KAMLOOPS - Logan Stankoven pulled up to the edge of Riverside Park and into the fray of stardom, emerging from his vehicle with the Stanley Cup and to a welcome he will never forget. A wall of children - about three rows deep - lined a block or so of Lorne Street sidewalk on Sunday [Aug. 16], the kids contagious with ...

KAMLOOPS - For the second week in a row, the Kamloops Broncos were shut out in another lopsided defeat. The Broncos fell to the Vancouver Island Raiders in Nanaimo Saturday (Aug. 15) 77-0. The score was 61-0 at halftime. Starting quarterback and South Kamloops alumnus Cole Rigler didn't play for the Broncos. As a team...

KAMLOOPS - Ontario Reign captain Joe Hicketts hopped on the bike at the Sports Legacy Fund High Performance Training Centre on Thursday [Aug. 13] morning. Stanley Cup champion Logan Stankoven was next up, pumping the pistons and working up a sweat. "With all the cardio stuff and bikes after workouts, we tend to h...

KAMLOOPS - Taylor Cochrane's first Hockey Canada experience lived up to expectations. The Kamloops Blazers' athletic therapist won gold with Team Canada, which throttled the U.S. 8-1 in the Hlinka Gretzky Cup final on Aug. 8 in Edmonton. "Incredible," said Cochrane, who joined the Blazers in time for the 202...

Uber-competitive, ultra-focused runner Raiya Matonovich of Kamloops allowed herself a few seconds to soak in the moment on the start line at the World Athletics Under-20 Championships last Thursday [Aug. 6] in Eugene, Oregon. Much of her life to that point had been dedicated to representing Canada and she was moments ...

Logan Stankoven of the Carolina Hurricanes won the Stanley Cup in June.In July, his $48-million contract became effective. In the latest Tattle of Hastings, the former Kamloops Blazers captain reflects on achieving his childhood dream and looks toward the future.Below is the edited-for-length transcript of the intervie...

KAMLOOPS - Logan Stankoven felt the love from his hometown from a distance while his Carolina Hurricanes ripped through the NHL post-season and won the Stanley Cup. He plans to say thanks in person on Sunday [Aug. 16] at Riverside Park, with thousands likely to be in attendance for a Cup celebration event at the Rotary...

KAMLOOPS - For the first time in the 2026 B.C. Football Conference (BCFC) season, the Kamloops Broncos were held off the scoresheet. The Broncos were shutout by the Westshore Rebels at Hillside Stadium Saturday (Aug. 8) 64-0. Kamloops local and Broncos quarterback Cole Rigler completed seven of 16 pass attempts for 67...

KAMLOOPS - Alivia Smigielski is a two-time national lacrosse champion at age 17. The Regis University Rangers-committed defender credits many people for her success, including her older brother, Beckett. "He kind of trained me up in the backyard and started making me the player I am today," Alivia said. &quo...

KAMLOOPS - Carolina Hurricanes forward and Kamloops Blazers alumnus Logan Stankoven is getting ready to celebrate his team's Stanley Cup championship win with the City of Kamloops this month. On Sunday, August 16, Stankoven will bring the Stanley Cup to Riverside Park to celebrate with his family, friends, and local fa...

KAMLOOPS - Three Kamloops-area golf courses remain some of the best Canada has to offer, although two have gone up the leaderboard while another has bogeyed. In the 2026 edition of the Score Golf rankings, Sagebrush Golf Club near Merritt takes No. 15, up from 17 in 2024. The public course is credited for its minimalis...

KAMLOOPS - The Kamloops NorthPaws wrapped up the 2022 West Coast League (WCL) season with a series loss in Nanaimo. After splitting the first two games earlier this week, an 8-7 loss on Monday and a 5-1 win on Tuesday, the NorthPaws fell to the NightOwls on Vancouver Island Wednesday (Aug. 5) 15-8. The NorthPaws finish...

KAMLOOPS - The Kamloops Interior Dragon Boat Society (KIDS) celebrated the purchase of a new boat ahead of the Kamloops Dragon Boat Festival on August 8, 2026.KIDS christened the Millennium Dragon Boat, 'Spirit of the Thompson Rivers' on July 14 at Pioneer Park boat launch with Bob Smillie and Christine Cross from Kaml...

KAMLOOPS - The Kamloops NorthPaws could be ending their season on a positive note as they've now won three straight series. Kamloops' collegiate summer baseball club took two of three home games against the Edmonton Riverhawks this week. After splitting the first two games, a 9-1 win on Tuesday (July 29) and 7-6 loss o...

KAMLOOPS - The Kamloops Venom will host the Port Coquitlam Saints in the B.C. Junior B Tier 1 Lacrosse Provincial Championship this weekend at Memorial Arena.As CFJC Today reports, the Venom are aiming to win the B.C. title for the first time since 2012.

KAMLOOPS - Cole Rigler will always remember his first throw for his hometown Kamloops Broncos, a deep-ball completion to his old high school teammate Hudson Jones on the first play of his B.C. Football Conference career. "I think that was the game plan since the first practice of the season," Rigler said. &q...

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 ...