Volunteer for Seniors Picnic in park
Volunteers are needed to help at the 2014 Seniors Picnic. It will take place in Riverside Park on Friday, July 18, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Organizers are expecting between 150 and 400 seniors....
View ArticleKamloops teen at B.C. pageant
Natasha Trudell may not have come home with a crown, but the 17-year-old says her provincial pageant experience was one she’ll never forget. The Kamloops teen recently travelled to Langley, to compete...
View ArticleLottery CEO’s conflict didn’t cost him
Former B.C. Lottery Corporation CEO Michael Graydon was in a conflict of interest when he left his post to take a job with a private Vancouver casino company in Vancouver. That finding by an internal...
View ArticleSD73 drug, alcohol suspensions declining
While the Kamloops-Thompson school district reported a drop in suspensions and discipline for use of drugs and alcohol, a senior administrator said it is too early to determine whether numbers will...
View ArticleExtended steelhead opening may help international-tourism numbers
Extending an opening for steelhead fishing in Spences Bridge should help gradually return international tourism, a local hotelier predicted. The Ministry of Forests, Lands and Natural Resources...
View ArticleContraband cigarettes popular in Kamloops
Where there’s smoke in Kamloops, it’s a good bet some of it will draw the ire of the federal taxman. So say the results of a contraband-cigarette study conducted by the Western Convenience Store...
View ArticleNo public input on new Ajax mine plan?
The provincial environmental assessment office is “fast-tracking” approval for KGHM’s proposed Ajax copper and gold mine by failing to allow public input into the corporation’s new mine plan, a...
View ArticleThree new doctors, three locums on their way to Kamloops
The agency representing family doctors is reporting it has recruited three new physicians, along with three locums to the city. An official with the Divisions of Family Practice, based in Vancouver,...
View ArticleEDITORIAL: BCLC board needs to explain fiasco
In the wake of a report that found former B.C. Lottery Corporation CEO Michael Graydon was in conflict of interest while negotiating a job with a private casino firm, questions remain. As NDP gambling...
View ArticleAnd the winners are . . .
The inaugural live Kamloops Got Talent event, hosted by B.C. Living Arts, concluded on Canada Day in Riverside Park as part of local celebratory festivities. Based on the reality television show...
View ArticleKim reclaims lead at B.C. Golf Women’s Amateur Championship
With a 3-under 70 in the third round of play, Taylor Kim reclaimed the lead in the B.C. Golf Women’s Amateur Championship on Thursday, July 10. She sits at 8-under (211) through 54 holes of play at the...
View ArticleKRSL round-up, July 10
Civil action Jensen Law and Mortgage Intelligence played to a 1-1 draw in Kamloops Recreational Soccer League action on Thursday, July 10. The 30-plus match was highlighted by goals from German Cotito...
View ArticleVenom into TOJLL championship final
The South Okanagan Flames scored first, but in the end it wasn’t close. The Kamloops Venom defeated the Flames 17-4 on Thursday, July 10, sweeping the best-of-three Thompson Okanagan Junior Lacrosse...
View ArticleCharges may follow motorcycle crash in Kamloops
A Kamloops man could face impaired-driving charges after a motorcycle crash on Highway 1 on Thursday, July 10. Emergency crews were called to a part of the highway near the Columbia Street exit just...
View ArticleNew charges for Kamloops prolific offender in wake of stolen truck, foot chase
A prolific offender will likely face a lengthy list of new charges after allegedly leading police on a brief foot chase through downtown Kamloops. On Thursday, July 10, a Ford F350 pickup truck was...
View ArticleHelping keep hospitals clean
Philippe Schlesser has travelled through some of the most desperate parts of the world. Among the many images that have stayed with him was one he thought he could help solve. It was the reality that,...
View ArticleKim wins B.C. Golf Women’s Amateur
Leading from almost wire to wire, Taylor Kim captured the B.C. Golf Women’s Amateur at Kamloops Golf and Country Club on Friday, July 11, finishing 10-under on the tournament. Kim was 2-under on...
View ArticleUpdate: Firefighters douse hillside blaze in Westsyde
Gordon Gore photo Update: Witnesses told KTW the fire appeared to be out at 5:45 p.m. A number of fire trucks are on their way at 4:45 p.m. on Friday, July 11, to a fire on a hillside above Westsyde....
View ArticleEviction by shotgun leads to guilty plea
A 21-year-old Kamloops man who got rid of an unwanted house guest by grabbing a shotgun, loading it and racking a slug into the chamber has pleaded guilty to pointing a firearm. Jesse Cote was...
View ArticleFentanyl suspected in downtown Kamloops overdose death
The fatal overdose of a woman in Kamloops believed to have been using fentanyl has the ASK (AIDS Society of Kamloops) Wellness Centre putting out a warning to drug users in the city. “We don’t know for...
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