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TNRD directors add to flood relief
More relief is coming to the Village of Cache Creek. The Thompson-Nicola Regional District’s board of directors has voted in favour of a resolution that will see electoral area directors donate a...
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Gottfriedson elected regional chief of B.C.
Shane Gottfriedson will serve out his role as chief of the TIB. TIB chief Shane Gottfriedson is B.C.’s newest regional chief of the Assembly of First Nations (AFN) following a first-ballot election...
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Will purchase of Valleyview dump produce less dust?
City of Kamloops staff say tackling the amount of dust coming off a Valleyview landfill will be on the list of priorities once the property is in its hands. Council agreed this week to move ahead with...
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Live at Lunch is back downtown
Music returns to the streets of downtown Kamloops, with the return of Live at Lunch. The annual music series put on by the Kamloops Central Business Improvement Association runs Wednesday through...
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Council gives casino its 2 a.m. nod
Visitors to Kamloops’ newest casino will be able to enjoy drinks outdoors until 2 a.m. with the approval of city council. Councillors voted this week to allow the Cascades Casino owned by Gateway...
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Twin Peaks kicks off July music at cafe
Twin Peaks is performing tomorrow night at The Art We Are. The roots duo, consisting of Fort St. John natives Naomi Shore and Lindsay Pratt, is known for its catchy tunes. Tickets are $5 at the door....
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The heat is on in Kamloops
Record-setting readings likely this weekend Even with temperatures expected to climb as high as 40 or 41 C on Sunday, Kamloops’ water-treatment plant will more or less be at an idle. While the plant...
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50,000 reasons to relay
Despite rainy weather on the day of the event, the Relay for Life raised more than $50,000 this year in support of the Canadian Cancer Society. The event took place at Hillside Stadium with several...
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Arts centre belongs downtown
Editor: Re: Keith Hanna’s letter of June 18 (‘Arts centre doesn’t belong downtown’): Without a doubt, there are many suitable places for a new arts center in Kamloops, but building it downtown would go...
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Couple cruising into Kamloops for a cause
Mark and Dianne Boutilier will be cruising into Kamloops in their 1953 GMC pickup for a fundraiser at Bailey’s Pub on July 3. The Abbotsford couple has been travelling across the country this month and...
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Kamloops Mounties bust largest meth lab ever found in city
Dave Eagles photos/KTW Kamloops Mounties have busted what they say is the largest meth lab ever discovered in the city. The raid in Barnhartvale this week has resulted in a major blow to drug...
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Nasa lecturer to talk missions to Mars
The Big Little Science Centre is shooting for Mars in July as part of several activities planned this summer at the centre. On Saturday, July 25, NASA engineer Luke Dubord will discuss exploration...
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RCMP help end standoff on Emterra picket line
Marty Gibbons, president of United Steel Workers Local 1-417 (right) joined striking workers on the picket line at the Emterra Environmental recycling plant on Friday. Dave Eagles/KTW A standoff on...
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Fun fit for families in Idaho
Achill settles over my body as the dark tunnel swallows me and my bike. I pedal hard, pushing for the light at the end of the 2.67-kilometre dungeon and keeping a sharp lookout for deer, moose and elk....
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Convicted shaver gets three years in prison
A Lytton community support worker who stripped and shaved his unconscious victim “broke this young man,” a B.C. Supreme Court justice said Friday. Justice Sheri Donegan sentenced Michael Hume, 48, to...
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Racing into summer at Sun Peaks
Sun Peaks Resort is boasting something new this summer — a Mountain Cross Cart Course that travels 512 metres down the Sunbeam ski run. Sun Peaks Resort photo As Jason White drifted across the finish...
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Soggy Beavers braved Race to Alaska
The Soggy Beavers — Russell Henry, Graham Henry, Mackenzie Punter, Tanner Ockenden, Ryan Schissler and Niklaas Rampen — arriving in Ketchikan, Alaska, following a 1,200-kilometre trek in a six-person...
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Rangers’ Kamloops home to get a retrofit
The Rocky Mountain Rangers’ (RMR) McGill Road building will receive an upgrade under a federal program. The $536,00 will be spent on the roof, lighting and other upgrades. Rocky Mountain Rangers...
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Goodale tells Kamloops Liberals the economy is election issue No. 1
While the Stephen Harper Conservative government has staked its claim on the economy, the reality is poor job prospects for young people, record personal debts and stagnant incomes, a veteran Liberal...
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Cooking up creativity
Baking and decorating are creative pastimes. The culinary arts is truly a high-art form as it is the only creative expression we can see, feel, touch, smell, taste and sometimes even hear — if,...
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