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CP talks rail safety with city
He was at city hall to talk to council about rail safety in the wake of the Lac-Megantic disaster in Quebec, but CP Rail’s director of government affairs had some critical words for the city about its...
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Golden Arches in Valleyview sued over pothole tumble
A Kamloops woman is suing McDonald’s for injuries she claims to have suffered after falling in a supersized pothole in the parking lot of a Tournament Capital restaurant. Donna Shirley Simon is suing...
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The virtual reality of environmental criminology
In the photo: Thompson Rivers University assistant professor Andrew Park (left) and research assistant Alex Touchet. Dave Eagles photo/KTW The Boston Marathon bombing is being re-created at Thompson...
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Tobiano lands sold
Development lands at Tobiano have been purchased by a local developer-builder group from former mortgage holder BMO. Quentin Granger, receiver-manager at Tobiano, told a Kamloops Chamber of Commerce...
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Saints lose in Okanagan basketball final
Photo: Evan Cave of the NorKam Saints attempts a layup at the Okanagan Zone AAA boys’ basketball championship in Vernon on Saturday, March 1. Roger Tepper photo The NorKam Saints fell just short at the...
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Community football AGM approaching
The Kamloops Community Football Society will hold its annual general meeting on Wednesday, March 26 at at the Kamloops Sports Council office on Lorne Street. The meeting will begin at 7 p.m. Among...
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WolfPack in tough against Saints
The WolfPack men’s hockey team will be looking to end a 10-game losing streak when it opens the playoffs against the Selkirk Saints on Friday, March 7. TRU (9-14) last won on Nov. 29, 2013, a 4-2...
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Kelly Olynyk named Sport B.C. male senior athlete of the year
Kamloops native Kelly Olynyk has been named Sport B.C.’s male senior athlete of the year. Sport B.C. announced Olynyk had received the award on Twitter on Wednesday, March 5. Also up for the honour was...
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Mounties make gunpoint arrest
A Kamloops man will likely face drug and firearms charges after being arrested at gunpoint by police on Victoria Street. RCMP Staff Sgt. Grant Learned said Mounties were called to the 600-block of...
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Breaker, breaker! I need help with a 10-17!
In the age of Twitter and texting, it was CB radio that stopped what a Crown lawyer said was two men fleeing in a stolen truck. On Thursday, March 6, a provincial court judge released Derek Ledgard...
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$250,000 worth of smartboards stuck in boxes
In the photo: Smartboards have many uses. In the fall of 2011, this South Kamloops secondary class used the technology to Skype with peers in Mexico. KTW file photo Denise Harper wants to know why 50...
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Memo to BCLC execs: Work here, live here
The city’s two MLAs have delivered a strongly worded message to the B.C. Lottery Corporation (BCLC) that senior executives from the Crown corporation should work and reside in Kamloops. Kamloops-South...
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Government cannot force casino to stay put
The B.C. Liberal government has no intention of forcing Lake City Casinos to remain downtown, said MLA Todd Stone, in whose Kamloops-South Thompson riding the casino operates. Stone said he has come to...
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Winter has driven many squirrely
KTW reader Marc Smith met this little squirrel as both were out recently, enjoying a rare sunny winter day in Kamloops. The cute rodent’s venture from his winter den could mean spring-like weather is...
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Brier fandemonium
In the photo: Curling superfan Dale Roadhouse leaves no doubt as to which team he is backing. The Alberta man, wife Debbie and friends Gail and Kelly Barnes attend all Briers in Western Canada. Dave...
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Pinned to the Brier
Dave Phillips of Red Deer is a big Brier fan and has about 10,000 pins from attending 34 years’ worth of major curling events. He brought some to Kamloops for the 2014 Tim Hortons Brier — they filled a...
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B.C. awaits opponent in first playoff match
Draw 17. The 2014 Tim Hortons Brier in Kamloops. It all comes down to this. After defeating Saskatchewan 6-3 on Thursday night, Team B.C. awaits the results of the March 7 morning draw, which will...
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Teachers vote 89 per cent in favour of job action
Kamloops-Thompson school district superintendent Terry Sullivan told his administrators in February to get out the job-action manual. “”I told people a month ago to bring it out, dust it off and get it...
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Is Daily News site good fit for performing-arts centre?
They have a potential site, but many Kamloops city councillors remain on the fence about whether they are ready to dedicate a quarter-of-a-million dollars to the preliminary studies required for a...
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Broncs lose first provincial game
The Brock Broncos Grade 9 boys basketball team lost a close game to Stevenson London 51-50 in the first round of their provincial championship on Thursday, March 6. Anthony Cave led the Broncs with 18...
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