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DYER: It’s all about abrupt climate change
This is not how it was supposed to happen. The standard climate-change predictions said people in the tropics and the sub-tropics would be badly hurt by global warming long before people living in the...
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FOULDS: Manning the gates as our language undergoes change
It was nine minutes into the first period of the Canada-Switzerland women’s hockey semifinal game at the Sochi Olympic Winter Games when Nicole Bullo of the Swiss team recorded the first penalty of the...
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Rational Thoughts: Calvin and Hobbes clarifies creation debate
In debates or discussions about the existence of God, I’m often asked, “What if you’re wrong and there really is a God?” These questioners, who assume that God belief is of ultimate importance, are...
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ENTERTAINMENT LISTINGS: FEB. 21, onward
To submit an item for Kamloops This Weekend, email dale@kamloopsthisweek.com. TODAY MUSIC: DEVON COYOTE, The Blue Grotto. THEATRE: SILENT CHAP, preview, Sagebrush Theatre, 8 p.m. Tickets: 250-374-5483,...
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A serenade of symphony music on Saturday
Six musicians from the Kamloops Symphony will present two quintets this Saturday at TRU. The program features one flute and strings quintet will play works from composer Arthur Romberg. The other, a...
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New TRU comedy clowns about marriage
Since landing a part in The Beaux Strategem, actor Wyatt Purcha hasn’t felt as guilty about missing the occasional trip to the gym. Running up stairs, leaping through doorways and onto furniture — and...
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Warming up for the Coldest Night
Venture Kamloops staff Cindy Dueck (left), Jamie Mayes, chef Mike O’Reilly and executive director Jim Anderson serve up barbecued hot dogs and hot chocolate to Fresh Inc. staff Aleece Liard and Crystal...
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Theatre review: Silent Chap captures an era
This year marks the 100th anniversary of Charlie Chaplin’s iconic character, The Tramp. What better way to celebrate the world’s most-recognized silent-movie character than to see the world premiere of...
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A loss of a lifetime
It was three days before Stuart Richey’s 21st birthday — Sunday, Aug. 11, 2013 — that his life changed forever. He was in Burns Lake at the time — a forest-fire fighter in his summers, he was working...
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Smith manslaughter trial: Undercover cops to testify
The body of a Lytton man killed more than a decade ago was unearthed by a contractor digging a trench for a water line on Crown land, a jury has heard. Rob Smith is standing trial in B.C. Supreme Court...
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Jail urged for coach who preyed on player
The Crown has urged a B.C. Supreme Court justice to jail a female hockey coach who sexually preyed on a player, calling it a breach of trust and victimization of a child. A sentence hearing was held on...
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PARKER: Oh my God, it’s back again
Andria Parker Two words — spaghetti straps. That is my single most-treasured memory of the 1990s. I know — I had my choice of Jonathan Taylor Thomas, Girl Power, Pogs, Tomagatchis, Full House. I know....
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Coquihalla reopens after massive avalanche
The Coquihalla Highway reopened again on the morning of Saturday, Feb. 22, following the latest in a series of closures due to the immense amount of snow that has fallen on the mountain route. The...
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Man unscathed after being run down by drunk driver
A man who eventually blew three times the legal blood-alcohol limit in a roadside screening device hit another man as the impaired driver took off from the scene of a minor traffic accident. And,...
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Victoria finally introduces off-road legislation
The B.C. Liberal government has introduced off-road vehicle legislation — nearly five years after it first made the announcement. Steve Thomson, minister of Forests, Lands and Natural Resource...
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FOULDS: In Canada, two-party system significant threat to status quo
During Thomas Mulcair’s visit to Kamloops last week, he spoke briefly before opening the floor to questions. Among those queries fired at the federal NDP Leader was one from Kamloops Coun. Donovan...
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With the melting of the snow comes far too much doggie doo
Editor: The snow has melted and what is showing up on the side of the streets of Barnhartvale? Doggie doo! It amazes me how much dog poo is on the side of the streets. Owners of dogs are either not...
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No more bail for man in attempted-murder case
A Kamloops man charged with attempted murder after allegedly pointing a gun at a woman and pulling the trigger during a robbery in November will no longer be free on bail, a judge has ruled. John...
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Delayed by ‘combative’ behaviour
A court appearance for a mentally ill man alleged to have assaulted a nurse at a Kamloops psychiatric facility has been delayed because of the accused’s “combative” behaviour. On Monday, Feb. 24, David...
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Is that my ex under that mask?
A Kamloops man who was the victim of a violent home invasion last year has told a B.C. Supreme Court justice the story of a bungled robbery gone awry. Joadth Anderson, Travis Kelly and James Paulin are...
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