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Brown rink’s quest for gold; updates from junior nationals
ABOVE: Skip Corryn Brown, third Erin Pincott (pictured), second Samantha Fisher and lead Sydney Fraser are looking to claim their second national junior women’s curling championship. The Brown rink won...
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Mounties seek smash-and-grab suspect
Kamloops RCMP are hoping to hear from anyone who was in the area of Prairie Coast equipment, 8025 Dallas Dr., on Sunday, Jan. 25, at about 5 p.m. Video surveillance captured a small, dark-coloured SUV...
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Burglary suspect arrested; police also looking at November thefts
A man is in custody after stealing a bait car police had left in the East Trans-Canada Highway area in response to four break-and-enters. A 45-year-old man was arrested at 6 a.m. on Tuesday, Jan. 27....
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Hunters gather in Kamloops; argue pending changes favour tourists
Local hunters are taking aim at the B.C. Liberal government’s proposed changes to hunting regulations, changes they say favour tourists over taxpayers. The B.C. Wildlife Federation (BCWF) and the...
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The fact of fiction at SD73 Math Expo
Pacific Way elementary student Inan Latif (right) asks questions about the Math Expo project of Westmount elementary students Isobel Stodola (left) and partner Linden Marshall. The girls’ topic, Most...
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Fooled ‘em again: The best, idiotic decision of his life
KTW reporter Adam Williams. Kamloops This Week reporter Adam Williams was in Orlando, Fla. earlier this month, running his first marathon at the 2015 Walt Disney World Marathon. Had he to do it all...
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End of an era in Kamloops — ailing Hartnell selling Peter Puck school
In this photo: Dianna Hartnell has been teaching Peter Puck classes in Kamloops since 1987. Health problems are forcing her to quit doing what she loves most, with her last session scheduled for March...
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Learning to fly
Eight-year-old Nora Simcoe watches as her paper airplane is launched by the battery-powered device built by each participant at an event at the downtown Kamloops Library during Family Literacy Unplug...
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UPDATE: Kamloops Mounties find teen safe in Logan Lake
Shanna Dodman UPDATE: Kamloops Mounties have found teenager Shanna Dodman in Logan Lake. She is safe. Shanna had been reported missing on Wednesday, Jan. 28. Kamloops RCMP is...
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Housing workshop for landlords, owners
Landlords, property owners and investors are invited to a free forum on protecting their real-estate investment, sponsored by the city’s housing collective HomeFree. The Feb. 11 event at the Coast...
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Man, calf injured in Kamloops crash
An accident on Highway 5 near the CN Junction Road in Kamloops sent one man to hospital and his newborn calf to the veterinarian clinic — which was the pair’s destination when the crash occurred on...
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WALLACE: Sun Peaks more than its snowy activities
It’s a fool’s errand to write a column about the weather. But, screw it — I’ll be that fool. Because it’s no secret we haven’t had much snow this winter, even if it is, in fact, snowing by the time...
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Obsolete spaces
Wendy Weseen’s exhibit, Obsolete Spaces, is on now at the Old Courthouse Cultural Centre, 7 Seymour Street W. Weseen photographed abandoned buildings in Saskathewan before creating the 3-D multimedia...
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City hosts public urban-agriculture meetings
With topics like backyard hens up for debate, the City of Kamloops is hoping a pair of public-input sessions will get the community clucking about urban agriculture. The city will host two open houses...
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Our health suffers due to B.C. Liberal policy
Editor: There are very telling air-quality numbers from November. They were worse than air-quality numbers from the summer fires, with November’s data due to unregulated slash burning. Once again, B.C....
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Regional mining exploration pegged at $30m in 2014
The Southern Interior has joined a B.C.-wide downturn in mineral exploration, recording about $30 million worth of activity last year. Exploration in the region in recent years has ranged from a high...
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Death at The Hamlets in Kamloops probed
The BC Coroners Office and the Interior Health Authority are investigating a death at a Kamloops assisted-living and residential-care facility. Coroner Barb McLintock confirmed to KTW her office was...
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LISTINGS: Jan. 30 to Feb. 5
Friday, Jan. 30 • Art: Obsolete Spaces, by Wendy Weseen at the Old Courthouse Cultural Centre, 7 West Seymour St. • Basic Computing Skills, free computer class at the Kamloops Library, 10 a.m. to 11:30...
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The Hamlets CEO says staff working with investigators following death
Hendrik Van Ryk, chief operating officer for the Surrey-based management company that operates The Hamlets at Westsyde, said staff are working with investigators and recovering from the shock of...
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When touring is ‘part of your DNA’
When he was just 15 years old and still in high school in Belleville, Chris Caddell took to the gym stage and rocked out his own version of Colin James’ song National Steel. James knows this, he says,...
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