News - Kamloops This Week http://www.kamloopsthisweek.com/news RSS Feed for News - Kamloops This Week en-us Tue, 22 May 2012 21:42:59 GMT BLEW SPRUCE IN JUNIPER http://www.kamloopsthisweek.com/news/152719655.html A freak windstorm on the morning of Tuesday, May 22, caused a blue spruce tree to land on a house at 2394 Omineca Dr. in Juniper. UPDATED: Hostage-taker was former co-worker, not former boyfriend http://www.kamloopsthisweek.com/news/152321365.html KTW contacted the woman who was held hostage. She told KTW she was not ready to comment on the ordeal and wished to remain anonymous. Cavers: Time is right to tackle pesticide use http://www.kamloopsthisweek.com/news/152344415.html Kamloops Coun. Donovan Cavers thinks it’s time to revisit the issue of banning cosmetic pesticides. ICBC wants your feedback on rates http://www.kamloopsthisweek.com/news/152343755.html ICBC will be holding a public open house on the issue on Wednesday, May 23, from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m., at Hotel 540 New association for North Shore http://www.kamloopsthisweek.com/news/152343985.html One meeting has been held and already the ideas are percolating among members of a new community association on the North Shore. Kamloops RCMP auxiliary force gets boost http://www.kamloopsthisweek.com/news/152343955.html The 2012 class of 10 auxiliaries graduated at a ceremony on May 15. Cooking up a $2-million win http://www.kamloopsthisweek.com/news/152343625.html San Hua's big win is the third significant lotto jackpot to be claimed by a Kamloopsian this year. Investigators left waiting after deadly standoff, explosion http://www.kamloopsthisweek.com/news/152093595.html Dufferin home destroyed by fire following shooting, standoff, on May 17. UPDATED: Surrey gunman dead after standoff, explosion in Kamloops http://www.kamloopsthisweek.com/news/151981675.html One man is dead and a Kamloops home is reduced to rubble after a six-hour standoff in Dufferin. Timeline of KTW's coverage of the Dufferin standoff http://www.kamloopsthisweek.com/news/152150495.html Check out a Storify detailing the incident as it happened.