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Register now for Kamloops Women’s Soccer League
The Kamloops Women’s Soccer League is accepting new players until May 18. Players of various ages, skill and competition levels — from recreational to university players and others — can sign up to be...
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Rattlers top Raiders in senior lacrosse play (with slideshow)
The Kamloops Rattlers earned a 6-1 victory over the Kelowna Raiders in Thompson Okanagan Senior Lacrosse League action at Memorial Arena on Friday. The Rattlers were led by forward Gavin McIntosh, who...
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Slideshow: Broncos see record turnout at spring camp
Prospective Kamloops Bronco Devon Hallums made this highlight-reel one-handed catch at the B.C. Football Confrence club’s two-day spring camp on the weekend. The Broncos kick off the 2015 BCFC season...
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Up-and-down weekend for RiverDogs (with slideshow)
The Kamloops Players Bench RiverDogs had differing results in doubleheaders on Saturday and Sunday on McArthur Island. Ridge Meadows (11-2) swept a pair of games against Kamloops (9-4) on Saturday,...
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UPDATE: Kamloops RCMP find teen who was missing
UPDATE: At 3:25 p.m. on Tuesday, Kamloops RCMP announced fifteen-year-old Kyla Spijksma has been found and is safe. Kamloops RCMP is seeking the public’s help in finding a missing teen....
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Columbia Street contract awarded; Fourth Avenue to be closed for a month
Kamloops council has awarded the Columbia Street widening contract — and drivers should expect Fourth Avenue at Columbia Street to be closed for at least a month as the project begins. The contract was...
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Giving a hoot about the burrowing owl
Burrowing owls have disappeared over much of their historic range in North America. In B.C., the burrowing owl used to make its home in the southern grasslands of B.C., from the U.S. border north to...
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Motorist’s method of merging the problem
Editor: A letter from Mary-Ann Davy in the May 8 edition of KTW (‘Let’s decide on one merging method’) suggests what the problem is with merging onto Overlanders Bridge. Davy suggests there has to be...
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Accused in child-porn case claims Russian athletes stayed at condo where...
A former special-education teacher charged with possession of child pornography testified in his defence on Tuesday that Russian curling team members used to stay at his condo for weeks at a time while...
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Fiddle me this
Scott Woods brings Fiddling in the Key of Eh? to Kamloops as part of an Ontario to B.C. tour. Woods, two-time winner of the Canadian Open Fiddle Contest and of the Canadian Grand Masters Fiddle...
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New category in Kamloops Business Excellence Awards
Berwick on the Park general manager Bev Graham speaks Wednesday on the benefits of participation for local businesses in the Kamloops Chamber of Commerce Business Excellence Awards. Berwick on the Park...
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Accused retired teacher in child-porn trial: ‘I’m not a pervert’
Retired teacher Jerry Waslenkoff is charged with possession of child pornography. He has admitted to watching adult porn on his computer, but denies discs with child-porn images found beneath his heat...
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More changes to Canada West; basketball format adjusted
The Canada West Universities Athletic Association has settled on a new basketball format. But, as one Thompson Rivers University coach asked, how long will this one last? “It’s just another format,”...
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Photo: Falkland Stampede returns this weekend
Matt Lait from Cayley, Alta., rode Wyatt’s Ghost to victory in bareback riding at the 2014 Falkland Stampede, held annually on Victoria Day long weekend. The 97th annual running of the stampede midway...
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Skydivers soaring into Kamloops for MayMeet
Professional skydiver Scott Calentine touches down at Fulton Field. There are expected to be about 1,000 jumps this weekend at MayMeet, hosted by the Kamloops Skydivers Sport Parachute Club. Lorrie...
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Kamloops Mounties investigate claims of sexual assault at seniors’ home
Police have now launched a criminal investigation into the alleged sexual assault of a disabled senior in a Kamloops nursing home — a case that has already prompted a lawsuit against the facility, an...
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IHA confirms Norovirus in local restaurant
Norovirus is back in town — and has led to another restaurant having to do a complete clean of the building after 14 people came down with the virus after eating there. The Interior Health Authority...
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Updates on this summer’s music festivals
IN THE PHOTO: Mumford and Sons is among musical acts at Squamish Valley Music Festival, Aug. 7 to Aug. 9. The British rock band released Wilder Mind, its first album in three years, earlier this month....
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City of Kamloops fined $30K for releasing sewage into river; public was not...
The City of Kamloops’ O’Connor lift station in Dallas, from which 4,300 cubic metres of sewage was released into a nearby creek and drainage ditches, which drain into the South Thompson River. Dave...
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BCLC pays it forward at Spring Festival
Yesterday’s lineup for hamburgers and hotdogs outside city hall was long, but people didn’t seem to mind waiting in the sunshine and listening to music by Dodie Godney’s Instamatics during the BC...
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