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Stuart Wood families are being left without a choice
Editor: My daughter is enrolled in Grade 1 at Stuart Wood elementary, with my son due to start kindergarten in September. I am concerned about restructuring of the Kamloops-Thompson school district,...
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Local bodybuilder’s superstar search comes to an end
He has the guns, but he’s not the Top Gun. Kamloops pharmacist Dease Watson finished in the top five in Ben Pakulski’s Top Gun Superstar Search this week, a competition aimed at selecting the leading...
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Westsyde teams win zone titles
The Westsyde Whundas are West Zone champions, in both boys and girls basketball. Both teams won their championship games on Tuesday, Feb. 25. The boys defeated the South Kamloops Titans 60-58 in...
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Rivers sculpture will soon have artistic company in Riverside Park area
The Rivers sculpture will have some artistic competition by spring. Kamloops’ next artistic feature will soon be installed near Heritage House said the city’s manager of recreation, social development...
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Dallas developer has a plan that will go to public hearing
The public will have a chance to weigh in on a Dallas developer’s plan to add more units to a condo project at 5170 Dallas Dr. Scott Bianco and Golden Valley Enterprises Ltd. want to increase the...
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Sewer project likely to come in under budget
A new sewer force main for the South Shore will likely come in millions of dollars under budget. Council has agreed to award a tender to twin three kilometres of the Mission Flats force main to Acres...
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Lake City Casino, employees have tentative deal
There could be labour peace at Lake City Casinos. The B.C. Government and Employees’ Union (BCGEU) has reached a tentative agreement with Lake City Casinos in Kamloops, Vernon, Kelowna and Penticton....
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What’s in a name? Nothing — yet
A plan to sell naming rights to fields and ice sheets around the Tournament Capital isn’t moving ahead with the speed the city had initially anticipated. Last spring, the city announced it would...
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View from city hall: Listening to the public as final budget decision nears
On Tuesday, Feb. 25, we held our final public budget meeting. Public sessions started last fall, were held in different parts of the city and included web options so people could provide input. To...
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Ajax foe: Prosperity rejection highlights need for federal panel review
A leading opponent of the proposed Ajax mine in Kamloops says Ottawa’s rejection of the Prosperity mine shows why the Ajax file needs stronger oversight. John Schleiermacher, spokesman for the Kamloops...
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Teen in board attack to be sentenced
Emotions ran high in a Kamloops courtroom on Thursday, Feb. 27, as the Crown retraced the events of an incident last year in which a teenager attacked a 46-year-old man with a skateboard, landing him...
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Warrant has been issued for arrest of Missing Link
Link Gaetz in his glory days in as an enforcer with the San Jose Sharks in 1991. An NHL enforcer given the moniker Missing Link during his brief career has gone missing and is now wanted by police. A...
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Storm draw even with Eagles
The Storm’s leadership group wasn’t about to let them lose a second straight playoff game. Alternate captain Luke Gordon scored a pair of goals for Kamloops, while captain Brock Balson added a third...
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Sabres tip off provincials Wednesday
The Sa-Hali Sabres girls basketball team will begin their quest for a provincial championship on Wednesday, March 5, facing Courtenay’s Mark Isfeld Ice to open the Langley tournament. The AA Sabres are...
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Kamloops man who groped kids, adult, sentenced to time served
A Kamloops man who plied his victims with booze and asked one of them to call him “Daddy” said he has remained abstinent for nine months while behind bars — and plans to stay sober on the outside....
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Victim of predator coach explains why she wanted her name made public
In the photo: Heidi Ferber, a hockey coach who pleaded guilty to sexual interference of a person under 16 and sexual exploitation. The 39-year-old will be sentenced on April 2. There were early...
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Video: No jail time for teen who attacked man with longboard
The Kamloops teen who attacked a 46-year-old man with a skateboard outside a Brocklehurst convenience store last year won’t be going to jail. The boy, who is now 16 and cannot be identified under...
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2014 Kamloops Tim Hortons Brier — PHOTO GALLERY: HOT SHOTS
The 2014 Kamloops Tim Hortons Brier gets underway on Saturday, March 1, at the Interior Savings Centre. Friday afternoon saw the teams take part in the traditional Ford Hot Shots competition. In each...
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Kamloops Climbers win in Saanich
Kamloops climbers Robert and Alison Stewart-Patterson had impressive showings at a speed and difficulty climbing event at The Boulders Climbing Gym in Central Saanich on Saturday Feb. 22. Robert was...
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Cope to receive Sport B.C. president’s award
Kamloops Youth Soccer Association president Graham Cope will be honoured with the Sport B.C. President’s Award in Vancouver on March 5. The award, which is “presented to volunteers from Sport B.C....
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