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Where Are They Now? Deb Steele in City of Champions
KTW presents its annual Where Are They Now? series, in which we catch up with newsmakers of the past. For 17 years, Deb Steele was the public face of the Kamloops Society for Community Living (KSCL)....
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Play competition deadline tomorrow
Theatre BC is calling for submissions before the end of the year for its annual provincial playwriting competition. The group behind Destination Mainstage, a community theatre competition that came to...
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Out of the Cold program seeking volunteers
The Out of the Cold program has been busy this season, but it could use some helpers and donations. Bud Forbes, head of the board that runs the program at St. Paul’s Anglican Church on Wednesday...
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Where Are They Now? Barnsley enjoying a balanced life
In the photo: Roger and Paula Barnsley are enjoying retirement. They remain involved in the community of Parksville. After retiring from Thompson Rivers University — for the second time — Roger...
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Nurse in Kelowna tested for Ebola; results negative thus far
Rossland nurse practitioner Patrice Gordon chops food for a rescued elephant while serving with the Red Cross in Sierra Leone. A nurse practitioner who recently returned from West Africa is in...
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U.S. border officers help save Kamloops man’s life
U.S. border officers help save man’s life U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officers at the Huntingdon border crossing in Abbotsford helped save the life of a 56-year-old Kamloops man this...
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Photo op
Robert Nowland (left) was recently recognized for his volunteer service to the Kamloops Photo Arts Club (KPAC). He was awarded a Canadian Association for Photographic Arts medal for exceptional service...
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Where are they now? DuMont dominating with Dalhousie University
In this photo: Mieke DuMont prepares to return serve with the Dalhousie Tigers earlier this season. KTW presents its annual Where Are They Now? series, in which we catch up with newsmakers of the...
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WolfPack to host three-team tourney
The TRU WolfPack men’s volleyball team will kick off the McDonald’s International Tournament against the UBC-Okanagan Heat on Friday, Jan. 2. The match is slated to begin at 7 p.m. at the Tournament...
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Reeling Blazers to host league-leading Rockets
In this photo: Kamloops Blazers defenceman Ryan Rehill (left): “Expectations were a little bit higher than what we’re producing right now. Everybody is kind of frustrated and wants to get back to...
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Giving the gift of sight
Les Nolin was hoping the dinner staged by his church might shave $1,000 off the cost of a new technology to improve his barely there vision — and even that amount seemed like a big ask from the...
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Charges laid against couple allegedly arrested with shotgun
Charges have now been laid against two people police say were busted with a sawed-off shotgun at a Kamloops bus depot on Christmas Eve. Kenneth Daniel Unger, 28, and Yvonne Michelle Stinson, 35, are...
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Murder suspect was on probation for assault
The man facing a second-degree murder charge in a Dec. 30 slaying at a North Kamloops apartment building was on probation for assault at the time of the alleged killing. Christopher Frank Butler, 41,...
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Big, little events coming in 2015
The Big Little Science Centre will be closed until after New Year’s Day, but it will have an electric reopening the following day. On Friday, Jan. 2, the centre reopens with the return of its static...
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BASS: Cheers to all who donated
Some time in the next few weeks, we’ll wash the penguin, snowflakes, thermometer and signage from our front window here at KTW. The Christmas Cheer posters will come down, as will our decorated tree in...
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Paging Andre Christianson
From South Kamloops secondary to the House of Commons: Andre Christianson landed a year-long job as a parliamentary page, which has given him an up-close-and-personal look at the political process...
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In 2015, resolve to just do it
Each week, we feature a web question of the week on our website. With the new year upon us this week, our current question pertains to resolutions for 2015. As of this writing, it would seem resolving...
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Where Are They Now? Filek finding his place in music
In the photo: Paul Filek, 33, began his music career in Kamloops with help from Henry Small. Now, he’s living in Vancouver, performing regular gigs in pubs and collaborating with producer Jeff Dawson...
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Biting into the exotic flavour of malaysia
Asonorous chant wakes me up. I peer blearily at my watch, which reads 6.a.m. It is a call to prayer from the village mosque and the baritone voice is haunting, the cadence mystical. The sound dies...
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FOULDS: The crystal ball sees all . . .
It is 2015, a time when the 11-year-old me back in 1980 was told by a science-magazine article that I would be driving a flying car by now and living in a war-free world. Turns out I am living in a...
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