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EDITORIAL: Hewitt, Terwiel show dreams are within reach
It’s not often residents of a city the size of Kamloops get a chance to watch their own aim for a medal on the biggest sporting stage in the world. In the next two weeks, however, Kamloopsians will get...
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FOULDS: From Sochi to the Cold War via that iconic, scary symbol
Much attention at the Olympic Winter Games in Sochi has been focused on the exorbitant cost, the threat of terrorist strikes from militant Islamists fighting for a religious state of their own in the...
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Cattle-tracking program gives ranchers an edge
A mandatory cattle-tracking program in Canada gives ranchers a unique edge in marketing, a industry leader recently told a Kamloops conference. The B.C. Cattlemen’s Association and the B.C. Association...
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United they learn — for 60 years
In the photo: Kamloops United Church pre-school teacher Patti Pernitsky has been educating young minds in Kamloops for a long time. The school marks its 60th anniversary this year and will host an open...
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Government’s desire for dead soldier’s pay unconscionable
Editor: Re: KTW’s editorial of Jan. 30 (‘Ottawa reaches new low with war vets’): The request by the Veterans’ Affair Department for the return of $581 from the family of a soldier who died is totally...
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Blazers please home crowd, but come up short again
Bolton Pouliot shrugged and wondered aloud when the bounces were going to start going the way of his Kamloops Blazers. “It’s tough because in practice everybody is working and it’s going to come,” said...
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Milobar, Bepple top city council expense list
Kamloops city councillors saw the insides of plenty of airports and hotels in 2013. Three of the city’s elected officials exceeded their individual $5,000 allotment for travel expenses, with two...
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Trudeau’s Senate move is ‘bold new thinking’
Editor: Federal Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau has made a bold move in his release of Liberal senators from the party caucus, while members of the Conservative party are dismissing the significance....
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Cotter coming home for Brier; Yamada, DeCap fall short
Jim Cotter will be heading to his home town of Kamloops as the reigning B.C. champion for the 2014 Tim Hortons Brier. Cotter’s team, with Olympic champion John Morris calling the shots and Kelowna...
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KMHA roundup, Feb. 7 to Feb. 9, 2014
Rockets blast competition at Atom Blast tournament The Kamloops Rockets came out on top of the Kamloops Atom Blast tournament on the weekend, defeating the Langley Blades 4-3 in overtime of the...
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Another traffic death near Hoffman’s Bluff
Another accident in the Hoffman’s Bluff area near chase has claimed a life. A woman driving a car eastbound on Highway 1 on Monday, Feb. 10, apparently crossed the centre line, colliding with a...
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Crash claims life of Kamloops elementary teacher
Staff and students at Beattie School of the Arts are coming to terms with the death of Grade 2 teacher Jennifer Swan. Kamloops-Thompson school district Supt. Terry Sullivan said he learned of Swan’s...
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Classical pianist Hagen playing Vernon next week
Classical pianist Sarah Hagen will perform on Tuesday, Feb. 18, at the Vernon and District Performing Arts Centre Society. Her show is part of the society’s Morning Melodies series that focus on...
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This is how they roll
Florida Georgia Line is slated to play Interior Savings Centre on Friday, April 11. The country duo — with the help of St. Louis rapper Nelly — took home single-of-the-year honours at the recent...
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Don’t fret about this quartet
Strings brought Trent Freeman and the rest of The Fretless band together. “Through the fiddle, we’ve known each other a long time,” Freeman said of the group that includes Ivonne Hernandez, Karrnnel...
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The Spanish roots are thick in Vancouver-based Locarno
Tom Landa didn’t pick music as a career, he said. It picked him. Growing up in Mexico City, he was surrounded by the music of the country but preferred to listen to pop and rock. “Every penny and all...
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The Shirley connection — grandfather, grandson share Kamloops hockey history
Gordon Petersen’s illustration of Jim Shirley appeared in the Kamloops Sentinel. Shirley was a goaltender with the1956-1957 Kamloops Chiefs of the Okanagan Senior Hockey League. Shirley’s grandson,...
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Kamloops boy Cotter comes home for Brier
Jim Cotter remembers sitting in the stands of Riverside Coliseum, a 21-year-old watching Kamloops’ Barry McPhee compete in the 1996 Kamloops Brier. “It was quite the feeling to sit in the crowd and see...
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WolfPack playoff series volleys between venues; Match 1 set for Thursday at TCC
This isn’t how Pat Hennelly wanted to host his first Canada West playoff series. The ninth-year WolfPack head coach stood in the TRU Gym on Tuesday, Feb. 11, running practice in the venue for one of...
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Outdoors with the Kamloops Naturalist Club: Tracking winter
Canadians embrace winter by getting outdoors and enjoying the cool fresh air and sunshine. Recreational activities such as skiing, snowshoeing and ice-fishing are popular in winter, but what about...
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