KAMLOOPS - Red Bull Rampage is widely considered the most prestigious competition in freeride mountain biking - tantamount to the discipline's Super Bowl or world championship. The event takes place annually in rugged mountains in Zion National Park in Virgin, Utah. Riders must build their own course and jumps on steep...

Paddy Harrington was inducted into the Kamloops Sports Hall of Fame in 2019, the honour in recognition of his tireless work with the Kamloops Rugby Club Raiders.Harrington has held just about every board position the Raiders have to offer over the past 49 years. Now in Year 50 with KRC, he remains a champion of the jun...

KAMLOOPS - The 45th annual Terry Fox Run is scheduled for 10:00 a.m. on Sunday (Sept. 14) in Kamloops.Registration opens at 9:00 a.m. at the Riverside Park bandshell. There are one-, five- and 10-kilometre routes available for runners and walkers.Donations for the Kamloops Terry Fox Run are being accepted online.Each y...

KAMLOOPS - Former Kamloops Blazers goaltender Dylan Garand is coming off the best season of his professional hockey career. In 39 games with the Hartford Wolf Pack, he went 20-10-9 and earned a spot in the AHL All-Star Game representing the Atlantic Division.Garand returns to Kamloops each summer to train during the of...

KAMLOOPS - Kelly Olynyk is entering his 13th season in the NBA and will be playing for his eighth team when he makes his debut for the San Antonio Spurs this fall. The seven-foot South Kamloops Secondary graduate was traded twice this summer - from the New Orleans Pelicans to the Washington Wizards on June 24 and from ...

KAMLOOPS -- Tartan was twirling, kilts were flying and bagpipes were sounding on Saturday at the Kamloops Highland Games.Competitions in highland dancing, piping, drumming and heavy events allowed participants and spectators to explore Scottish culture at Albert McGowan Park.CFJC Today reporter Marty Hastings figured i...

KAMLOOPS -- Logan Stankoven took some time to relax in Aruba following a whirlwind season in the NHL.He was traded to the Carolina Hurricanes from the Dallas Stars in March and joined his new team on a run to the Eastern Conference Final.Stankoven tallied five goals and eight points in 15 playoff games before his Hurri...

KAMLOOPS - Head coach Kelly Hubbard is teasing a busy summer at the Kamloops Tennis Centre.The club is hosting junior camps and two International Tennis Federation events, and plans to resurface some of its courts in August.In the latest edition of The Tattle of Hastings, Hubbard shares thoughts on a number of issues, ...

KAMLOOPS - The latest edition of B.C. Lions training camp in Kamloops is all but over. The CFL club held its last camp practise on Wednesday (May 28) at Hillside Stadium and will head to Edmonton on Thursday ahead of its final pre-season game on against the Elks on Friday. CFJC Today caught up with the defensive backs ...

KAMLOOPS -- Ken Olynyk was hired as athletics and recreation director at the University College of the Cariboo in 2003.He oversaw the school's jump to the highest level of university sports in the country, leading the transition from the Canadian Collegiate Athletic Association to Canadian Interuniversity Sport, now kn...

KAMLOOPS - B.C. Lions' owner Amar Doman finds himself engaged in a fierce game of one-upmanship - with himself. The club's been rolling out high-profile names for its annual Concert Kickoff event since 2022, with the musical acts playing before the Lions take the field for their home opener. Past headliners include One...

KAMLOOPS - Girls Skate Kamloops is a peer-led group dedicated to fostering female representation in the local skateboarding community. Sessions take place from 5:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. on Tuesday at the Rotary Skate Park on McArthur Island. No registration is required and all ages and skill levels are welcome. Volunteer ...

KAMLOOPS - Catharine Pendrel's mountain biking career began to flourish after she moved to Kamloops in 2006.She won medals at every major event her sport has to offer and took her place in the Kamloops Sports Hall of Fame last weekend.Pendrel looks back on her competitive career in this week's edition of The Tattle of ...

KAMLOOPS - Kamloops Blazers legend Greg Hawgood will take his place in the Kamloops Sports Hall of Fame this weekend, with the induction ceremony scheduled for Saturday (April 5) at Colombo Lodge.Hawgood, a defenceman, racked up 473 points in 310 WHL games and is the second-leading scorer in Blazers' history.He played ...

KAMLOOPS - Malcolm Ashford is not short on hockey stories. The Kamloops resident was an on-ice official in the National Hockey League from 1969 to 1980, and later moved upstairs to handle video review duties for about 25 years.He worked the first Canucks game in Vancouver and played a pivotal role in a goal call in the...

Longtime teacher and coach Jack Isenor was inducted into the Kamloops Sports Hall of Fame in 2022, a few years after retiring from his position at Our Lady of Perpetual Help elementary school.The bench boss who led the Dolphins to 25 city championships in basketball and volleyball thought his days on the sidelines were...

KAMLOOPS -- Brett Tippie is considered a godfather of mountain biking's free-riding movement.He was among the first to seek out nasty slopes and clay bluffs in the early 1980s in Kamloops and he's still riding professionally today at the age of 55. Tippie is a highly sought after announcer, coach and guide, and he's th...

The TRU WolfPack women's volleyball team is on pace to have its best season in program history, with a record of eight wins and two losses at the Canada West holiday break. Two European players -- a 6-foot-5 outside hitter from Bulgaria, Maria Dancheva, and 6-foot-2 outside hitter from Turkey, Rida Erlalelitepe -- are ...

KAMLOOPS - Raiya Matonovich is ranked No. 1 in the country.The 17-year-old runner from Kamloops clocked in at two minutes, six seconds and 44 milliseconds in the 800-metre this past summer. It's the fastest time posted this year in Canada by a female under the age of 18 in the middle-distance event. Matonovich recorded...

KAMLOOPS -- After getting her start at the university level, Rebecca Kuresh was an athletic therapist for five years in the Alberta Junior Hockey League before the Kamloops Blazers hired her in the summer of 2023. Kuresh has big shoes to fill in Kamloops, taking over from former trainer and equipment manager Colin (Tol...

Evan Mutrie's life changed 10 years ago.He was a seemingly healthy 19-year-old football player for the Kamloops Broncos when he was suddenly paralyzed from the neck down by a rare virus. Mutrie is now a coach and board member for the Broncos. He caught up with Marty Hastings in the latest edition of the Tattle of Hasti...

Mike Hall is a dreadlocked 67-year-old rock blaster who found fame late in life.He stars in the hit TV show Rust Valley Restorers, a car restoration documentary series on History Channel focuses on his shop in Tappen -- Rust Bros Restoration. Hall invited our Marty Hastings out to the shop for a whirlwind tour, during ...

KAMLOOPS -- Ainsley Grether needs one more goal to become the all-time goal scoring leader in TRU WolfPack women's soccer Canada West history. The beloved team captain from Kamloops is relishing every minute on the pitch this year, knowing this season is her last. Her expertise from the penalty spot allowed the Pack to...

Everett Quewezance is a promising young golfer and has dreams of winning major championships.Marty Hastings decided to put the nine-year-old golfer to the test at Tobiano Golf Course in this latest instalment of the Tattle of Hastings.It's safe to say young Everett aced the exam.

Defenceman Joe Hicketts of the Ontario Reign and curling skip Matt Dunstone are professional athletes who share a love of golf. They hit the links at Kamloops Golf and Country Club with Marty Hastings to swing the sticks and talk about their careers. This is Part 2 of The Tattle Open in the latest installment of the Ta...

Joe Hicketts of the Ontario Reign and skip Matt (The Sheriff) Dunstone of Team Dunstone share a love of golf.They hit the links at Kamloops Golf and Country Club with CFJC Today reporter Marty Hastings.This is Part 1 of The Tattle Open in the latest instalment of the Tattle of Hastings, captured and edited by Adam Donn...

KAMLOOPS - In this special edition of The Tattle of Hastings, we sent Marty the Rib-porter down to Rotary Ribfest at Riverside Park to speak with the ribbers. His goal: find out more about the secrets of the swine; the enigma of the piglet; the cipher of the hog.WATCH: TATTLE OF HASTINGS SPECIAL EDITION - ROTARY RIBFES...

KAMLOOPS - Arvind Ramesh, a professional inline skater from India, came to Canada to study and learn how to skate on ice.He found Thompson Rivers University and the Kamloops Long Blades.Ramesh has been coaching inline skating, along with club member Leah Turner and Long Blades' owner Sandi Vyse, and in return receiving...