Triple effort to lure tourists to downtown Kamloops
Three Kamloops organizations are looking to capture the Rocky Mountaineer tourism dollar with a new information centre and souvenir shop now open downtown. The Kamloops Central Business Improvement...
View ArticleFewer pay taxes at Kamloops City Hall
It was a quieter Kamloops City Hall at tax time this year. While more than 9,000 people came into city hall to pay their property taxes in 2013, only 6,095 people dropped by 7 Victoria St. W. between...
View ArticlePHOTO GALLERY: Chad Brownlee’s dark side
Harper’s Trail hosted B.C. country music on Saturday, June 28, during a Heart and Stroke fundraiser dubbed Wine Down with Chad Brownlee. Set in a quaint barn along East Shuswap Road, the evening became...
View ArticleRider at Kamloops Bike Ranch taken to hospital
Paramedics and members of Kamloops Fire Rescue were called to the Kamloops Bike Ranch in Juniper on the afternoon of Thursday, July 3, after a rider was injured. The rider being tended to in the photo...
View ArticleKamloops garbage truck flips in Valleyview
A City of Kamloops garbage truck tipped over on the rounded corner connecting Highland Drive to the driveway of Valleyview Arena. The driver was not injured. Crews from Don’s Towing were called in to...
View ArticleRoyal Inland Hospital to get new OR in fall
Construction is expected to begin in the fall on a new operating room at Royal Inland Hospital. Delnor Construction has been hired to design and build the OR at a cost of $3.6 million. The cost will be...
View Article$2.4 million for Housing First in Kamloops
More than $2.4 million has been made available to tackle homelessness in Kamloops. The funding, announced by Kamloops-Thompson-Cariboo Cathy McLeod on Thursday, July 3, is part of implementing Housing...
View ArticleWymer an example of Legacy Game’s value
Stu Wymer would never try to tell you that wheelchair rugby is just a sport. Seven years ago, when a motor-vehicle accident left him a C6/C7 quadriplegic, it became one of the most important things in...
View ArticleWALLACE: Break the binge — get out and enjoy some real reality
Binge-watching is the new black. ‘Just one more episode’ — and suddenly it’s 2 a.m. and leftovers from dinner are still on the counter. But, who can blame us with the quality and convenience of...
View ArticleChanging the culture as women enter trades
In the photo: Thompson Rivers University’s Trades and Technology program has seen plenty of women enroll. From left: heavy-duty mechanic Susanne Langan, piping-trades student Julie Walsh,...
View ArticleCAUSE FOR ALARM: What it takes to fight fires
For a brief moment on Wednesday, I considered making another career change. Then I walked into a 400 F room, with a pile of pallets in the centre fully engulfed in flames and the oxygen burned out of...
View ArticleIan Tyson bound for Roots festival
There will be a new voice — but a familiar music friend — at the Salmon Arm Roots and Blues Festival as Ian Tyson joins the lineup. Tyson is the headline performer at the annual event on Saturday, Aug....
View ArticleKamloops man avoids jail after 35th driving offence
A Kamloops man with more than two-dozen driving convictions has narrowly avoided a jail sentence after accepting a last-minute plea bargain. “From my perspective, and likely the public’s perspective,...
View ArticleFrom Japan to Canada and back — all in four days
Uji Mayor Tadashi Yamamoto had plenty of praise for Kamloops as his 17-member delegation took a break at their hotel on Thursday, July 3, before flying back to Japan. Politicians and citizens from...
View ArticleBruno finishes sixth in trampoline
Mario Bruno wrapped up his debut at the Indo Pacific Championships with a sixth-place finish in trampoline on Friday, July 4, the final day of competition in Sun City, South Africa. The event was the...
View ArticleKamloops cat killer awaits sentencing
The fate of a Kamloops man the Crown wants jailed for strangling his cat last year will soon be in the hands of a judge, who will deliver his sentence on July 11. Steven Seidel’s sentencing hearing...
View ArticlePatrolling riverfront a Kamloops summer tradition
Dave Eagles photos/KTW It’s July — and that means lifeguards are back patrolling the beach at Riverside Park. The City of Kamloops has 50 lifeguards who split their time between the city’s indoor and...
View ArticleKRSL round-up, July 5
Dramatic draw Heritage Furniture Pronto and Fresh is Best played to a 4-4 draw in Kamloops Recreational Soccer League 30-plus action on Thursday, July 3. Peter Kerek, Richard Kanyangu, RJ Gough and...
View ArticleKo comes from behind to capture B.C. Golf Junior Girls’ Championship
Naomi Ko’s 6-under par 286 was enough to secure her a victory at the 2014 B.C. Golf Junior Girls’ Championship this week. The tournament wrapped up at The Dunes at Kamloops on Friday, July 4. “I felt...
View ArticleRaiders outrun Rattlers in senior lacrosse action
The Kelowna Raiders topped their rivals, the Kamloops Rattlers, in senior C lacrosse action on Friday, July 7, winning 11-9. Nathan Woldon (2G, 4A), Mark Jurista (1G, 3A), AJ Lockwood (1G, 3A), JJ...
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