KMHA round-up: Mar. 7 to Mar. 9, 2014
Titans Tower The Titans towered over the Eagles in atom recreational action on the weekend, grabbing an 8-2 victory. Olen Gelineau (3G), Jack Anderson (2G), Cache Clemiston (2G), Adam Gordon (1G, 1A),...
View ArticleSmith manslaughter trial: Fate of accused now in hands of jury
In the photo: Lytton’s Sandy Charlie (right) vanished in 1999 and his body was found in 2011. Charlie’s son, Sandy Cleghorn (left), died looking for his father. The fate of a Lytton man accused in a...
View ArticleVaping at schools soon to be verboten
If they’re doing it now, students at city high schools won’t be vaping much longer. The Kamloops-Thompson school district intends to ban electronic cigarettes following discussion with Interior Health...
View ArticleA Rocky appetite leads to surgery
Sometimes, having an appetite for adventure doesn’t go down so well. Rocky, a curious puppy, learned that lesson the hard way. The two-and-a-half-month old lab/pit bull-cross, managed to swallow a...
View ArticleBoiler upgrade at Raft River will reduce emissions
A boiler upgrade at a North Thompson school is expected to reduce release of carbon by 49 tonnes a year. Kamloops-Thompson school trustees have approved spending $236,000 to update heating at Raft...
View ArticleNew teachers’ union president predicts maximum two-year deal
David Komljenovic is back as president of the Kamloops-Thompson Teachers’ Association (KTTA) — but he said he’s not there for the long haul. Komljenovic was acclaimed president on Monday, March 10,...
View ArticleDever lone councillor opposed to city purchase of Daily News site
Too little for too much money, too quickly. That’s Nelly Dever’s view of a city plan to purchase 60,000 square feet of downtown property to supply parking to the city’s core. Dever was the lone voice...
View ArticlePoppy thief sentenced to probation
A 22-year-old who admitted to stealing from poppy boxes before Remembrance Day last year has received a conditional sentence order and probation. Skylar Murphy-Nukina pleaded guilty to three counts of...
View ArticleTIB wants in on city’s emergency-water plan
Tk’emlups Indian Band Chief Shane Gottfriedson said his band wants in on a City of Kamloops plan to tap the North Thompson River for emergency use. At a joint meeting between the band and city councils...
View ArticleEnactus excels in Alberta
Enactus Thompson Rivers, a non-profit student volunteer organization at TRU, did well at the 2014 Enactus Western Regionals Exposition in Calgary. Enactus was first runner-up in the TD Entrepreneurship...
View ArticleMan who escaped charges in shooting remains in jail
A Kamloops man who had a string of firearms charges against him stayed last month after a witness refused to co-operate with the Crown has been denied bail on threats and breach charges dating to last...
View ArticleCouncil proceeds with intersection project, despite higher cost
The cost to reconfigure the Lorne Street, First Avenue and Landsowne Street intersection downtown will be more than the city has planned to spend — but the $1.8 million project will proceed. Council...
View ArticleDudy decides to run for council seat in November election
Thistle Farms owner Dieter Dudy won’t be seeking a rematch with Mayor Peter Milobar come November. Dudy ran for mayor in 2011 and was narrowly defeated by the incumbent Milobar. However, Dudy told KTW...
View ArticleFrom Kamloops, a Nicaraguan chief
Kamloops firefighter David Sakaki was given the title of Honourary Fire Commandante of Nicaragua during a March 1 ceremony in the Central American country. High-ranking officials from fire departments...
View ArticleFor four bucks a head, we will receive untold misery
Editor: It was predicted at some point a third party would enter the Ajax groupthink contingent — and Venture Kamloops has with a report at a cost of $30,000 that is, according to Thompson Rivers...
View ArticleDever is grandstanding
Editor: It doesn’t surprise me that Coun. Nelly Dever is not in favor of the city buying the Kamloops Daily News site — and it surprises me less she thinks her way is best. By a strong majority vote, I...
View ArticleRockets clinch WHL regular-season title in Kamloops
PHOTO: Goaltender Bolton Pouliot turned this shot aside, but his Kamloops Blazers fell 4-1 to the Kelowna Rockets at Interior Savings Centre on Wednesday, March 12. Allen Douglas/KTW Goaltender Bolton...
View ArticleBursary will bear name of teacher Jennifer Swan
Every year, the Kamloops-Thompson Teachers’ Association awards bursaries in secondary schools. This year, the award to be received by a student at Beattie School of the Arts will carry another name,...
View ArticleDix agrees BCLC execs should live in city
NDP Leader Adrian Dix agrees the B.C. Lottery Corporation’s (BCLC) senior executive team should work and live in Kamloops. But, he questioned why there has been a leakage of BCLC executives to...
View ArticleDelnor to begin work at Royal Inland Hospital
Construction should begin in the spring on a new multi-purpose room in the diagnostic-imaging department at Royal Inland Hospital. The work, to be done by Delnor Construction — the company that has...
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