Latest Articles from Tim Petruk
Slow down for line painters
Mar 24, 2023 / 6:00 pm
Photo: City of Kamloops The City of Kamloops is reminding drivers to slow down for painters out putting fresh lines on local roadways. According to the city, the warmer weather means crews will soon be out putting new lines on streets. “Please
Blazers unveil new jerseys
Mar 24, 2023 / 2:20 pm
Photo: Kamloops Blazers The Kamloops Blazers will wear special jerseys tonight for Fan Appreciation Night at Sandman Centre — the club’s final home game of the regular season. The Blazers unveiled the new threads on social media
Serious injuries in shooting
Mar 24, 2023 / 11:28 am
Photo: Kristen Holliday Apparent bullet holes can be seen near the front door of a downtown Kamloops home where police appear to be investigating a shooting. Click here to view gallery Photo: Kristen Holliday Photo: Kristen Holliday
Autopsy set for slain woman
Mar 24, 2023 / 9:25 am
Photo: Tim Petruk An unmarked police SUV sits parked outside a mobile home park off Westsyde Road on Thursday. UPDATE: 9:25 a.m. Police say they conducted an “extensive forensic search” at the home of a Kamloops woman who
Accused killer seen naked
Mar 24, 2023 / 4:00 am
Photo: RCMP Jason Michael Holm A Kamloops man accused of stabbing his neighbour to death on a downtown residential street was seen walking naked down Columbia Street the day before the slaying, a judge has been told. Jason Michael Holm,
Missing teen found safe
Mar 23, 2023 / 11:12 pm
Photo: Castanet UPDATE: Police said late Thursday night that Ignace-Guitar has been located and is safe. Police say they need help tracking down a young Kamloops woman who hasn’t been home in a week. Mounties said Shayla Ignace-Guitar,
Missing woman was slain
Mar 23, 2023 / 4:30 pm
Photo: RCMP Jo-Anne Donovan Mounties say a missing Kamloops woman was killed and they have found her body. Jo-Anne Donovan, 57, was last seen on March 13 near her home in Westsyde. On Thursday afternoon, police issued a news release
Foul play suspected by cops
Mar 23, 2023 / 3:09 pm
Photo: RCMP Miguel Mack Police say they now suspect foul play in the disappearance of a Merritt man who hasn’t been seen by family in nearly a month. Miguel Mack, 24, was reported missing on March 3 but police said he hasn’t
Warning preceded slaying
Mar 23, 2023 / 4:00 am
Photo: RCMP Jason Michael Holm The mother of a Kamloops man accused of stabbing his neighbour to death nearly three years ago warned police the day before the slaying that her son was “going to do something bad” and off his meds,
Blazers hang on, beat 'Birds
Mar 22, 2023 / 9:41 pm
Photo: Alex Beckett/Kamloops Blazers The Kamloops Blazers jumped out to a big lead and then held on for dear life Wednesday at Sandman Centre, earning a hard-fought 6-5 win over the first-place Seattle Thunderbirds. Olen Zellweger, Dylan
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