Tag Archives: People
'It's addictive'; Pickleball popularity swells in the Tournament Capital
KAMLOOPS - Touted as one of the fastest growing sports in the country, pickleball is a relatively new sport - first created in the 1960s - but it's not a fad. The local club in Kamloops now has around...
Apr 10, 2024
'The golden years is a crock': Seniors Tin Cup Rally pushing for pension reform
KAMLOOPS - Dozens of people lined the 700-block of Fortune Drive Thursday afternoon (Mar. 21) as part of the Seniors Tin Cup Rally. The demonstration was meant to draw attention the growing rate of se...
Mar 21, 2024
Several Kamloops golf courses open for season ahead of spring-like weekend weather
KAMLOOPS - It was such a mild winter for snowfall in the Kamloops area, some golf courses didn't have to entirely pause operations throughout the colder months. But with a touch of warm spring weather...
Mar 15, 2024
'Let's wake that museum back up': Museum advocates grapple with responsibly connecting the past to the present
KAMLOOPS - The Kamloops Museum was alive with discussion Thursday (March 14), as community members met face-to-face with Royal BC Museum representatives about how to thoughtfully modernize. "Let our v...
Mar 14, 2024
Research team behind Overdose in the Trades exhibit aims to build framework for drug awareness credential
KAMLOOPS - Thompson Rivers University's Trades and Technology building has a new display adorning the hallway, featuring stories - often untold - about the widespread impacts of substance use within t...
Aaron Schulze Mar 13, 2024
How SRD K9s of BC, Kamloops RCMP keep up the search for long-term missing persons
KAMLOOPS - Kamloops is home to the Search Recovery and Detection K9s of B.C., a volunteer-run initiative using specially trained dogs to keep looking for people who have gone missing. According to Mik...
Aaron Schulze Mar 01, 2024
2024 Kamloops Sports Hall of Fame inductees announced
KAMLOOPS - The Kamloops Sports Hall of Fame has announced its latest round of inductees.The 2024 Hall inductions will include three individuals and one team. This year's team induction will be the 197...
Feb 29, 2024
βItβs definitely precedent setting:β commercial prawn operator fined $250K
NANAIMO - Prawning in an environmentally sensitive area off the lower Sunshine Coast resulted in a heavy fine and fishing gear seizure against a Delta man. A recent provincial court sentencing hearing...
Feb 23, 2024
Parksville construction firm fined after issuing fake occupancy permits
NANAIMO - What's believed to be an unprecedented case of forgery in the mid-Island region involved a construction contractor issuing multiple fake occupancy permits for newly built homes. Don Ballard,...
Feb 20, 2024
Self-defence argument made in Nanaimo woman's first degree murder trial
Editor's Note: The following story contains graphic details of violence. Reader discretion is advised.VANCOUVER - Stating his client faced mounting abuse from her ex-boyfriend, the lawyer of accused m...
Feb 12, 2024
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Has there been any progress made in the overdose crisis since BC declared a public health emergency in 2016?
Apr 15, 2024
Episode 6
1000 Ways to Heal: Inner Child
Apr 15, 2024