WALLACE: Working in a restaurant can be times of boobs and busts
There are enough boobs in the restaurant industry without the ones hanging from your chest. I remember some of the character-type customers: I’m-only-ordering-water person,...
View ArticleCaribou endangered species, ‘declining at alarming rate’
Editor: An open letter to Don Kayne, CEO of Canfor and Mary Polak, minister of environment for B.C: We teach at Thompson Rivers University, where we have told hundreds of students, in many courses,...
View ArticleHave you got talent?
Alan Corbishley wants to make one thing clear. “There will be no Simon Cowells,” at Kamloops Got Talent, said the event organizer. The first event of its kind in the Tournament Capital replaces...
View ArticleWolfPack signs local prospect Hooper
The WolfPack men’s soccer team will have another hometown boy on the roster when they open the 2014-2015 Canada West Season as Cole Hooper has committed to the Thompson Rivers University program....
View ArticleWolfPack to offer elite summer camps
Soccer and volleyball players in the Interior will have the opportunity to learn from the WolfPack’s best this summer, as the women’s soccer and volleyball teams at Thompson Rivers University play host...
View ArticleThompson Rivers University hires new dean of law school
Bradford Morse, a lawyer with expertise in social justice and indigenous-law issues, has been hired as dean of the law school at Thompson Rivers University. Morse is expected to start his job in the...
View ArticleUncork a winning B.C. wine
Twelve B.C. wines surpassed grape expectations and were deemed top in the province. The 2014 Leitenant Governor’s Awards for Excellence in B.C. Wines noted this year as the largest competition in the...
View ArticleHappy hours are here
With the arrival of summer comes happy hour to B.C. Liquor-law changes pertaining to happy hour and minimum drink pricing took effect on Friday, June 20. The minimum price an establishment can charge...
View ArticleGold panning among stories in Canadian films
There are 150 different stories about Canada waiting for people to vote on them. The submissions from students in grades 4 to 11 are in response to a project by Canada’s History magazine, in...
View ArticleWolfPack golf won’t return as club team in fall
WolfPack golf is headed into the rough for at least a year. The 2014-2015 athletic season at Thompson Rivers University won’t include golf in either a club or varsity format, KTW confirmed on Friday,...
View ArticleGuns seized, men arrested after highway chase
Police seized guns — including a loaded handgun — and arrested two men following a chase on the Trans-Canada Highway on the west side of the city. One suspect remains missing following the manhunt in...
View ArticleThank-you teacher, school for setting aside differences for seniors
Editor: During the teacher-government dispute, it is easy to find negative press about the teachers. I would like to say a very big thank you to Brock middle school’s music teacher Jarrett who,...
View ArticleEver thought of floor curling?
Kamloops Floor Curlers are encouraging new members to come out for year-round fun downtown at the Heritage House, 100 Lorne St. on Mondays, Tuesdays, Thursdays and Fridays from 9 a.m. to noon. No...
View ArticleHams to simulate emergency
Amateur radio operators in the Kamloops area will join others throughout North America next weekend in simulating a radio station in an emergency. The 81st annual American Radio Relay League Field Day...
View ArticleHabitat for Humanity applications due Friday
Habitat for Humanity is looking for one more family to eventually move into a house it will build. The Kamloops branch of the international organization is accepting applications until Friday, June 27,...
View ArticlePHOTO GALLERY: Aboriginal Day 2014
The annual celebration was held in McDonald Park in North Kamloops on Saturday, June 21. KTW photographer Allen Douglas was there to capture the excitement with his camera and on video.
View ArticleKerr sisters qualify for U.S. National High School Finals Rodeo
Rachel and Samantha Kerr are saddling up and heading down south for the 66th annual U.S. National High School Finals Rodeo. Billed as the biggest rodeo in the world, more than 1,500 cowboys and...
View ArticlePedestrian struck in downtown Kamloops
A woman was taken to Royal Inland Hospital with undetermined injuries after being struck by a truck driven by a male driver. The vehicle was making a left turn onto Sixth Avenue from Lansdowne Street...
View ArticleEagle eyes, firefighters lead to river rescue in North Kamloops
When Cecile McVittie and husband Mark saw a woman with a walker approaching the North Thompson River near their North Kamloops home, they knew something was wrong. A few minutes later, the woman,...
View ArticleA Northern influence alive in Salmon Arm
Peter North has never been to the Salmon Arm Roots and Blues Festival. The longtime journalist-producer-musician-promoter said he had always known of the annual event, but the timing always conflicted...
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