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FOULDS: Arts centre is costly, but may be worth it
The average Kamloops homeowner will barely notice the impact on the wallet if the proposed $90-million performing-arts centre and parkade was to be built downtown. Yes, that is a massive number for an...
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2141 should be back on track by June
Al Levy remembers the day the 2141 steam engine was moved from Riverside Park. It was Nov. 4, 1994, and, as a volunteer for Shaw Cable, Levy was at the park to record the trip the heritage engine would...
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Fraudster gets house arrest
A B.C. Supreme Court justice has sentenced a fraudster who stole more than $21,000 from a Clinton senior to a year of house arrest. The scammer has also been ordered to repay his victim. Darren Sidwell...
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Kamloops Mounties investigate attempted horse thefts in Cherry Creek
They cut fences and opened gates and allowed horses to escape. But, the animals were rounded up by their owners before the culprits could complete their rustling attempt and load the animals into a...
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Data from TRU review will not be released
Data collected during a review of president Alan Shaver won’t be released to faculty at Thompson Rivers University. Brian Ross, chairman of TRU’s board of governors, said a request by journalism...
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Actually, we need a better museum
Editor: How much thought did Kamloops Coun. Tina Lange give to the notion of closing the Kamloops Museum and Archives and setting up roving historical displays in buildings throughout the city? An...
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Soccer Quest has inaugural indoor champions
Soccer Quest’s inaugural indoor season wrapped up on the weekend, with champions crowned in the men’s and women’s recreational divisions. The Kami Cabs Men’s Recreational Division title went to...
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Ice Pirates pillage silver in Langley
The 2007 Kamloops Ice Pirates spring hockey team earned silver at a tournament in Langley on the weekend. Matthew Hufty scored Kamloops’ only goal in a 2-1 loss to the Abbotsford Heat in the...
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Big Apple exposure
IN THE PHOTO: Kamloops photographer Alison Francis had her work featured at the annual New York Fashion Week. Google led to Alison Francis flying to New York City. Someone at the Stefan Beckman studio...
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Welcoming them home from the Canada Winter Games
Sara Spence of Kamloops won six medals at the Canada Winter Games in Prince George in February. Andrea Klassen/KTW PacificSport Interior BC welcomed home its regional Team B.C. athletes, coaches and...
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Cousineau of Kamloops wins junior golf event
Terry Cousineau of Kamloops won the B.C. Zone 2 Junior Golf Tour event at Osoyoos Golf Club on Saturday. Austin Bosquet of Vernon and Cousineau both shot 72 to force a playoff, in which the Kamloops...
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Kamloops council sets 2015 tax rate; homeowners to pay extra $49 in taxes and...
The average homeowner will pay an extra $49 in taxes and fees in 2015 after Kamloops city council set the tax rate on Tuesday. Property taxes will rise 1.22 per cent but, because of a decision to...
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Monicker mixup could mean more time in prison for Eric Charlie, a.k.a. James...
What’s in a name? For a Kamloops man, it could mean more time behind bars. The Crown has appealed six sentences handed down in 2013 in provincial court to someone named James Rocky Whitford. The...
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Art gallery to host kids camps
Kamloops Art Gallery will offer programming for children ages four to 12 on Monday, April 20, a professional-development day for the school district. Two camps are planned, one for those four to six...
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Westsyde Pool to close for at least 15 months for roof repairs
Westsyde will keep its pool, but it will be some time before the swimming area re-opens following its annual June shutdown. On Tuesday, Kamloops city council voted to close the pool as of June while...
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Living Legends at Coast
The music of South America and the South Pacific is coming to Kamloops next month as Living Legends performs at the Coast Kamloops Hotel and Conference Centre theatre. The Brigham Young University...
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Accused killer fit to stand trial in Kamloops
Deanne Wheeler on her 18th birthday. A 41-year-old Kamloops man accused of murdering his estranged girlfriend in December has been found mentally fit to stand trial. Under the watch of two deputy...
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KEG conference: Even in trying times, prospectors are relentless
Father and son prospectors Jack and Bob Denny are at this year’s KEG Conference, which continues today with a field trip to New Afton Mine. Dave Eagles/KTW His grandfather didn’t drill into the...
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KEG conference: Ajax among six proposals in region
The Kamloops Exploration Group’s annual conference this week was held at the Kamloops Coast Hotel and Conference Centre. Dave Eagles/KTW Six new mines in various stages of development are proposed...
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Readers are leaders
Tash Fox (left) and nine-month-old son Gavin join Brianna Senner and her nine-month-old boy, Roland for a reading of Inch By Inch by Andy Finnen, head of children’s services. Children’s Storytime,...
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