Category Archives: Kamloops and Area News
WolfPack salvage draw with Vikes on back of Lufo header
KAMLOOPS -- Esi Lufo helped the TRU WolfPack secure a 1-1 draw with the Victoria Vikes in Canada West women's soccer action on Friday (Sept. 20) at Hillside Stadium. With her WolfPack trailing 1-0, th...
Sep 21, 2024
Fyfe posts shutout for Storm in victory over Heat; rematch Saturday in Kamloops
CHASE, B.C. -- The Kamloops Storm and Chase Heat opened their Kootenay International Junior Hockey League campaigns on Friday (Sept. 20), with the latter falling 4-0 in their home opener. Keenan Holla...
Sep 21, 2024
Winterhawks score five third-period goals to spoil Blazers' home opener
KAMLOOPS -- Zach Pantelakis and Max Sullivan scored in the second period to give the Kamloops Blazers a 2-0 lead in their WHL regular season opener on Friday (Sept. 20) at Sandman Centre, but the Port...
Sep 21, 2024
100 Mile District General Hospital emergency department closed temporarily
100 MILE HOUSE -- The 100 Mile District General Hospital emergency department will be closed from 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. on Saturday (Sept. 21), according to an Interior Health press release. Patients can a...
Sep 21, 2024
TRU sees drop in international students for fall semester
KAMLOOPS - With the school year starting up, Thompson Rivers University once again welcomed close to 4,300 international students from 109 countries around the world. However, that total is a slight d...
Sep 20, 2024
2nd annual Every Child Matters hockey game set for Saturday at Sandman Centre
KAMLOOPS - This Saturday (Sept. 21) marks the second annual Every Child Matters hockey event. Last year, the event was held in Williams Lake, but this year it will be taking place at Sandman Centre wi...
Sep 20, 2024
Twice-annual Rotary Food Drive set for Saturday in Kamloops
KAMLOOPS - The fall Rotary Food Drive is set for Saturday (Sept. 21) in Kamloops with volunteers collecting bags of non-perishable food items starting at 9:00 a.m. The fall food drive is the biggest e...
Sep 20, 2024
Pride rally held in Kamloops in response to anti-2SLGBTQIA+ protests
KAMLOOPS - Many members of the 2SLGBTQIA+ community gathered outside the Kamloops courthouse with signs, flags and bright colours Friday (Sept. 20). The event was organized as a counter-protest and so...
Sep 20, 2024
Pair of Kamloops WWII veterans honoured with King's Coronation Medals
KAMLOOPS - Eighty-five years after the start of the Second World War, fewer than 10,000 Canadian WWII veterans are still alive, as that link to our past ever fades. After battling in theatres of war a...
Sep 20, 2024
New playground, water park slated for Albert McGowan Park
KAMLOOPS - The City of Kamloops says work will begin next week on a year-long project to upgrade Albert McGowan Park's water park and playground.The first phase will include tearing down the existing ...
Sep 20, 2024
