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Cache Creek mayor declares state of emergency
Jon Ranta has declared a state of local emergency in Cache Creek. The mayor of the B.C. community signed the declaration on Sunday, following the flash-flooding that crippled the town Saturday...
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Anti-mine group to return $5,000 donation from KGHM
A coalition of groups raising money in its fight against the proposed Ajax copper and gold mine south of Aberdeen has decided it will not keep the $5,000 donation recently made by KGHM. A meeting of...
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Nine in the morning too early to imbibe?
It may be five o’clock somewhere else, but the Kamloops social planning council thinks 9 a.m. is too early to offer alcohol for sale at the city’s new casino. The citizen committee has rejected...
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Expert says boat not at top speed in crash
The speedboat that collided with a houseboat on Shuswap Lake in 2010, leaving one man dead, could have been travelling as slow as 32 km/h, a judge has been told. Leon Reinbrecht’s trial in B.C. Supreme...
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No evidence of trash cited in letter
Editor: Re: Tucson resident Susan Enholm’s letter of May 14 (‘Clean it up, now’): Too bad she got such a bad impression of Kamloops, but I don’t know where she saw all the trash because I live right by...
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How about a garden, rather than an arts centre?
Editor: Wouldn’t it be great if the parking lot behind that eyesore at Fourth Avenue and Seymour Street was a community garden? The building itself could be revamped to house an indoor public market....
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Aggressive mosquito has Kamloops scratching
The mosquitos are annoying even Cheryl Phippen. That’s saying something. Phippen, owner of BWP Consulting Inc. (BWP), the mosquito-control company servicing the Thompson-Nicola Regional District, said...
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Kamloops-Thompson trustees approve $480K Beattie consolidation plan
It began as an idea in 2002 and, 13 years later, a kindergarten to Grade 12 school in one building has become a reality. The Kamloops-Thompson board of education on Monday night approved a $480,000...
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Thank you for the merging information
Editor: Kudos to the city and also to the gentleman who sent in a letter last week to correct our knowledge of traffic merges at construction sites. He told us the rules of the road allow two lanes of...
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WILLIAMS: Kudos to Raine for seeking a stance
It caught my attention, if only because I wasn’t expecting it. As I frantically flipped through the agenda in the Thompson-Nicola Regional District boardroom, the board of directors plodding through...
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Rattlers in tough on Vancouver Island
The peewee A Kamloops Rattlers placed fifth at the Captain Cook lacrosse tTournament, which wrapped up on Sunday in Victoria. Kamloops posted a 1-2 record in round-robin play, losing 2-1 to host Juan...
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Trio of players to play Team BC basketball
Emily Ferguson, Emma Lizee and Gillian Mitchell will hit the court for Team B.C. this summer. Three Kamloops athletes will suit up for Team B.C. in provincial basketball action this summer. Emily...
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Trustee refutes claims about Beattie report conversation
Kamloops-Thompson board of education trustee Meghan Wade is refuting claims about what she told a Beattie School of the Arts parent about the plan to integrate the elementary and secondary classes....
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Art festival coming to Sun Peaks in August
Forty artists will converge on Sun Peaks in August for Midnight Sun 2015, sponsored by the Green Art Festival Association. The event runs from Aug. 7 to Aug. 9, with artists exhibiting their works...
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B.C. Soccer Premier League matches coming to Kamloops
The Kamloops Youth Soccer Association is hosting nine B.C. Soccer Premier League (BCSPL) matches featuring Thompson-Okanagan Football Club teams on Saturday and Sunday. “This is a another great...
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Pastry pleaser
Oliver Davey isn’t sharing a strawberry-rhubarb pastry from the Kamloops Farmers’ Market. Allen Douglas photo/KTW The post Pastry pleaser appeared first on Kamloops This Week.
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Peavy Mart on its way to Valleyview
An Alberta-based company with one retail location in B.C. will open its second store in Kamloops, part of a goal of expanding into this province. Peavey Mart operates in 33 markets in Western Canada....
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City’s on-street food-truck program elicits no interest
Mikey Wheeler-Johnson, owner of Eats Amore, said the program’s June start was too late for him. (KTW file photo) Don’t bother looking for lunch at Gaglardi Square this summer — the food trucks won’t...
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Final witness called in fatal boat crash trial; closing arguments on June 15
The final witness in the trial of the man accused of recklessly driving his speedboat into a houseboat on Shuswap Lake in 2010 and killing its driver has told a B.C. Supreme Court judge he nearly ran...
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