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In honour of National Forest Week, a tree speaks
Editor: A poem in honour of National Forest Week, which runs through Saturday, Sept. 27: A Tree A tree along the mountainside lay withering in sorrow, Ah! Think of what I might have been had I been let...
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UBCM convention: Cities want medical pot grows revealed
B.C. cities are once again demanding Health Canada give them the addresses of licensed medical marijuana growers so they can mount inspections in the name of public safety. The resolution from...
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UBC convention: Oil pipeline opposition call fails
B.C. municipal leaders have narrowly voted to defeat a proposed resolution from Burnaby to oppose Kinder Morgan’s $5.4-billion oil pipeline twinning. The issue went to an electronic vote at the Union...
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UBCM convention: Coal export scrutiny urged by cities
A planned new coal-export terminal in Surrey has prompted a call for closer scrutiny of the project from B.C. municipal leaders. Union of B.C. Municipalities delegates voted on Thursday, Sept. 25, to...
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UBCM convention: NDP Leader Horgan blasts “shoddy” municipal-pay study
B.C. NDP leader John Horgan used his first speech to the Union of B.C. Municipalities convention to blast the provincial government for a report criticizing generous wage hikes for municipal staff....
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UBCM convention: Clark wants municipal pay to be election issue
Premier Christy Clark wants rising municipal pay rates to be front and centre in November elections around B.C., which is why her government set off a storm at the annual local government convention by...
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UBCM convention: Kamloops’ hot-dog resolution adopted by delegates
A Kamloops council bid to allow bylaw officers to remove distressed animals from hot cars has won the approval of delegates at the Union of B.C. Municipalities convention in Whistler. The resolution...
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Report says Ajax will drive down property values, increase disease rates
The proposed Ajax copper and gold mine south of the city will lower property values in Aberdeen and Sahali, bring higher rates of pollution-causing disease and decrease tourism and tournament activity...
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Kamloops drug dealer sentenced to four years
A Kamloops drug dealer who was busted by police with more than $8,000 worth of drugs and nearly $5,000 in cash will spend the next four years behind bars. James Bellerose, 37, pleaded guilty to five...
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Judge orders accused killer to stand trial
The man accused of killing a teenaged girl in Kamloops and leaving her lifeless body in Guerin Creek has been ordered to stand trial in B.C. Supreme Court. Damien Taylor was committed to trial...
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Storm fall to Grizzlies in divisional matchup
The Kamloops Storm ran into a hot goaltender and were topped 3-0 by the Revelstoke Grizzlies on Friday, Sept. 26. The Grizzlies improved to 4-1-1-0 and remain atop the Doug Birks division. The Storm...
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In Flight
Local youth recently took to the skies for a free flight with the Kamloops Flying Club on Aviation Way. For more information on the club, go online to kamloopsflyingclub.com. The post In Flight...
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Blazers ruin Royals’ home opener
Fans in Victoria did not get to celebrate their WHL squad’s home opener in style, with the Kamloops Blazers having rolled into town and thumped the Royals 8-2 on Friday, Sept. 26. The rematch goes...
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WolfPack soccer shut out
Both the men’s and women’s WolfPack soccer teams were shut out on Friday, Sept. 26, on the road at the University of the Fraser Valley. Thompson Rivers University’s men lost 3-0, while the women were...
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WolfPack volleyball continues exhibition action
In this photo: Kaitlin Lomas (left) and Iuliia Pakhomenko go up for the block in action against the UBC-Okanagan Heat at the Tournament Capital Centre on Friday night. The WolfPack women’s volleyball...
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Women’s basketball scores victory
The WolfPack women’s basketball team scored its third victory of the pre-season on Friday, defeating the NAIT Ooks 83-62 in the Thompson Rivers University Gym. The two teams will be back in action...
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TRU receives 160-acre donation near Wells Gray
The first time Tom Dickinson walked up some land on Corral Road near Wells Gray Park, he encountered some black-bear dens in the ground and, a bit farther along, a pioneer-era cabin and corral....
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Friesen looking for fresh start; Storm lose twice
In this photo: Mitch Friesen (right) celebrates a goal with his Kamloops Storm teammates at McArthur Island Sport and Event Centre on Saturday, Sept. 27. Friesen might soon leave the Tournament...
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Tempers boil over in Broncos’ loss
In this photo: Kamloops Broncos’ running back Jacob Palmarin tries to shed a tackle against the Vancouver Island Raiders in B.C. Football Conference play at Hillside Stadium on Saturday, Sept. 27. For...
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Scratch Market opens at TRU in Kamloops
With its cafeteria and meat store firmly established, the culinary-arts students at Thompson Rivers University now have a new way to share their talents. Scratch Market opens on Tuesday, Sept. 30, in...
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