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Monster Trucks injecting $500,000 into city economy By Jessica Wallace STAFF REPORTER
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are aware families of the women will be watching the investigation closely. “We do have empathy for that and we do understand the importance of identifying the individual as quickly as possible for their family and any other families of missing persons,” Bush said. “This will be done as quickly as possible while also protecting the integrity of the scene in the event that this is determined to be a homicide investigation.”
A movie now being filmed in Kamloops is expected to bring more money into the community than the industry did all of last year. The Thompson-Nicola Film Commission estimates an injection of more than $500,000 from the live-action and animated film Monster Trucks, which has been on location at Kamloops Airport and the T’kemlups Indian Band reserve for the past two weeks. Film commissioner Vicci Weller said that dollar figure comes from room and board, equipment and vehicle rentals — including a helicopter, local crew and extras, location fees and set construction. That doesn’t include money spent by the crew on their own time. One of many signs in “The bonus is the Kamloops directing crew per diems,” she said. members to the Monster “That I can’t track.” Trucks movie set at Kamloops Airport. Weller said she Dave Eagles/KTW signed a confidentiality agreement with the production company and can’t speak about the movie. “I’m not allowed to talk about it,” Weller said. It’s not clear what the movie is about, but is said to include CGI in a hybrid combination of live action and animation that could eventual turn into a series of films. Online movie resource IMDb.com has revealed a few details about the movie. Expected to premier next year, it has a $125-million budget and is produced by Disruption Entertainment and Paramount Animation.
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Members of the Kamloops RCMP and the BC Coroners Service remain at a privately owned ranch at the end of Mission Flats Road, where on Tuesday, April 8, skeleton remains of a person were discovered. Dave Eagles/KTW
Police work to identify human remains By Andrea Klassen STAFF REPORTER
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Kamloops RCMP say remains found in a remote are west of the city’s wastewater-treatment plant on Mission Flats Road were skeletal. However, beyond that fact, police have released few new details about how they came to be on private ranch land. At a press conference on Wednesday, April 9, Cpl. Cheryl Bush said specialists from the BC Coroners Service had been called
Cassandra Wilson (left) disappeared on April 6, 2012, while Samantha Paul was last seen on Sept. 9, 2013. Mounties have not said if human remains found this week on Mission Flats Road are linked to the two cases, but they are aware families of the women will be following the investigation.
in to help determine the identity of the individual found on Tuesday, April 8. The specialists will also work with mem-
bers of the Kamloops RCMP serious-crimes unit to determine how the remains came to be in that location. Bush said it’s too
early for police to release any information on the person found or what circumstances led to the death. “I think once we further examine the scene with the coroners service, we’ll be better able to comment on that,” she said. “I think that, at this point, it would be too early to speculate how the remains ended up at that site.” While police aren’t saying if the remains are linked to missing women Cassandra Wilson or Samantha Paul, Bush said RCMP