Second-degree murder charge reduced to manslaughter in January 2016 death in...
Dennis Adolph was found dead in a Valleyview motel on Jan. 26, 2016. Facebook photo The Crown has reduced the charge against a Kamloops man accused of stabbing an acquaintance to death last year in a...
View ArticleNo prison time for Kamloops man involved in overdose crash on Trans-Canada...
A Kamloops man who overdosed on a sedative street drug while driving on the Trans-Canada Highway between Dallas and Pritchard has avoided jail. But Roald Daniel Van Der Merwe, 26, will spend six months...
View ArticleAccused in murder in Kamloops given time to hire new lawyer
A Fraser Valley man charged with first-degree murder in connection with the violent slaying of a woman found dead last year in an Aberdeen motel has been given three weeks to hire a new lawyer. David...
View ArticleCache Creek man to be sentenced for buying bear parts
A Cache Creek resident caught purchasing bear parts in a sting operation pleaded guilty and is facing thousands of dollars in fines. Hong Hui Xie, 48, is being sentenced in Kamloops provincial court on...
View ArticleCache Creek man fined $18,000 for buying bear parts
A Cache Creek resident caught purchasing bear parts in a sting operation pleaded guilty on Monday and was sentenced to an $18,000 fine. Hong Hui Xie, 48, was sentenced in Kamloops provincial court on...
View ArticleKamloops man beat 15-year-old girl who couldn’t find his drugs
A Kamloops man who beat up a 15-year-old girl this past summer has been handed a jail sentence. Shad Russell, 38, pleaded guilty in B.C. Supreme Court in Kamloops on Tuesday to assault, the charge...
View ArticleAccused in violent Kamloops burglary, home invasion charged with attempted...
Charges have been laid in connection to a pair of alleged violent incidents in east Kamloops on Monday afternoon. John Andrew Stark, 31, has been charged with eight counts including attempted murder...
View ArticleKamloops man linked to burglaries expected to plead guilty to other charges
A Kamloops man arrested earlier this year who police said was linked to a rash of break-ins is expected to plead guilty later this month. Michael Kenneth Stone was arrested in March after police...
View ArticleStealing from Bonaparte Indian Band nets former employee one-year prison...
A former employee of a Kamloops-area First Nations band who admitted to stealing more than $125,000 from her employer to finance a gambling habit will spend a year in prison. Betty Antoine, 62, pleaded...
View ArticleNew charges possible in fatal hit-and-run case in Kamloops
A Kamloops man accused of killing a teenager in a hit-and-run crash in Aberdeen last year could face new charges. Jason Gourlay was not present in B.C. Supreme Court in Kamloops on Tuesday as lawyers...
View ArticleKamloops Law Courts to get $1.3 million face-lift
The Kamloops Law Courts is undergoing a $1.3-million facelift. Construction crews have torn down the front staircase of the venerable brick building on Columbia Street and removed the front parking...
View ArticleThompson Rivers University lose tax ruling challenge in B.C. Supreme Court
Three universities that challenged a ruling by the B.C. property assessment review board, including Thompson Rivers University, have lost in B.C. Supreme Court. TRU, Simon Fraser University and...
View ArticleFormer Kamloops Mountie awarded $700,000 for injuries suffered in crash
A Kamloops police officer has been awarded more than $700,000 by a B.C. Supreme Court judge as a result of injuries sustained in a crash seven years ago. Gary Senner, who retired from his job as an...
View ArticleFormer NHLer to stand trial in Kamloops
A former National Hockey League enforcer is scheduled to stand trial in a Kamloops courtroom this week on allegations he breached his probation and failed to show up to court. Rudy Poeschek’s one-day...
View ArticleAccused in beating of teen still working on having trial moved out of Kamloops
A Kamloops man accused of beating a teenager into a coma following a high-school graduation party in June 2016 is proceeding with his attempts to have his trial moved out of Kamloops. Kristopher...
View ArticleSentence for pulling knife is three months of time served
A transgender Kamloops woman who pulled a knife on an acquaintance who “taunted her” and called her a man is getting out of jail after nearly three months behind bars. Ariana Evans, 29, pleaded guilty...
View ArticleBarriere man arrested, charged in connection with Nov. 22 police chase
Charges have been laid against a 29-year-old North Thompson man in connection with a highway chase last month that included the ramming of a police vehicle. According to Kamloops RCMP Cpl. Jodi...
View ArticleAccused in standoff with Kamloops RCMP has bail hearing set for Dec. 11
Shane William Caron has been charged with four counts of attempted murder and several other charges in connection to the Friday, Oct. 27, incident in which Kamloops Mounties were shot at by a man in a...
View ArticleAccused in Brock shooting returns to court on Dec. 12
Bradley John Hartling A Kamloops man charged in connection with an alleged armed robbery in a Brocklehurst apartment last month during which a bullet was errantly fired into a neighbouring suite is...
View ArticleFormer NHL enforcer Poeschek fined $100 for breaching probation
A former NHL enforcer who suffers from memory loss he blames on his time spent fighting on the ice was given a break by a Kamloops judge on Thursday. Rudy Poeschek pleaded guilty in Kamloops provincial...
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