A false gun complaint resulted in the arrest of a wanted man in Kamloops. The Tk emlups Rural RCMP received a report that a man had been shot with a firearm inside a residence in the 700 block of East Shuswap Road, according to an RCMP release. Officers immediately set up an area of containment around the home in order to ensure public safety and launch an investigation. There were several occupants in the residence, who were called out one at a time and safely taken into police custody. RCMP seized two pellet guns from the residence, and found that there was in fact no one injured. The incident is still under investigation.
Image Credit: SUBMITTED / RIH Foundation December 10, 2020 - 11:18 AM The Royal Inland Hospital Foundation got a generous early Christmas gift from a family in Merritt. The Rizzardo Family donated $200,000 for medical equipment and technology for the new patient care tower under construction at Royal Inland Hospital in Kamloops, according to a RIH Foundation media release. Healthcare has played an important role in the Rizzardo family s life. The eldest son works at Emcon Services Inc., which provides road, bridge and mechanical contract services in B.C., Alberta and Ontario. Two sons are physicians, and the fourth is a pharmacist. “We chose to donate to healthcare, to the local hospital in Merritt, the regional hospital in Kamloops, as well as to major centres in Vancouver, father Frank Rizzardo said in the release. These are all facilities that our family has benefitted from in the past and we would like to ensure that other families throughout the
Image Credit: SUBMITTED / BCLC December 09, 2020 - 2:31 PM Coffee is great, but a Salmon Arm lottery winner now knows that you can t beat a coffee and $75,000. Nicholas Sayers went through his usual routine of picking up coffee and a few Scratch & Win tickets, but little did he know that he d just gotten a whole lot richer. Sayers bought the ticket from the Co-op Gas Bar on 10th Ave, NE, and was at home when he decided to scratch it, according to a BCLC media release. “I was on my last letter and I had three words,” Sayers said in the release. “I started to uncover more words and realized I had won. I checked it on the BCLC Lotto! app and thought ‘wow.’ It was all pretty exciting.”
December 09, 2020 - 2:43 PM Those itching to get their skates on and enjoy Kelowna s biggest outdoor rink may be waiting awhile longer. Skating at the Stuart Park rink will be delayed until further notice in line with the latest direction from provincial health officer Dr. Bonnie Henry, according to a City of Kelowna media release. “This is certainly not how we wanted to celebrate the 10-year anniversary of skating at Stuart Park, but we recognize that these are extraordinary circumstances, and that public health and safety must come first,” Doug Nicholas, Sport and Event Services Manager, said in the release. “We’ll continue to assess the situation and follow the advice and guidance of health officials and are hopeful that skating at Stuart Park will return this season.”
Image Credit: SUBMITTED / Nadine Kammerer December 10, 2020 - 8:30 AM Thieves have been putting a damper on the Christmas spirit by stealing decorations, and a Kamloops grandmother is the latest victim. Nadine Kammerer discovered Dec. 8 that half of her Christmas display was taken overnight. I just woke up in the morning and they were all gone, she said. It’s heartbreaking, I was just trying to keep the Christmas spirit up. This year was the first time she had put out her six foot tall blow-up Christmas tree, which cost $100. It was taken, along with her big blow-up snowman family and a pair of wooden reindeer given to her by a late family member.