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Free climber tumbles six metres, could have fallen 15 more, near Cache Creek
Kamloops :: Canada | 22 days ago
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The two were free climbing Wednesday near Cache Creek, about 80 kilometres west of Kamloops, when the elder man, in his 40s, fell about six metres to a ledge. He was stranded about 15 metres above the ground, with an injured elbow and shoulder, so
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One B.C. riding lacks homegrown candidates, but that's OK by Elections BC
Kamloops :: Canada | 24 days ago
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It's totally within provincial election rules, but it's still a rare situation in the riding of Kamloops-North Thompson because none of the four candidates actually live within the riding boundaries. Incumbent Liberal Terry Lake, NDP challenger Kathy
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Massive boulders tumble across Yellowhead Highway, cutting traffic for hours
Blue River :: CO :: USA | 1 month ago
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Traffic slowly beginning to move past a rock slide that severed a major highway in southeastern B.C., Thursday. One Edmonton-based trucker says boulders as big as pickup trucks tumbled across Highway 5, the Yellowhead Highway, about 13 kilometres
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Protected grasslands near Kamloops expanded
Kamloops :: Canada | 1 month ago
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The provincial government is protecting an additional 2,800 hectares of sensitive grasslands. A total of 1,385 hectares is going into the Lac du Bois Grasslands Protected Area, and about 1,478 hectares have been added to the Dewdrop-Rosseau Creek
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One believed dead after crash involving bus carrying Special Olympics athletes near Cache Creek
Kamloops :: Canada | 3 months ago
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One person is believed to have died while six others suffered minor injuries in a crash Friday between a car and a bus carrying a Special Olympics team on Highway 1 east of Cache Creek. Special Olympics B.C. president Dan Howe confirmed Friday the
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Kamloops postal workers say crash proves Canada Post is out of sorts
Kamloops :: Canada | 3 months ago
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Postal workers in Kamloops say they warned their employer that trucking southern Interior mail to Vancouver for sorting would lead to delays. Thousands of letters and packages are affected and Canada Post confirms the items will be delivered at least
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No jail time for man in accidental shooting that led to truck crash death
Kamloops :: Canada | 3 months ago
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A man who shot and wounded a friend at a bush party near Kamloops, setting in motion a series of events that ended with the death of the victim in a truck crash, pleaded guilty in provincial court Thursday to careless use of a firearm. Kaelen George
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Surrey man loses more than cash for speeding ticket as police seize $61,140 in trunk
Kamloops :: Canada | 4 months ago
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Police pulled over a speeder on Highway 5 near Darfield and found what appears to be $61,140 in ill-gotten cash. The southbound vehicle was stopped just before 2 p.m. on Tuesday between Barriere and Clearwater, about 75 kilometres north of Kamloops,
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Murder conviction overturned, new trial ordered in runaway's death
Vancouver :: Canada | 4 months ago
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Vancouver The Canadian Press Published Wednesday, Jan. 30 2013, 6:07 PM EST Last updated Wednesday, Jan. 30 2013, 6:08 PM EST A B.C. man convicted of murdering a runaway teen off the Coquihalla Highway more than seven years ago will receive a new
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Federal parolee missing from Kamloops facility
Kamloops :: Canada | 4 months ago
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Police are on the hunt for 33-year-old Andrew Robert Hardenstine a federal parolee unlawfully at large from a community-based residential facility in Kamloops...Hardenstine is five feet nine inches and weighs about 200 pounds...The top of his left
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