Beethoven, he’s the man upstairs
The idea of travelling through time came to Susan Hammond as she floated on a raft with her children. The family was in Algonquin Park, 3,000 square miles of glorious landscape, wonderful waterways and...
View ArticleFor the love of Ludwig
There are some great composers whose works just don’t lend themselves to a week-long celebration. And then there’s Ludwig van Beethoven. Admit it — right then, you heard one of the memorable groupings...
View ArticleWolfPack adds second Gunter
Thompson Rivers University has added another Gunter to the WolfPack. Carly Gunter, younger sister of men’s volleyball star Brad Gunter, has committed to playing with the WolfPack women’s volleyball...
View ArticleWolfPack adds former WHL forward
The Thompson Rivers University WolfPack hockey team added a little Western Hockey League experience today, as the team announced the signing of forward Ryan Hanes. Hanes, who played 224 regular-season...
View ArticleRiverDogs prepare for big weekend
The Kamloops midget AAA RiverDogs will look to continue their undefeated season this weekend, May 3 and 4, with games against the Cloverdale Spurs and Chilliwack. The weekend will open for the...
View ArticleRecord levels for New Afton Mine
New Afton Mine increased its gold and copper production to record levels in the first quarter of the year. Owner New Gold Inc. released first-quarter results this week showing gold production is up 83...
View ArticleKamloops to play host to Canadian Martial Arts Federation provincials
The Thompson Rivers University gym will play host to martial artists from across the province as the CMAF Grand Prix Martial Arts Provincial Championship visits Kamloops on May 3. The annual event will...
View ArticleUpdates from the WHL Bantam Draft; Blazers pick D-man third overall
PHOTO: Nolan Kneen of the North Shore Winter Club was picked third overall by the Kamloops Blazers at the WHL Bantam Draft in Calgary on Thursday, May 1. The WHL Bantam Draft gets underway at 7:30 a.m....
View ArticleChamber Music begins tonight
Kamloops Players theatre company will show its most recent production, Arthur Kopit’s Chamber Music, beginning this weekend. Set in 1938, the dark comedy visits iconic female characters such as Joan of...
View ArticleBusiness is brewing
Lisa Holzman may have felt differently about her appearance on the Dragons’ Den if Kevin O’Leary was still on the show. “The new dragon, he’s funny. He’s really sassy,” said the Kamloops barber-shop...
View ArticleFree comics for all
If it’s been a while since you caught up with Archie and the old gang, mark Saturday, May 4, on your calendar. The industry-wide Free Comic Book Day returns for the annual comic-book blit — and a...
View ArticleCorb Lund has Cabin Fever
Corb Lund and the Hurtin’ Albertans don’t need a playlist on this tour. “We’ve got seven records and we’ve been together for 10 years,” said Lund in an interview from Barrie, Ont. But, don’t bother...
View ArticleUpdate: Kamloops man found and is safe (Have you seen Robert Clarkson?)
UPDATE: Kamloops RCMP announced on Friday, May 2, that Robert Clarkson has been found and is safe. A 58-year-old Kamloops man is missing from his Aberdeen home. Kamloops RCMP said it is seeking public...
View ArticleAnother retail robbery in Kamloops
It appears the Bandana Bandit has struck again. Kamloops Mounties say the Shoppers Drug Mart store on Columbia Street was held up just before midnight on Thursday, May 1. RCMP Cpl. Cheryl Bush said a...
View ArticleWalk for Peace this weekend
Kamloopsians will be walking for peace this weekend. The 39th annual Kamloops Walk for Peace, Social Justice and the Environment will be held on Saturday, May 3, in the downtown core. Walkers will meet...
View ArticleReview and gallery: Thorogood has it down to an art
The music starts and the oh-so-familiar voice begins. “The Eastern world, it is exploding, violence flaring and bullets loading.” You know the rest, I’m sure. Did you picture Barry McGuire? If you were...
View ArticleCanvas for youth
Instructor Thor Fridriksson shows South Sa-Hali elementary students Abbie Phillpotts and Malcolm Smith how to apply a white gloss over the canvas, to help make the colours pop, during the the Young...
View ArticleProvince loses appeal; CN will pay only $17,000 as a result of wildfire
B.C.’s highest court has rejected an appeal from the provincial government seeking a quarter-million dollars in lost timber revenue from CN Rail after sparks from a train ignited a massive wildfire...
View ArticleDon Hay talks River City return, expectations
Don Hay never really left Kamloops. In the literal sense, he has occupied a spot in the Kamloops Blazers’ main office — a Hay bobblehead doll sits perched near the main entrance, one of the first items...
View ArticleMaybe the Oilers finally drove him over the edge
An Edmonton man is facing a string of charges after a brief but bizarre crime spree east of Kamloops on Thursday, May 1. Justin Brock Normand is charged with one count each of possessing stolen...
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