police presence spent part of Tuesday (May 20) raiding a home in an Aberdeen neighbourhood. In an email, Cpl. Crystal Evelyn says the Kamloops detachment's Crime Reduction Unit, a...
Victor Kaisar May 20, 2025

RCMP say illegal cigarettes, cannabis seized during Tuesday raids at three Tk'emlups properties
KAMLOOPS - Kamloops RCMP say they seized illegal cigarettes and cannabis as well as an undisclosed amount of money after a raid on three properties on Tk'emlups te Secwepemc Tuesday (May 13) morning.I...
Victor Kaisar May 15, 2025

'I've had enough, Butch': Recording of heated conversation highlights tension between Kamloops murder victim, lawyer
KAMLOOPS - The first-degree murder trial for former Kamloops lawyer Rogelio 'Butch' Bagabuyo accused in the death of his client, Mohd Abdullah, saw witness testimony Monday (May 12) from the victim's ...
Victor Kaisar May 12, 2025

RCMP seeking witnesses to determine 'exact cause' of Saturday crash near Rayleigh
KAMLOOPS - (UPDATE May 12, 9:45 a.m.): RCMP say they're still investigating Saturday's (May 10) two-vehicle crash between an unmarked police vehicle and a pickup truck on Highway 5 in Kamloops, and th...
Victor Kaisar May 11, 2025

Shuswap man acquitted in deadly 2021 shooting at Scotch Creek car wash
KAMLOOPS - A North Shuswap man charged in a fatal shooting was acquitted by a B.C. Supreme Court jury Friday (May 9) in Kamloops Law Courts. Fifty-four-year-old Paul Binder was facing a second-degree ...
Victor Kaisar May 09, 2025

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