KAMLOOPS - "Is this the right time? With a time of 5:10.39, from Gravity MTB Racing, winning U17 Expert Women and it's also the fastest time of every woman on the mountain today, give it up for Megan Pretorius!" Master of ceremonies Brett Tippie made the announcement at the Dunbar Summer Series Canadian Down...

KAMLOOPS - It might be the middle of summer, but a number of Kamloops Blazers have hockey on their minds.Goaltender Kaeden Tate has been named to the United States roster for the 2026 Hlinka Gretzky Cup in Edmonton. The native of Huntington Beach, Calif. is one of three netminders on the U.S. team, which will be aiming...

GLASGOW - Kamloops-trained hammer throw superstar Ethan Katzberg has another gold medal - and another event record - to add to his collection. Katzberg took gold in the 23rd Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, Scotland Monday (July 27). His throw of 80.97 metres is a games record and exactly four metres further than silver ...

GLASGOW - Hammer throw champion Ethan Katzberg added another major title to his collection while Canadian gymnasts racked up six medals on a banner day at the Commonwealth Games on Monday. Katzberg, a two-time world champion and Paris 2024 Olympics gol...

KAMLOOPS - Kamloops International Cup women's soccer action is slated to begin this weekend.Top-flight English professional team Nottingham Forest will square off against Vancouver Rise FC Academy, with kickoff slated for 6:00 p.m. Saturday (July 25) at Hillside Stadium.The tournament schedule has been altered due to w...

SUN PEAKS, B.C. - Megan Pretorius of Kamloops is among 300 racers registered to compete at the Dunbar Summer Series Canadian Downhill Mountain Bike Championships on Saturday (July 25) and Sunday at Sun Peaks Resort. "Everyone comes here from all across Canada," she said. "There are a lot of people and i...

EDMONTON - The Kamloops NorthPaws blew out the Edmonton Riverhawks on the road Wednesday (July 22) to win their three-game series 2-1. After splitting their first two games (6-5 Kamloops on Monday, 6-5 Edmonton on Tuesday), the NorthPaws took the rubber match 15-2. A three-run homerun from third baseman Matt Macdonald ...

KAMLOOPS - Soccer Quest Orange defender Julian Gentile felt the gravity of the moment in the minutes before kickoff. With a victory over Powell River Youth Soccer Association on Saturday (July 18) on McArthur Island, his club would be rewarded for years of hard work and celebrating on the podium with the Under-14 Boys...

KAMLOOPS - Underdog status fuelled the Kamloops Venom. "I'd say the whole year it helped us," Venom runner Sam Borschowa said. "Everyone in the league would have had us as the worst team in the league [and] at the bottom of the rankings. We knew we had a great group of players." The Venom snuck int...

KAMLOOPS - Make it three World Juniors in a row for Dan De Palma.The Kamloops Blazers director of goaltending development has been named to Canada's coaching staff for the 2027 IIHF World Junior Championship in Edmonton and Red Deer. De Palma and Brad Lauer, the head coach of the Spokane Chiefs, will represent the WHL ...

KAMLOOPS - Mia Wittal is thrilled but not satisfied with winning five medals and setting four Kamloops Classic Swimming records at the Swim BC Summer Provincial Championships, which wrapped up on Sunday (July 20) at the Canada Games Aquatic Centre. "I definitely wanted more club records," Wittal said. "...

KAMLOOPS - The Kamloops Broncos alerted fans of growing pains in the first year of a rebuild, and they materialized in the junior football club's season opener. The Broncos were blown out by the Langley Rams 72-1 at Hillside Stadium Saturday (July 18). While not throwing for any interceptions, Broncos quarterback and ...

KAMLOOPS - The Kamloops NorthPaws lost their first series following the West Coast League (WCL) All Star break, dropping two of three games to the Bellingham Bells at home over the weekend. The NorthPaws started the series with a 6-5 win at Norbrock Stadium Friday (July 17). Pitcher Evan Dugdale allowed one earned run ...

KAMLOOPS - Ten Kamloops Classic Swimming athletes are competing at the Swim BC Summer Provincial Championships this week at the Canada Games Aquatic Centre. "It's nice that it's in our home pool because we practise here every day and we know what it's like," Classic swimmer Tenley Post said. "We know ho...

KAMLOOPS - The Kamloops RiverDogs will host the 13-and-under AA Provincial Baseball Championships from July 23 to July 26 on McArthur Island.As Marty Hastings reports, the RiverDogs plan on relishing the moment - win or lose.

KAMLOOPS - Kamloops United goalkeeper Jacob Kozic was under pressure for much of his club's match against Soccer Quest FC on Thursday (July 16) at the Provincial B-Cup Soccer Championships on McArthur Island. "It's fun because it's extra practice, but sometimes it's horrible because I don't want to get a shot to t...

KAMLOOPS - Kamloops product Jim Cotter and Kamloops Curling Club member Dianne Barker are part of the B.C. Curling Hall of Fame's Class of 2026, along with Melissa Soligo of Trail. Cotter has an extensive playing résumé that includes nine men's B.C. championship victories, one silver medal in 10 Brier ap...

KAMLOOPS - First-year Kamloops Broncos' head coach Jay Daniels said his club is rebuilding and expects to absorb a sizeable dose of growing pain this year. "Oh, definitely," Daniels said. "We're not delusional by any sense of the imagination. We know exactly where we are. We know it's a tough hill to cl...

KAMLOOPS - You'll have to wait a little longer to celebrate Logan Stankoven's Stanley Cup win this summer. The Kamloopsian's Stanley Cup celebration is now expected to be held on Sunday, Aug. 16, instead of Aug. 13 as previously envisioned. The Stankoven Stanley Cup celebration in Kamloops has been moved to Aug. 16. - ...

KAMLOOPS - Three Kamloops Blazers players will be a part of Hockey Canada's National Under-17 Development Camp that gets underway this weekend.Defenseman Mateo Ferreira and forwards Teagen Bouchard and Brady Ondrus are among 80 Canadian Hockey players who will be at camp July 17 to 21 at the Sixteen Mile Sports Complex...

KAMLOOPS - Sienna Angove of Kamloops has secured her spot on the Canadian team for the Pan Pacific Championships, the major international swimming event slated to run from Aug. 10 to Aug. 15 in Irvine, Calif. Angove cracked the roster on the back of her third-place finish in the 200-metre freestyle at the Bell Canadia...

KAMLOOPS - Two Kamloops Gymnastics and Trampoline Centre athletes competed for Canada at the Coimbra World Cup and GymFest last weekend in Coimbra, Portugal. Gavin Dodd won silver in the men's double-mini competition and made history in the process. He broke his own Canadian difficulty record for both a single pass an...

KAMLOOPS - The WHL recently announced changes to its schedule and travel regulations that are designed to improve player experience, along with a potential rule change for three-on-three overtime. Kamloops Blazers' head coach and general manager Shaun Clouston and forward Ty Bonkowski discussed each topic with CFJC To...

DETROIT - Former Kamloops Blazers captain Emmitt Finnie has been named the Detroit Red Wings Rookie of the Year.The 21-year-old Finnie played all 82 games in his debut NHL season and finished with 30 points (13 goals and 17 assists). He was sixth among Red Wings skaters in goals, tied for seventh in assists and eighth ...

KAMLOOPS - The Kamloops Blazers have signed 16-year-old American forward Evan Zachgo to a WHL Scholarship and Development Agreement.Zachgo, a native of Delta Junction, Alaska, was was listed by the team in May and he was at Blazers spring development camp that same month.The five-foot-11, 170lbs forward led the Sioux F...

KAMLOOPS - First-year head coach Kordell Primus said an up-and-down season has potential to finish in Kamloops Venom glory. "Our group is very optimistic and feeling very confident going into playoffs," Primus said. "Kelowna being a second-place team in the league and having their full roster on Sunday ...

KAMLOOPS - Taylor Cochrane will be taking her talents to this summer's Hlinka Gretzky Cup.The Kamloops Blazers athletic therapist will serve in a similar role with Team Canada at the annual under-18 hockey tournament, which runs Aug. 3 to 8 in Edmonton.Cochrane joined the Blazers last year after three seasons in the Al...

KAMLOOPS - The Stankoven name has officially been engraved onto the Stanley Cup.The Carolina Hurricanes shared a picture on social media Wednesday (July 7) showing the 53 names of players and staff - as well as family members of owner Tom Dundon - to forever commemorate the 2025-26 championship season. The Hurricanes b...