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Former Interior Health top doctor collected $346K salary in year after child sex crime arrest

Former Interior Health top doctor collected $346K salary in year after child sex crime arrest

Former Interior Health chief medical officer Dr. Albert de Villiers was jailed for 5.5 years in June for molesting a child in Alberta between 2018 and 2020.
Kamloops This Week to close after 35 years of being part of the community

Kamloops This Week to close after 35 years of being part of the community

Due to myriad challenges, including market conditions and unrelenting rising costs, KTW's final print edition will be published on Oct. 25, leaving Kamloops without a newspaper for the first time since 1884
Lawsuit claims Okanagan social worker had affair with client's husband, facilitated abuse

Lawsuit claims Okanagan social worker had affair with client's husband, facilitated abuse

Melanie Hatton alleges social worker Kirsten Belitzky “unlawfully” used her position at the Ministry of Children and Family Development to access Hatton’s file and share information with her abusive spouse, with whom Belitzky was having an affair.
Wildfire research centre proposed in Kamloops

Wildfire research centre proposed in Kamloops

The proposed Institute for Wildfire Science, Adaptation and Resiliency would be headed up by Thompson Rivers University’s Dr. Mike Flannigan, a BC Research Chair, professor and renowned wildfire expert.
Three years in prison for man who tried to hold up Kamloops gas station with shotgun

Three years in prison for man who tried to hold up Kamloops gas station with shotgun

James Robert Levi Black, 28, was sentenced Tuesday in Kamloops provincial court after earlier pleading guilty to charges of robbery with a firearm and assault.
Kamloops mayor embarks on one-man investigation to identify source of city hall leaks

Kamloops mayor embarks on one-man investigation to identify source of city hall leaks

Reid Hamer-Jackson has himself been the subject of a number of investigations since last October's election.
B.C. Supreme Court awards $1M damages for 2016 Surrey accident

B.C. Supreme Court awards $1M damages for 2016 Surrey accident

Nina Ashley Bennett testified to acutely painful post-accident headaches that reduced her to tears.
Olympics flag football debut in L.A. could jumpstart sport development in B.C.

Olympics flag football debut in L.A. could jumpstart sport development in B.C.

Lacrosse, cricket, baseball and softball will return to the Games in 2028, as flag football and squash make Olympics premiere
Amazon contractor charged after unoccupied van hit, killed Surrey, B.C., woman

Amazon contractor charged after unoccupied van hit, killed Surrey, B.C., woman

SURREY, B.C. — A 25-year-old man has been charged with dangerous driving causing death after an unoccupied cargo truck hit and killed a pedestrian in Surrey, B.C. Police say the woman was walking on the sidewalk on Dec.
North Vancouver woman pleads for return of husband's stolen ashes

North Vancouver woman pleads for return of husband's stolen ashes

The widow of the North Vancouver man whose remains were stolen has a few things to say to the thief