WE ASKED: Help our Readers Reporter solve the great brick mystery.
Last week, our Readers Reporter tracked down the history behind old wood pilings along the shoreline of the North Thompson River, near Rayleigh. It was discovered that the pilings are remnants of an old riverside brickyard operation that turned out thousands of bricks a day in the late-1800s and shipped them downriver by barge.
While onsite getting photographs of the pilings, our Readers Reporter found four large curved bricks in shallow water and asked Daily News readers for help in identifying them.
YOUR ANSWERS: I just finished reading the story about the brick found on the shoreline of the river at Rae-Mor Park, Daily News reader Mary Friesen wrote in an email.
BC Coroners Service has been notified by police and both are investigating, Const. Crystal Evelyn said in a press release. The multi-day search began on Thursday, Jan. 28, at about 7:30 p.m. when reports of a man in the river drew police, fire and ambulance crews to an area of Schubert Drive in North Kamloops between Chestnut Avenue and Oak Road. According to police, eyewitnesses reported seeing a man walking into the North Thompson from the Tk emlups te Secwépemc side of the river, dunking his head into the water and trying to swim across. The man then bobbed up and down several times before disappearing under the surface. Other witnesses reported seeing a white man in his 30s who appeared lost about two hours prior to emergency crews responding to the scene. The man was described as wearing a blue jacket with its hood up and, possibly, a ball cap underneath.
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RCMP divers have found the body of a man who went missing in the North Thompson River in Kamloops last week.The RCMP dive team located a body today, Feb. 2,
A call came in for a river rescue at about 7:30 p.m. on Thursday for a man in the river drawing police, fire and ambulance crews to an area of Schubert Drive between Chestnut Avenue and Oak Road. According to police, eyewitnesses reported seeing a man walking into the North Thompson from the Tk emlups side of the river, dunking his head into the water, and trying to swim across. The man then bobbed up and down several times before disappearing under the surface. Search efforts were launched on the river utilizing infrared technology, police dog services, the Kamloops Fire Rescue boat and the Kamloops Search and Rescue drone team, but no one was located.