Image Credit: SUBMITTED / Justin Braby December 21, 2020 - 12:30 PM A single mom of two in Salmon Arm won a new ride that will change her life for the better. Canoe resident Katy Ackerman was nominated for the prize, awarded for the third year by Kal Tire, Braby Motors, Fix Auto Collision and SASCU Financial Group. “It couldn’t go to a better person,” Kathy Forsyth, Ackerman s nominator and friend, said in a media release. “She’s amazingly kind, compassionate, and generous, even though she herself doesn’t have much.” Ackerman and her children Ella, 4, and Emery, 2, were presented with a refurbished 2015 Chrysler 200 including winter and summer tires, $1,500 in vehicle insurance, plus fuel cards and other gifts, Dec. 18.
December 21, 2020 - 9:18 AM The B.C. Centre for Disease Control is reporting cases of COVID-19 on a pair of flights to the southern Interior just over a week ago, including two flights that landed in Kelowna and one that landed in Kamloops. There were potential exposures on WestJet flight 3170, rows 15 to 20, from Kelowna to Calgary on Dec. 15. There were also potential exposures on WestJet flight 3342 from Calgary to Kelowna, Dec. 11, affecting rows 15 to 19. There was a potential exposure on WestJet flight 3241 from Calgary to Kamloops, Dec. 11, affecting rows 8 to 14. Passengers on a domestic flight with a COVID-19 case should self-monitor for symptoms for 14 days, according to the BC Centre for Disease Control.
December 21, 2020 - 12:17 PM B.C. s police watchdog is investigating after an armed shoplifter was injured prior to being taken into custody in Kamloops. The RCMP confirmed in a media release that the Independent Investigations Office of B.C. is investigating the incident that took place at roughly 8:30 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 19. Kamloops RCMP were called to a report of a shoplifter at a business in the 300 block of Tranquille Road in Kamloops. An employee had locked the doors to prevent the man from leaving the business. When police arrived, they found the man had a weapon, RCMP said. Before officers were able to take him into custody, the man was injured with that weapon. Neither RCMP nor the IIO say what kind of weapon the suspect had.
Image Credit: SUBMITTED / Cjay Boisclair December 25, 2020 - 3:30 PM The director of a Kamloops short film has decided to release it online for people to watch for free in the spirit of Christmas giving. Cjay Boisclair directed Stood Up, a four minute feel-good flick that has garnered more than 50 awards and nominations since it was filmed in Kamloops in 2017. Normally we would have released via streaming services, Boisclair said. But we decided with COVID and the way that the world’s going that we just wanted to add some cheer and some inspiration into the world and make people feel good.
December 20, 2020 - 2:30 PM Last week, a Kamloops grandmother lost her holiday spirit, heartbroken that her decorations had been stolen. However, some generous locals stepped up to save Christmas. Nadine Kammerer discovered Dec. 8 that half of her Christmas display was taken overnight. She was devastated. She d made an effort to decorate extra this year because of the COVID-19 health orders prohibiting gatherings at Christmas. It’s heartbreaking, I was just trying to keep the Christmas spirit up, she said. Christmas was finished, as far as I was concerned. Then a few days later, people came knocking. When the first lady came, I cried, she said. I was shocked, I just opened the door and there she was.