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iN RESPONSE: Readers have their say
April 30, 2024 - 12:05 PM

Following are emailed reader responses to stories or letters to the editor for the last week of April 2024. They have been edited slightly for readability.
Kamloops bat attacker's home going to court ordered sale
September 16, 2023 - 7:00 AM
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It has been over eight years since Jessie Simpson was attacked by Kristopher Teichrieb with a baseball bat in Kamloops that left the then 18-year-old with lifelong mental and physical injuries.
Why Jessie Simpson may not see a penny of his $6.9M award
February 13, 2021 - 8:30 AM

A Kamloops man left permanently brain damaged after being beaten into a coma almost five years ago, may never see a penny of a $6.9 million award he won against his attacker.
Woman convicted of animal cruelty loses appeal in Kamloops court
September 23, 2020 - 7:00 AM

A woman convicted of animal cruelty following a B.C. SPCA raid that led to 74 animals being seized from her property in the Thompson-Nicola region has lost an appeal against her sentence and a 10-year ban on her keeping animals.
Accused in Kamloops murder trial says he was defending himself after being threatened
December 05, 2018 - 2:17 PM

KAMLOOPS - A Kamloops man on trial for second degree murder says he was reacting to a direct threat of gang violence from his friend before stabbing him to death.
Kamloops lawyer wins right to have indigenous representation on disciplinary hearing
November 21, 2018 - 6:30 PM

KAMLOOPS - A Kamloops lawyer accused of practicing in an area of law he was suspended from more than 20 years ago won the right to have a native elder appear on a panel to hear a disciplinary proceeding.
It wasn't drugs that ended the police career of Randi Love
January 26, 2017 - 6:00 PM

'I'M A MOM, I'M A SISTER, A DAUGHTER, A FIANCÉE'
CARE HOME HOMICIDE: Her mother's gone, but a Kamloops woman wants you to know her story
February 13, 2016 - 12:00 PM

"I LOOKED AFTER HER WHEN SHE WAS ALIVE AND I'M LOOKING AFTER HER WHEN SHE'S GONE"
SNELSON TRIAL: Killer's sentence depends on finding of sexual assault argument
September 10, 2015 - 4:28 PM

KAMLOOPS —It’s been almost 22 years since the night Neil Snelson killed college student Jennifer Cusworth after a party in Kelowna in 1993 and now Cusworth's family has one week left to find out how long he'll spend in prison.
TOP WORLD NEWS EVENTS 2014: Terror attacks, Mountie killings, Ghomeshi scandal
January 01, 2015 - 7:00 AM

An in-brief look at some of the most significant news events of the last 12 months, in chronological order:
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iN RESPONSE: Readers have their say
Following are a collection of reader responses to stories or letters to the editor for the fourth week of January 2024. They have been edited slightly for readability. Got something you want to add? Send an email to editor Marshall Jo

$5M in provincial funding to protect Okanagan’s tree fruit from extreme weather
The Okanagan tree fruit industry was hit hard by extreme weather last year and the provincial government is providing $5 million to help orchardists prepare for future extreme cold weather events. The $5 million Tree Fruit Climate Resilienc

UBCO researchers determine how many tokes from a joint equal a bong hit
Seven years after Canada legalized cannabis there is still no reliable way for aspiring stoners to find out the effects of different methods for getting high, and University of British Columbia Okanagan scientists are trying to fix that. Re

Kamloops mayor says 'deportations' could risk housing market
Kamloops is one of many BC cities badly squeezed for housing, but its mayor suggested too much supply in the rental pool could collapse the real estate market. Mayor Reid Hamer-Jackson made the surprising suggestion that impending "dep

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