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Crown obtains interim injunction on Beckett stories
A B.C. Supreme Court judge has made an interim order requiring Kamloops This Week to remove two online postings in a three-part series about an alleged murder. Justice Ian Meiklem made the order on...
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Gang-connection argument at centre of sentencing arguments in Kamloops
A defence lawyer urged a B.C. Supreme Court justice on Friday to ignore allegations his client has gang connections. Crown and defence lawyers presented their sentencing positions for Adam Colligan,...
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Accused in shooting of Kamloops Mountie back in court on Aug. 3
KENNETH KNUTSON Kamloops RCMP Cpl. Jean-Rene Michaud is recovering from the December 2014 shooting. The man accused of shooting a Kamloops Mountie last year has had his court case pushed back once...
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Frustrated Kamloops man who threatened to drive truck into hospital armed...
After his wife was left brain-damaged following an alleged misdiagnosis, a Kamloops man threatened to drive his truck through the front doors of Royal Inland Hospital armed with a shotgun. As a result,...
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Accused in Kamloops shooting to be sentenced
A defence lawyer urged a B.C. Supreme Court justice to ignore allegations his client has gang connections. Crown and defence lawyers presented their sentencing positions for Adam Colligan, who was...
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Community ‘nuisance’ gets sentence and warning
A Kamloops man described by police as “an incredible drain on community resources” has been jailed for two months. Patrick Bebonang pleaded guilty to two counts of causing a disturbance stemming from...
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Holy cow! Farmer’s defence doesn’t moooove judge
The necessity of having to rescue his escaped cattle from the South Thompson River was not enough to convince a judge to acquit a Pritchard farmer charged last fall with driving while prohibited. Don...
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Charges long after arrests were made in Kamloops
Ten people face charges for trafficking and possession of drugs or stolen property following an RCMP investigation late in 2014 and early this year. Kamloops RCMP made arrests resulting largely in...
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300 days in jail for Tobiano man busted with $20K of stolen goods
A Tobiano man who was busted with more than $20,000 in stolen equipment earlier this month has been sentenced to spend nearly a year behind bars. James Ashley Jerome Cousineau will also spend one year...
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Acquittal despite hazy path to truth
A Kamloops man who was arrested for prohibited driving an hour after receiving a 24-hour suspension has been acquitted despite the fact a provincial court judge thinks he is probably guilty. Court...
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Robinson sentenced to two years for perjury; former Mountie lied about...
Robert Dziekanski (above) wandered for hours unaided in Vancouver International Airport before becoming frustrated, prompting authorities there to call police. Four officers tasered the Polish man...
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Drug dealer who shot Kamloops man gets seven years behind bars
Adam Colligan. A drug dealer who attempted to strong-arm another drug supplier into purchasing drugs and shot him in a struggle was sentenced Friday to seven years in jail. Adam Colligan 28, was...
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From the frying pan into prison
First he got his face beat in with a cast-iron frying pan. Now, a Merritt man has been sentenced to more than two years behind bars. Lorne Kenneth Dunn has pleaded guilty to break-and-enter and assault...
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Widow of Radio NL Dj killed in crash files lawsuit against truck driver, company
Radio NL DJ MIke Evenson, 37, died when his vehicle collided with a logging truck on Dec. 4, 2014. Evenson was driving westbound on Highway 1, on his way to work in Kamloops, at the time of the 4 a.m....
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Former city councillor Joe Leong reaches plea agreement in court
Joe Leong, a former Kamloops councillor, was facing six criminal charges stemming from his role as treasurer of the Kamloops Heritage Railway Society. He will instead plead guilty to contravening two...
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Alleged cat keeper kept in jail
A Merritt man will remain in jail after a provincial court judge refused to release him on bail following allegations he strangled his spouse’s cat in a domestic dispute. Crown prosecutor Alex Janse...
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Kamloops company shanks firing, ordered to pay employee three months’ pay
A judge has ordered a Kamloops excavating company to pay its former accounting clerk three months’ wages following her firing, which came after she ruffled the feathers of KGHM Ajax’s external-affairs...
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TRU law professor suing former colleague, alleging she spread false...
Former Thompson Rivers University law professor Anne Pappas is being sued by Craig Jones, a professor of law at the school. Jones claims Pappas spread rumours about Jones and another professor in a bid...
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Prelim date set for accused in shooting of Kamloops Mountie
The man accused of shooting a Kamloops Mountie during a traffic stop last year will have his preliminary inquiry in December. Ken Knutson is slated to appear in Kamloops provincial court for a...
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Kamloops killer claims his ex-girlfriend was ‘demonic’
Elwin Wheeler holds a photograph of his daughter, Deanne Wheeler, who was 26 when she was murdered on Dec. 30, 2014, by her ex-boyfriend, Christopher Butler. A 41-year-old man who pleaded guilty to...
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