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WolfPack wins could mean home playoff dates
Fans might get the chance to blow the roof off the Tournament Capital Centre, with Canadian Interuniversity Sports post-season volleyball seemingly on its way to Kamloops in February. The TRU WolfPack...
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City names Jen Fretz new public-works director
The newest face in the City of Kamloops’ senior staff lineup will be a familiar one. Jen Fretz, formerly the city’s trades and environmental-services manager, is moving up the ladder to head up the...
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Update: Explosives device at Kamloops RCMP HQ disarmed
UPDATE: The RCMP bomb squad from Vancouver flew into Kamloops on the afternoon of Monday, Jan. 13, and disarmed the explosives device that had been delivered to the Kamloops RCMP detachment by a couple...
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Gaglardi contractor says he was told to get rid of hard drive
A contractor hired to complete renovations at a waterfront Savona property owned by Tom Gaglardi was told to throw his computer hard drive “in the lake” when federal officials began looking into...
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Compressed natural-gas buses on the way
It appears as though the Tournament Capital is set to become the next testing ground for BC Transit’s new compressed natural gas-powered (CNG) buses. Transportation Minister and Kamloops-South...
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Slideshow: Tic-tac-toe at Home Depot
The Home Depot held a weekend tic-tac-toe workshop that saw kids ages four to 12 work with their parents and store staff in creating tic-tac-toe games using a hammer and glue. KTW photographer Allen...
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Coyote’s risk pays off
There he was, construction worker Devon Bjarnason, heading out every day to make a living and driving home every night, knowing his guitar was waiting for him. “I had a really good life, people said,...
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Eccleston needs your help
Former Kamloops musician Anita Eccleston — who now makes Vancouver her home — has been busy in the recording studio, working on a new CD. But, it’s not an easy or inexpensive project to take their work...
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Fox’s fundraising dinner for Hewitt a success
Photo: Shelley Hewitt stands beside a picture of her daughter, Jessica, at a fundraising dinner held at the Fox’N Hounds Pub on Monday, Jan. 13. The shirt Shelley is wearing can be purchased online at...
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WolfPack stake claim atop BCIHL standings
Don Schulz says his TRU WolfPack’s victory over the Simon Fraser University Clan was a statement game. “This is a great confidence booster,” said the Pack’s head coach, whose charges moved into a tie...
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WolfPack ready for return to hardcourt
Tallon Milne (right) and the TRU WolfPack men’s basketball team are in action this weekend at the Tournament Capital Centre. Allen Douglas/KTW Making their 2014 return to the Tournament Capital Centre,...
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Dix leads as focus on leadership race intensifies
While B.C. NDP Leader Adrian Dix will spend the next nine months as leader of the Opposition, he knows the focus will soon be on members of his caucus and outsiders vying to replace him. Dix, who spent...
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City sells land for $2.2 million to developers
Two Kamloops developers have purchased 2.7 acres of industrial land from the City of Kamloops for $2.2 million. According to minutes released with this week’s city council agenda, council agreed to...
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Gunter of WolfPack earns national recognition
Brad Gunter of the TRU WolfPack men’s volleyball team was named the Canadian Interuniversity Sports male athlete of the week for the period ending Sunday, Jan. 12. Gunter, a third-year science student...
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Lundgren axed; Grimm named interim head coach of WolfPack women’s volleyball...
The TRU WolfPack women’s volleyball team couldn’t continue down the road it was on. So, on Tuesday, Jan. 14, athletic director Ken Olynyk stepped in and took a stab at putting the team back on track,...
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Weeks vows to battle back against cookie kryptonite
Sabrina Weeks is pretty sure Cookie Monster is a relative. How else, the Kamloops singer asked, can she explain her addiction to cookies — treats she calls her “kryptonite?” However, unlike many who...
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O’Fee joins Thompson Rivers University faculty
A longtime city lawyer and community leader is moving into a new position at Thompson Rivers University and has also been named to the provincial Health Services Authority. John O’Fee left the...
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TRU signs European partnership
Declaring it another step toward “education without borders,” Thompson Rivers University has formalized a relationship with the International University Network (IUN), based in Europe. The partnership...
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DYER: Egypt looks to start over — yet again — this week
General Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, who led the coup against Egypt’s elected president last July, has one of the finest collections of military headgear in the entire Middle East. Perhaps that’s why he has...
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Funeral-office idea not dead yet
The bodies are gone and a plan to bring a funeral-arrangement office to the 900-block of Seymour Street in downtown Kamloops is headed back to a public hearing. In December, city council rejected an...
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