Clearwater resident now a millionaire
Clearwater resident Brenda Schley is $1.75 million richer after matching six out of six numbers in the Saturday, May 3, Lotto 6/49 draw, securing her share of the $7-million jackpot. The 57-year-old...
View ArticleHikes in bus fares a decision of new Kamloops council
Kamloops city councillors like the idea of hiking the cost of a bus ride to $2.50 per trip, but they will leave it up to their successors — after the Nov. 15 civic election — to decide when and how to...
View ArticleWolfPack’s Gunter named to senior B national team
Brad Gunter of the WolfPack men’s volleyball team will again play for Canada this summer, as he suits up for the nation’s senior B men’s national team. The 6-foot-6 right side made the team following a...
View ArticleDiving meet upcoming in Kamloops
The Riptech Diving Club is hosting a tier 2 and tier 3 competition at the Canada Games Aquatic Centre on Saturday, May 10, and Sunday, May 11. Action gets underway at noon and runs to about 6:30 p.m....
View ArticleCity’s $200,000 means heritage train will hit tracks again
Kamloops’ heritage locomotive should be back on the rails by 2015 after Kamloops city council approved more than $200,000 in funding to cover repairs for the 2141 steam engine and operating expenses...
View ArticleThe Tattle of Hastings — shut up about the Kamloops weather
Stop whining about the weather. If you’ve lived in Kamloops for more than a year or two, you should know that, in spring, the Tournament Capital giveth and the Tournament Capital taketh away. It’s May,...
View ArticleHardcourt Heart: Blossoming student, shrivelling tumour — Egli’s battle with...
Angus is dying — and Madison Egli can’t wait to see him go. The 16-year-old NorKam secondary student spoke with KTW before her seventh dose of chemotherapy on Friday, May 2, and said she’s ready to be...
View ArticleWestmount walks for autism
Westmount elementary took part in last week’s Walk for Autism for the fourth year. Among those taking part were (back row) Owen Cupello, Avneet Ghuman and Connor Glueck and (front row) Bradyn Moore,...
View ArticleWhat is Kamloops’ worst road?
BCAA is one again canvassing the public to find out which road in the province is deemed the worst. Last year, Westside Road in the Okanagan claimed the title and has since been earmarked for...
View ArticleEDITORIAL: Council’s decision is on the right track
Kamloops city council’s decision this week to approve more than $200,000 in funding to get the legendary 2141 steam train back on track is a welcome one, indeed. Yes, times are tough and, yes, $200,000...
View ArticleBASS: Prime minister ignorant of role of Canada’s top justice
Some random musings about things going on in the country these days. • Might as well start at the top and the revelation our prime minister has no idea what Chief Justice Beverley McLachlin does. For...
View ArticleExtradition hearing for alleged smuggling boss
A Shuswap man alleged to have boasted about running B.C.’s cross-border drug trade after offering American authorities to roll on other smugglers will soon know his fate. Colin Martin’s extradition...
View ArticleLife-like printing— literally
Ian Buemann drags the curser in a loop to form an ellipse. Stretching it down, the laptop screen shows half of a familiar shape. “No,” he says. The symmetry doesn’t align for the perfect heart-shaped...
View ArticleDon’t worry — be McHappy
Royal Inland Hospital Foundation CEO Heidi Coleman (left), Kamloops This Week photographer Dave Eagles and RIH Foundation major-gifts officer Julie Kimmel pose for a fun snapshot to raise funds for...
View ArticleThrift store heroes saluted
In the photo: Royal Inland Hospital Afternoon Auxiliary volunteers Merle Newman (left), Robyn Doerksen and Ella Ablett are heroes in the eyes of Barb Easterbrook (centre) after they came to her aid,...
View ArticleWolfPack 1-1 at CCBC championship, capture awards
After the opening day of competition at the 2014 Canadian College Baseball Conference championship tournament, the WolfPack men’s baseball team is sporting a 1-1 record. Thompson Rivers University...
View ArticleHelp celebrate health-care workers
The focus will be on healthy living as Thompson Rivers University, its school of nursing and alumni association celebrate health-care workers. Keynote speakers Gerrianne Clare and Chelsea Corsi will...
View ArticleProvince to proceed with two ALR zones
The B.C. Liberal government is proceeding with legislation to divide B.C. into two agricultural zones — with the Interior in a lesser-protected Zone 2 — despite opposition of industry groups. The...
View ArticleDYER: What’s the fuss about Ukraine?
With due apologies to God, Voltaire and the Ukrainians, I must point out that if Ukraine did not exist, it would not be necessary to invent it. It is not a great power, it has no resources the world...
View ArticleCity mulls slight change to garbage-pickup schedule
The City of Kamloops may look at changing how frequently garbage trucks hit the streets, but don’t expect to see a 10-day pickup system any time soon. The 10-day garbage cycle is a perennial...
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