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Tournament Capital Centre records revenue of $3 million
For the second year in a row, revenue at Kamloops’ Tournament Capital Centre has crested the $3-million mark. In 2014, the centre brought in $3.056 million, up from $3.019 million in 2013 and enough to...
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Are ‘stark’ statistics truly stark?
Editor: Re: KTW editorial of Feb. 19 (‘Saving young drivers a must’): I read the editorial and the “stark” statistics regarding young drivers killed in B.C. between 2004 and 2013 which is 106 within a...
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A balanced education
Sa-Hali secondary students Morgan Clarke (left) joins Caimon Weiser and Shayden Swain in an exercise teaching balance while in a kayak. The school’s adventure tourism 12 class took part in the activity...
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BASS: Welcome to the family
About 15 years ago, my younger sister called from Ontario and, within minutes, turned my family’s world upside down. Well, to be fair, it wasn’t really my younger sister’s fault; she was just the...
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Uplands on the market; social advocates in Kamloops concerned about tenants
Now that Uplands Apartments is on the market, social advocates in Kamloops are concerned about the future of the residents living in the low-income building in the downtown area. Dave Eagles photo/KTW...
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Kamloops councillor won’t be ‘beholden’ to large donor
Go down the lists of campaign contributions for Vancouver’s Non-Partisan Association or Vision Vancouver and you will find plenty of November civic-election donations in the five-figure range. In...
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Playing with public policy
It’s easy to say Maladjusted is a play about mental health. Easy, accurate — but also incomplete. In the hands of the actors and crew of Theatre for Living, the play takes statistics and turns them...
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Indigenous focus of International Days
Canadian anthropologist Wade Davis, officially the explorer-in-residence with National Geographic, is considered one of the pre-eminent experts on indigenous people. Through his research, he’s spoken...
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White gets Kamloops Sports Hall of Fame nod
Marty White is heading to the Kamloops Sports Hall of Fame. White was a champion before coming to Kamloops, having won NASCAR`s modified stock class Northwest Championship in 1976 after capturing 24...
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WALLACE: Tools of debt-collection trade terrifying
They’re calling it a “collection tool.” The provincial government recently announced plans to coerce people into paying down student loan debt through ICBC. It means someone could be denied a drivers’...
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Many city entrances need tender loving care
Editor: Re: Jennifer Schultz’s letter of Feb. 27 (‘Let’s update sign of our city’s times’): There are other entrances to the City of Kamloops that badly need attention. The area behind the Railway...
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On the contrary, Kamloops is not ‘OK’
Editor: It has become painfully clear the current mayor and council have lost direction when it comes to the health of this city. Every newspaper I pick up has a story of another company leaving...
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At some point, we need to take ownership of our actions
Editor: Re: (‘Prohibited driver gets house arrest for pedestrian death,’ Feb. 17): I was appalled to read that, yet again, a judge took away a native man’s rights to be treated as an adult....
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Saving a vanishing language: Norman Fleury teaches Michif to Kamloops kids
Norman Fleury (left), reads to youngsters Victoria Street and Airianna Beesley as Mackenzie Papp looks on. Dave Eagles/KTW Norman Fleury leans forward in his wooden rocking chair, a The Three Little...
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LISTINGS: March 6 to March 12
Friday, March 6 • Art: Art Exposed, community-centred visual arts exhibit hosted by the Kamloops Arts Council until March 8 at the Old Courthouse Cultural Centre, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. daily. Admission is...
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Body discovered on sandbar near Tranquille
Investigators are working to determine the cause of death after a body was found on a sandbar near Tranquille Farms yesterday. Kamloops RCMP Cpl. Cheryl Bush said the BC Coroners Service is working to...
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Come Together at ISC
It’s not surprising J.T. Curtis went into music. After all, his very beginning — those nine gestational months — had his mom surrounded by the music of one of the originals of rock and roll, Otis...
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It’s time to spring ahead
Daylight-saving time arrives this weekend. Turn your clocks ahead this Saturday night (March 7) before retiring for the evening, as 2 a.m. is the official time clocks jump ahead by an hour. The idea,...
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Storm take 3-0 series lead
Devan Suidy of the 100 Mile House Wranglers battles with Ryan Keis of the Kamloops Storm during Game 1 action. Allen Douglas/KTW The Kamloops Storm have taken a 3-0 stranglehold on their second-round...
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St. Ann’s Crusaders fall in provincial quarter-final
The St. Ann’s Crusaders have fallen out of medal contention in Lumby. The 13th seed entering the provincial A girls’ basketball championship, St. Ann’s dropped a 50-41 decision to fifth-ranked...
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