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Nicole Vermey tops Holy Cow Loppett
Ninety-nine racers participated in the Holy Cow Loppett at Sun Peaks Resort on Sunday, Feb. 23, with 2-kilometre, 5-km, 12-km and 24-km races going on Morrissey Mountain. Pate Newmann of Canmore...
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Saskatchewan’s Kirk Muyres wins Ford Hot Shots
Going nearly perfect in the final round of competition, Saskatchewan third Kirk Muyres won the 20th annual Ford Hot Shots skills competition at the 2014 Kamloops Brier. New Brunswick second Darren...
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Senior sails off Kamloops street — and is uninjured
A senior citizen walked away from a scary crash on Friday night (Feb. 28) uninjured — but with a 24-hour driving prohibition. Kamloops RCMP Cpl. Cheryl Bush said the elderly man was driving on Summit...
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Mountie talks distraught man down from Overlanders Bridge
A Kamloops Mountie used midnight conversation to talk a man down from Overlanders Bridge on Friday night (Feb. 28). Cpl. Cheryl Bush said police received a report of a man threatening to jump from the...
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Cotter, B.C. win in Draw 1 at the Brier
Jim Cotter struggled to find draw weight in his debut at the 2014 Kamloops Brier, but he had it when it mattered most. Tied 6-6 against Alberta’s Kevin Koe on Saturday, March 1, the Kamloops native...
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Day 1 Brier Standings
TEAM W L MANITOBA (STOUGHTON) 2 0 BRITISH COLUMBIA (MORRIS) 2 0 ONTARIO (BALSDON) 1 0 SASKATCHEWAN (LAYCOCK) 1 0 NFLD/LAB (GUSHUE) 1 1 NORTHERN ONTARIO (CURRIE) 1 1 PEI (MACKENZIE) 0 1 NOVA SCOTIA...
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B.C. rink undefeated after Day 1 of the Brier
The second time around went a little better than the first. Kamloops native Jim Cotter and his B.C. rink defeated Northern Ontario 8-2 on Saturday night to close out the first day of competition on...
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TRU doubles team places fifth at badminton nationals
Photo: Lacey Banman of the TRU WolfPack gets to the birdie. Allen Douglas/KTW The TRU WolfPack doubles duo of Lacey Banman and Anica Arduini posted a 1-5 record at the Canadian Collegiate Athletic...
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Photo, results: Storm have Eagles on the brink of extinction
Photo by Allen Douglas/KTW Aiden Silzer-Hooker leads the Kamloops Storm up-ice against the Sicamous Eagles in Kootenay International Junior Hockey League playoff action at McArthur Island Sport and...
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WolfPack sent packing from Canada West basketball playoffs
Sarah Malate and the TRU WolfPack basketball team were ousted from the Canada West playoffs in Edmonton on Saturday, March 1. Allen Douglas/KTW The hometown Alberta Pandas clawed through the TRU...
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Blazers’ long road trip ends with lopsided defeat in Medicine Hat
The Kamloops Blazers returned home from a gruelling road trip on Sunday morning (March 2). Kamloops left the River City on Feb. 20 and made stops in Portland, Seattle, Spokane, Red Deer, Calgary and...
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B.C. no longer unbeaten at Brier
Quebec scored four in the first end and B.C. never caught up in Draw 4 at the Tim Hortons Brier in Kamloops on Sunday, March 2. Skip Jean-Michel Menard and his team from La Belle Province posted a 7-4...
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Kamloops Brier a trip down memory lane for Manitoba’s Stoughton
Jeff Stoughton has been here before. He has been in the hack at Interior Savings Centre — though at the time it was called Riverside Coliseum — worn the Manitoba yellow, made winning calls in tight...
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Mounties injured in back-alley battle with angry husband
A Kamloops Mountie tying to get a breath sample from a woman driving a vehicle ended up fighting off her angry husband behind a North Kamloops pub on Saturday night. Staff Sgt. Fran Bethell said the...
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Farnworth first in for B.C. NDP leadership
After finishing a close second to Adrian Dix in 2011, Mike Farnworth said he is running for NDP leader to correct the party’s mistakes of 2013. Offering “a progressive alternative that can win an...
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City seeks new concession operator in Riverside Park
A new company will be doling out fries and pop at the Riverside Park concession stand this summer. Wendy Snelling, the city’s business operations supervisor, told KTW Compass Group Canada Ltd., which...
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Cotter comes through under pressure, lifts B.C. to victory
Jim Cotter came through in the clutch for B.C. at the Tim Hortons Brier on Sunday (March 2) at Interior Savings Centre. With the last rock in the 10th end, the Kamloops product played a superb shot,...
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Charge laid in stabbing
A Kamloops man charged following a stabbing at a downtown house party on Feb. 26 is due to appear in court later this week. Zane Matthew Kahpeaysewat, 28, is facing one count of aggravated assault....
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TRU lecture on air quality and Ajax’s possible impact
Is there an economic cost to air pollution? Peter Tsigaris, a professor at Thompson Rivers University, will address that question on Sunday, March 9, in the TRU Clocktower Alumni Theatre. Using data...
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Cuban ambassador to speak in Kamloops
Cuban ambassador Julio Garmendia Pena will speak at Thompson Rivers University on Friday, March 7. Also speaking will be Miraly Gonzalez Gonzalez, first secretary of the Cuban Embassy in Canada. Pena...
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