Local judokas heading to nationals
Six members of Aberdeen Judo Academy (AJA) are heading to Quebec for the national judo championships, which get underway on Thursday, May 15. Jim Karas, Megan Hanks, Geoffrey Hanks, Morgan Endean and...
View ArticleTRU baseball squad drops CCBC final
The TRU WolfPack baseball squad won silver at the Canadian Collegiate Baseball Conference Championship in Lethbridge. Hometown Prairie Baseball Academy knocked off TRU 5-1 in the final on Sunday, May...
View ArticleKamloops Canoe and Kayak Club season well underway
Kieffer Johnson, Conrad Belliveau and Alex Demishkevich led the Kamloops Canoe and Kayak Club (KCKC) with strong results at the Slawko Fedechko Season Opener Regatta in Maple Ridge earlier this month....
View ArticleKMBA round-up, May 9 to May 11, 2014
Mets are money The Mets earned a victory over the Braves in Kamloops Minor Baseball Association mosquito division play on the weekend. Pitching was key as Tyler Dhaliwal struck out three in the third...
View ArticleHappy with Hope for Henry response
Editor: Thank you so much for promoting the Hope for Henry fundraiser at Valleyview Cooper’s Foods on Sunday, May 11. My daughter, Jazmyn Haraldson, and her friends, Bethany and Jeremiah Andrews,...
View ArticleSchool trustees to ban e-cigarettes
Kamloops-Thompson school district trustees are expected tonight (May 12) to approve a revision to the smoke-free environment policy to include e-cigarettes. Trustee Gerald Watson, chairman of the...
View ArticleReal app-titude at TRU in Kamloops
In the photo: Thompson Rivers University students Tim Tung (left) and Sultan Wehaibi command a drone from an app they designed. Dave Eagles photo/KTW While faculty spend plenty of time in the lab or...
View ArticleAmazing Race Kamloops was an inspirational journey
Editor: My husband and I had the distinct pleasure of attending the recent Amazing Race Kamloops. It truly was amazing and I would like to send my gratitude to a few different groups of people. First...
View ArticleCommunist Party of Canada leader to speak in Kamloops
He became leader a few years after the collapse of the Soviet Union and led a court fight to stop the federal government from de-registering political parties that ran less than 50 candidates in an...
View ArticleRide city buses to experience the frustration
Editor: I am willing to bet neither the editor nor the reporters at KTW ride the bus. I am also willing to bet no city council members ride the bus. Kamloops’ transit system is garbage. Ask anyone who...
View ArticleHere comes the bride — and the show
When the bride opens her wedding gifts later this month, she’ll be giving them away to strangers. It’s not because she doesn’t like the presents — though she’ll make it seem that way — it’s because...
View ArticleLaughter and logic
A night of comedy and debate is coming to Sagebrush Theatre on Monday, May 26. The CBC Radio One show The Debaters will be performing in Kamloops, taping a show for broadcast and offering up a night of...
View ArticleSun Peaks facilities open for long weekend
The province’s highest golf course is one of the many facilities that will be open at Sun Peaks Resort for the Victoria Day long weekend. The front nine of the course will be open beginning on...
View ArticleHosting B.C. grants help Four Nations Cup, NACAC Athletics Championships
A pair of Hosting B.C. grants are helping to bring two international sporting events to the Tournament Capital in 2014. The Four Nations Cup women’s hockey tournament will take over Interior Savings...
View ArticleWolfPack adds Kamloops product to men’s volleyball
Kamloops product Matt Lofgren will be the first local athlete in nearly five years to suit up for the Thompson Rivers University WolfPack men’s volleyball team when the team takes the court this fall....
View ArticleWolfPack signs former KIJHL forward
Forward Andrew Stack became the most recent member of the Thompson Rivers University WolfPack men’s hockey team on Thursday, May 15, committing to the club for the 2014-2015 season. Stack, formerly of...
View ArticleTrawin: Zero per cent tax hikes are expensive
Although a zero per cent tax increase sounds positive, many municipalities are sacrificing their future to do so. So said City of Kamloops CAO David Trawin as he addressed members of the Canadian Home...
View ArticleMay long weekend brings Imagine No Religion 4 to Kamloops
Two hundred people will gather this weekend to talk about a better life without a higher power. One of them, philosopher Christopher diCarlo, will return to Kamloops for a fourth time, where he will...
View ArticleWALLACE: What would you tell your high-school self today?
I remember my high- school graduation. Grad ’06 was mine and it was eight years ago. It feels like another world, but I remember some things about commencement day. I remember my family coming for the...
View ArticleAlysa’s Great Strides
The Grade 3 students were thrilled to get the colourful plastic straws and couldn’t wait to try the exercise. They put them into their mouths, pinched their noses, pursed their lips around the ends and...
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