KAMLOOPS -- Christmas traditions are in full swing in Kamloops and beyond. Over the last few weeks, CFJC Today gathered thoughts on food and family during the holiday season while on assignment across the city.Kamloops Blazers' general manager Shaun Clouston and forward John Szabo, BC Wildlife Park GM Glenn Grant and M...

KAMLOOPS - Four different schools emerged victorious as another edition of the Fulton Cup in Kamloops has come to an end. The annual city high school basketball championships saw a number of big-school-versus-small-school matchups that aren't otherwise possible as the teams compete in different divisions based on the s...

KAMLOOPS - A pair of former Kamloops Blazers will don the Maple Leaf as Canada gears up for the latest edition of the Spengler Cup. Goaltender Dylan Ferguson was one of three goaltenders named to Canada's roster for the oldest invitational hockey tournament in the world. Ferguson, 26, is currently playing for the Iowa ...

KAMLOOPS - Todd Warnick has taken personal leave from his position as head coach of the TRU WolfPack women's basketball team. Scott Clark, formerly head coach of the WolfPack men's basketball team, has the reins of the women's program on an interim basis until the end of the 2024-2025 Canada West campaign. WolfPack ath...

KAMLOOPS -- The 55th edition of the Kamloops International Bantam Ice Hockey Tournament is underway at six rinks across the city.Click here for tournament schedules.CFJC Today dropped by McArthur Island Sport and Event Centre and Sandman Centre to get a feel for the tournament buzz.

KAMLOOPS - Jeanine McFarlen and her son, Nicholas, were on their way home to Kamloops from BC Children's Hospital in Vancouver on Tuesday when an incident stopped traffic on the snowy Coquihalla.Nicholas was bored and preparing to hunker down for the night when a bus full of vacationers heading toward Big White in Kelo...

KAMLOOPS - Barriere gets its shot at the South Kamloops Titans, Kamloops Christian School goes toe-to-toe with the favoured Valleyview Vikes and underdog St. Ann's takes a swat at the Westsyde Whundas. Only at the Fulton Cup do those matchups take place, the big-school-versus-small-school tilts that add allure to the a...

KAMLOOPS - The Kamloops Blazers lost six straight games heading into the Western Hockey League (WHL) holiday break after failing to pick up a win on their three-game Alberta road trip. The Blazers concluded a stretch of three games in three nights with a 7-3 loss Sunday (Dec. 15) to the Edmonton Oil Kings. Kamloops loc...

RED DEER, ALTA. - The Kamloops Blazers are on a season-high five game losing streak after a 4-2 defeat at the hands of the Red Deer Rebels Saturday (Dec. 14) night. Ryan Michael and Emmitt Finnie were the goal scorers for the Blazers, who have one more game to go on their weekend Alberta road trip. The two teams played...

CALGARY - Tommy Lafreniere forced overtime with a last-minute goal but the Kamloops Blazers couldn't complete the comeback against the Calgary Hitmen Friday (Dec. 13) night. Carter Yakemchuk scored the overtime winner to lead the Hitmen to a 5-4 win at the Scotiabank Saddledome. Kalem Parker struck first for the Hitmen...

KAMLOOPS - Kamloops-born Sawyer Mynio will play for Team Canada at the 2025 World Juniors in Ottawa.The 19-year-old Vancouver Canucks prospect is one of eight defencemen who cracked the final roster Friday (Dec. 13).Mynio has five goals and 19 points in 18 games with the Seattle Thunderbirds in the 2024-25 WHL season.J...

KAMLOOPS -- Hockey Canada has come calling again for Tyler Roth, head equipment manager for the Kamloops Blazers.Roth, from Edmonton, has been named equipment manager for the Canadian team that will compete at the 2025 Under-18 Women's World Hockey Championship, which will run from Jan. 4 to Jan. 12 in Vantaa, Finland....

KAMLOOPS -- Thousands of stuffed animals and warm winter wear items were collected when the Kamloops Blazers hosted Teddy Bear Toss night on Friday (Dec. 6) at Sandman Centre. The haul is donated to Royal Inland Hospital and local charitable organizations.As CFJC Today reports, the Blazers went to the hospital on Tuesd...

Most of the Kamloops Blazers will return to their hometowns for the WHL holiday break at the end of their upcoming Central Division road trip, which gets underway on Friday (Dec. 13) in Calgary. Before they hit the road, the Blazers were asked the first half of the season. CFJC Today has the story.

KAMLOOPS - A Kamloops Blazers defenceman will represent his country at the IIHF World Junior Hockey Championship for a second straight year. Czech Ice Hockey announced Matteo Koci will be one of 27 players playing for Czechia. The 19-year-old Blazers blueliner was part of the Czech team that won bronze in the 2024 Worl...

KAMLOOPS -- Matt Dunstone is driven to be No. 1. That much is clear after the Kamloops skip - whose Manitoba-based curling team is ranked No. 2 in Canada and No. 8 in the world - parted ways with third B.J. Neufeld and reunited the Brush Brothers on Team Dunstone. "The team was just missing a bit of a spark,"...

PRINCE GEORGE - The Prince George Cougars have acquired Merritt native Corbin Vaughan from the Regina Pats.The BC Division leading Cougars sent 19-year-old defenceman Ephram McNutt and a second-round selection in the 2025 WHL Prospect's Draft to the Pats in exchange for the 18-year-old Vaughan.Vaughan has four goals an...

PRINCE GEORGE - Emmitt Finnie scored less than 30 seconds into the game, but the Kamloops Blazers fell 6-3 to the Prince George Cougars Saturday (Dec. 7) night.Goals from Finnie, who added two assists as well, and Jordan Keller had the Blazers up 2-0 inside eight minutes at the CN Centre, before the Cougars finally str...

KAMLOOPS - Andrew Thomson scored the teddy bear goal less than three minutes into the game, but the Kamloops Blazers were beaten 5-2 by the Seattle Thunderbirds Friday (Dec. 6) night.The 17-year-old Thompson fired a shot past Seattle's Scott Ratzlaff to bring down the bears in the Blazers final home game before the WHL...

KAMLOOPS - Brad Lukowich scored for the Kamloops Blazers on Dec. 5, 1993, to cue the first-ever Teddy Bear Toss. The brainchild of former Blazers' marketing director Don Larson has since spread across the hockey world, with hospitals, charities and children reaping the benefits. This Friday (Dec. 6), the tradition will...

KAMLOOPS - A Kamloops Blazers defenceman who was invited to Canada's men's World Junior Hockey team selection camp next week will be unable to participate because of injury. In a post to social media Friday (Dec. 6), Hockey Canada announced Harrison Brunicke has been replaced by Zayne Parekh - an 18-year-old defenceman...

KAMLOOPS - Kamloops Blazers' forward Emmitt Finnie expressed disappointment with being excluded from Team Canada's selection camp roster on Monday (Dec. 2) ahead of the World Junior Hockey Championship, which gets underway on Boxing Day in Ottawa. "I'm definitely going to use this as a bit of motivation," sai...

KAMLOOPS - A Kamloops Blazers defenceman and a Kamloops local were invited to Canada's men's World Junior Hockey team selection camp this month. Hockey Canada announced that Harrison Brunicke will be one of 32 players invited to camp, which will be held from Dec. 10 to 13 in Ottawa. The 18-year-old Blazers blueliner sc...

KAMLOOPS - The Thompson Rivers University (TRU) WolfPack men's basketball team are going into the Canada West holiday break on a winning note, after a 75-62 win over the Saskatchewan Huskies at the TCC Saturday (Nov. 30) night.The WolfPack held the Huskies to 28 points in the second half as they completed the weekend s...

EVERETT, WASH. - Oren Shtrom had the only goal for the Kamloops Blazers who were beaten 7-1 by the Everett Silvertips Saturday (Nov. 30) night at the Angel of the Winds Arena.The WHL-leading Silvertips struck first with less than 30 seconds in the opening period, though Shtrom tied things up with a power play goal insi...

SASKATOON - The Thompson Rivers University (TRU) WolfPack women's volleyball team won all six sets they played this weekend to end their best first semester in Canada West program history.The WolfPack swept the Huskies 3-0 (25-21, 25-20, 25-22) at the Physical Activity Centre Saturday (Nov. 30) to improve to 8-2 on the...

SASKATOON - The Thompson Rivers University (TRU) men's volleyball team gave it their all on an emotional night, but they came up just short in a five-set thriller (26-24, 20-25, 25-23, 22-25, 15-10) against Saskatchewan Huskies in Saskatoon. The WolfPack's Friday night (Nov. 29) game came on the one-year anniversary of...

KAMLOOPS - Veteran guard Asher Mayan had a game-high 25 points as as the Thompson Rivers University (TRU) WolfPack men's basketball team beat the Saskatchewan Huskies 92-84 at the TCC Friday night (Nov. 29).Mayan was 7-11 from the floor, 5-7 from three-point range and 6-6 from the free-throw line for the WolfPack, who ...