Half of all Y Dream Home tickets sold
You had better act fast if you want to get your hands on a ticket for this year’s Y Dream Home Lottery. Half of the 10,000 tickets — including all the available value packs — have sold, according to...
View ArticleMaking memories in Maui
“Why not just sit down?” I thought it was a reasonable question, but it created quite a stir. The other people taking the lesson with me stopped and stared. I was attempting to master stand-up paddle...
View ArticleVenom overrun Kelowna
Thanks to a 16-7 victory in Kelowna on Thursday, May 8, the Kamloops Venom have improved to 3-0 in the Thompson Okanagan Junior Lacrosse League. Kamloops led throughout in this one, with a 4-2 lead...
View ArticleFresh is Best comes out on top
A pair of goals from F. Djelmo was enough to power Fresh is Best past Heritage Furniture Pronto 2-1 in Kamloops Recreational Soccer League 30-plus action on Thursday, May 8. R. Munnegatto scored the...
View ArticleTitans tower over helpless Merritt
The South Kamloops Titans junior boys rugby team was perfect on Thursday, May 8, downing Merritt 51-0 to capture the West zone rugby championship. Kamloops was at home for the victory and will now play...
View ArticleCasino open houses on Monday, Tuesday
Lake City Casino’s parent company has filed a rezoning application to permit a move of its Victoria Street operation to the former Rona building on 1555 Versatile Dr. between Aberdeen and Pineview...
View ArticleAnd then there were two: Grube out as performing-arts centre site
It was over before it even began. Though the city announced earlier this month it would consider the Henry Grube Education Centre as a site for a new performing-arts venue, the lone North Shore venue...
View ArticlePopsicle pals
Westmount elementary student Cole Schneider (second from left) puckers up as he enjoys a purple Popsicle with school chums during the school’s track-and-field meet on Wednesday, May 7. Dave Eagles...
View ArticleKamloops kids on a space odyssey
Students at three elementary schools are working on final details in the hope their project will be chosen to be blasted into space. Paul Hembling, principal at Bert Edwards science and technology...
View ArticleFlag football fun
The Aberdeen Highlanders defeated home squad Beattie 28-7 on Tuesday, May 6, to remain undefeated in elementary flag-football action. The seaon wraps up on Thursday, May 15, with a city-wide...
View ArticleFrom pedestrian to drivers: Put down your cellphones
Editor: An open letter to all drivers in Kamloops: I am a pedestrian, and I am asking you — for all pedestrians — to please watch for us and our pets. We are not as fast as your car, our bodies are...
View ArticleKeeping People in Motion since 1989
People in Motion member Veronica LaVoie (above) does what she loves — drawing and painting whenever and wherever she can. LaVoie dropped by the People in Motion open house on Thursday, May 8, as the...
View ArticlePolice trying to uncover ‘secret location’ of large-scale rave
RCMP in Chase are trying to track down the location of a planned rave east of Kamloops this weekend that could draw as many as 3,000 partiers. “We’ve been making some enquiries,” Sgt. Gary Heebner told...
View ArticleAfghanistan veterans honoured with National Day
Afghanistan veterans, their families and police who served in the Asian country during Canada’s intervention are expected to take part Friday in a Royal Canadian Legion open house during the first...
View ArticleRespect when you collect
Editor: Bottle collectors should be giving us the respect we need and deserve. We reside downtown Kamloops and we have befriended some of the collectors, others not so much. We have given our left over...
View Article‘It’s all about finding the dream’
Michelle Simpson remembers the day she walked through the door at Perry’s Recording Studio. She was 22 and had dreamed of the moment since she was in her teens. Now, more than two decades later, the...
View ArticleKRSL results to May 11, 2014
Shutting them out Duffy’s Pub blanked BC Rivers Consulting 3-0 in 45-plus Kamloops Recreational Soccer League play on Sunday, May 11. Kevin Fertile scored twice and Wally Brain added a single in...
View ArticleVenom remain perfect in TOJLL play
There was no coming back from an eight-goal first-period deficit for the hometown South Okanagan Flames, who were beaten 15-6 by the Kamloops Venom on Saturday, May 10. With the victory, Kamloops...
View ArticleRiverDogs return from Vancouver Island road trip
It was a tale of two days for the midget AAA Kamloops RiverDogs in B.C. Minor Baseball Association play on Vancouver Island. Kamloops posted two wins in a doubleheader against Victoria on Saturday, May...
View ArticlePhoto: Heat get the ball rolling, open PCSL season
Goalkeeper Taylor Shantz and the Kamloops Heat opened their Pacific Coast Soccer League season with a pair of games on the weekend. Hometown Kamloops blanked the Mid-Isle Highlanders of Nanaimo 4-0 at...
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