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Q: Why are cracks in downtown sidewalks flagged with neon tape?
A: City of Kamloops trades manager Devis Luison said the city isn’t responsible for the bits of tape, which can be found on sidewalks along Victoria, Seymour and St. Paul streets, as well as in other...
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Bus hours extended for New Year’s Eve
Stay out past midnight on New Year’s Eve and catch the bus home. The City of Kamloops and B.C. Transit have teamed up to extend evening bus service heading into the new year. Transit will operate on a...
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Day two wraps up at the Fulton Cup
Senior boys Day two of the 2014 Fulton Cup basketball tournament was highlighted by a double-overtime thriller between the Westsyde Whundas and Sa-Hali Sabres in senior boys’ basketball. The Whundas...
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City hall briefs: Kamloops tourism data on target
The head of Tourism Kamloops said the city is on track to meet its hotel room tax-revenue targets for 2014. Lee Morris said that, due to reporting issues with the provincial government, her...
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Whundas claim gold in senior boys’ Fulton Cup final; Titans in junior
The Westsyde Whundas repeated as Fulton Cup champions on Friday, Dec. 19, defeating the South Kamloops Titans 71-67 in the senior boys’ final at the Tournament Capital Centre. In the 2013 Fulton Cup...
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Titans defend Fulton Cup title in both junior and senior girls
The South Kamloops Titans repeated as champions in the 2014 Fulton Cup City Championship, defeating the NorKam Saints 60-55 in the senior girls’ gold-medal final on Friday, Dec. 19. South Kamloops...
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Council decides against taxi-age policy change
Kamloops cabs will continue come off the road nine years after they came off the assembly line. City council has decided against changing its policy on taxi age, despite a request from the city’s...
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Explore with group in 2015
The Kamloops Exploration Group has another series of lectures planned for early in 2015. The schedule includes: • Jan. 8: Understanding our Ancestors’ Earth; Environments & Biology of the Ice Age...
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Hicketts will play for Team Canada
Joe Hicketts has made Team Canada at the World Junior Hockey Championship. Hicketts is a Kamloops native who grew up in the Kamloops Minor Hockey Association before being drafted by the Victoria Royals...
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Freeman suing Little Shuswap Band for $10 million
A Chase freeman-on-the-land who cut off two of his fingers while using a borrowed wood splitter is suing the Little Shuswap Indian Band for $10 million, claiming he was not given any training to use...
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Three acts booked for summer festival
It may be 10 months away, but the Salmon Arm Roots and Blues Festival has announced three acts — Canned Heat, Oysterband and the Stooges Brass Band. Forty-five years ago, Canned Heat was one of the...
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Give blood for holidays
There’s giving presents at Christmas, donating to charities and volunteering over the holidays. But, the Canadian Blood Services is hoping people will support hospital patients by giving blood. Across...
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Minor injuries in Ord Road accident in Kamloops
A single-vehicle crash in Brocklehurst on Monday morning (Dec. 22) sent a woman to Royal Inland Hospital with minor injuries. Kamloops RCMP Const. Jason Epp said the accident took place on Ord Road...
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Sea may be dead, but city is not
If you’re going to visit Jerusalem, Friday is the day to do it, to best witness the transition from a bustling, vibrant city to one settling down for 24 hours of pure rest over the Jewish Sabbath. It...
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Man behind Spences Bridge shooting spree not criminally responsible
A Spences Bridge man who went on a shooting spree in the small town in 2013 — including shooting a man in the face through the wall of a home — won’t be held criminally responsible. Eric Nelson was...
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Hicketts talks world juniors, representing Kamloops, Canada
The 27-year long drought is over. Joe Hicketts will become the first Kamloops native to play at the World Junior Hockey Championship since 1988. “That’s another honour in itself, to come from a city...
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Hicketts clan’s ‘surreal’ experience at world juniors
In this photo: TSN broadcasters James Duthie (left)) and Bob McKenzie stand behind Lee-Gaye and Mike Hicketts, mother and father to Joe Hicketts, who is playing for Canada at the World Junior Hockey...
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‘Hello, 9-1-1? Can you fix my broken Wi-Fi?’
Next time, make your own damn pizza. E-Comm, the province’s largest 9-1-1 call centre, has released the 2014 Top 10 reasons to not call the emergency line. And, yes, complaining about the quality of...
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Where Are They Now? Former mayor spending time with family
KTW presents its annual Where Are They Now? series, in which we catch up with newsmakers of the past. Fifteen years after he handed back the mayor’s chain and retired from city hall, Cliff Branchflower...
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Kamloops Mounties probe report of murder in Cherry Avenue apartment building
One person is dead and another is in police custody after an altercation in a North Kamloops apartment. RCMP Cpl. Cheryl Bush said police received a report of a murder just after 2 p.m. on Tuesday,...
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