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Four athletes bring tae kwan-do medals home
Four members of the Kamloops Martial Arts gym picked up seven medals on the weekend, competing in the Trail Tae Kwon-Do Championships. Matteo Rawlings, nine, won gold in sparring and patters. Rawlings...
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Black Diamond Gala raises nearly $80,000
The B.C. Adaptive Snowsports (BCAS) Black Diamond Gala raked in the donations on Sept. 26, raising $78,587 to benefit athletes with disabilities. Kamloops’ Ryder Gillis, who participates in BCAS’s...
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Westsyde defeats Fulton in football action
The Westsyde secondary school football team defeated Clarence Fulton secondary school in high school football action on the weekend, winning 32-30. Westsyde trailed heading into the final minute of the...
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Blazers release Krienke
The Kamloops Blazers have released 18-year-old forward Eric Krienke, reducing the clubs roster to 25 players. Krienke suited up for the Blazers in three games this season and was held pointless. In 53...
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Ousted Blazers head coach facing criminal charges
DAVE HUNCHAK The former head coach of the Kamloops Blazers who left the team suddenly and without public explanation in January is now facing criminal charges. Dave Hunchak has been charged with one...
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A Patient performance
It would be fair to say Reuben is a self-centred, self-congratulatory man. The protagonist of Jason Sherman’s play Patience seems to have it all — a good job, a family, friends, success, everything he...
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Kamloops council awards consultation contract for performing-arts centre
If future city councils continue to back the idea, a new performing-arts centre could be the subject of a special referendum in a little over a year — and one city councillor is suggesting it might not...
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For pipeline route, Kamloops council prefers grasslands over Westsyde
Asked to choose whether they would like to see Kinder Morgan’s expanded Trans Mountain pipeline laid through Westsyde or the Lac Du Bois protected area above the community, Kamloops’ city councillors...
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Parking-fee hikes downtown may be delayed
After its introduction of new parking pay stations was plagued by technical glitches and delays, the City of Kamloops will likely delay a parking-fee increase set to hit downtown motorists in the new...
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City hall briefs: Overlanders Bridge’s $9.3-million upgrade will proceed
The final step to approve a $9.3-million rehabilitation of Overlanders Bridge is now complete. At its Tuesday, Oct. 7 council meeting, Kamloops city council adopted a borrowing bylaw for the project,...
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The air out there focus of Oct. 16 forum
A free public forum on Kamloops pollution and public-health issues will be held at Thompson Rivers University on Thursday, Oct. 16. The forum will be held in the Barber Centre from 6:30 p.m. to 8:30...
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Kamloops finalizes plans in mine-annexation bid
The City of Kamloops is moving ahead with its plan to annex New Gold’s New Afton Mine. City council has approved a five-year taxation strategy for the mine that would gradually increase the property...
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Flooded with repairs in Kamloops
A first round of repairs from the 20-minute summer storm that flooded Kamloops’ streets and basements will cost the city $950,000, with another $1 million to $1.5 million in repairs to come in 2015....
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Bass: Not going to vote? Then don’t complain
Most of you are going to put some money in the donation box and buy a red poppy next month. You’ll put it on your lapel, dutifully move it from jacket to jacket as you adapt to the changing weather,...
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Civic election briefs: Kamloops Voters Society has online survey
Should the city look at a ward system for councillors? Are the new downtown parking kiosks worth the cash? The Kamloops Voters Society (KVS) is looking for the public’s thought on these questions and...
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CANDIDATE: Ken Christian looks to skies in re-election bid
After topping the polls in his first city council campaign in 2011, Ken Christian is seeking re-election on Nov. 15. The former longtime school trustee is running on a platform that includes increasing...
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School board not unhappy with enrolment figures
The figures aren’t complete, but the enrolment decrease predicted for School District 73 appears to have been wrong — in a good way. Supt. Karl deBruijn said statistics aren’t in yet for...
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Kamloops woman at centre of human-rights complaint
Bethany Paquette, seen here on the Great Wall of China, will work at Sun Peaks Resort this winter while awaiting the next step in her human-rights complaint again Amaruk Wilderness Corp. A Trinity...
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Moon roof on a darkened sky
Kelly Pape woke up really early on Wednesday, Oct. 8. She’s been having some sleep issues, so it didn’t surprise her to look over at the clock and see it was just 3:17 a.m. But then, the local...
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Sadra decides against running for a council seat
Daljit Sadra Scratch one more potential council candidate from the list. Daljit Sadra, who works in the Kamloops banking industry and who is involved in myriad community activities, has decided not to...
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