KAMLOOPS - Kamloops United will join the B.C. Soccer Premier League [BCSPL] youth ranks this fall. "So many families [have been] going to [Thompson Okanagan Football Club] to play in the BCSPL, two hours of commuting three times a week, plus games away," United general manager Lyle Dos Santos said. "It'...

RALEIGH, N.C. - Not even Logan Stankoven's parents were exactly sure of his location as of Monday (June 15) morning in Las Vegas. His Carolina Hurricanes partied into the wee hours after winning the Stanley Cup on Sunday night.Stankoven surfaced in North Carolina on Tuesday morning and spoke with CFJC Today. COMPLETE I...

VANCOUVER - The Vancouver Canucks hired Daren Hermiston of Kamloops on June 5.Hermiston is the club's director of player personnel and player development, making the move to an NHL front office after working for about 17 years as a player agent. DAREN HERMISTON INTERVIEW The former Thompson Rivers University student sp...

LAS VEGAS - Logan Stankoven took his twirl with hockey's holy grail, lifting the Stanley Cup high above his head and kissing it on Sunday (June 14) in Las Vegas. His father Wes, mother Deana and sister Macie weaved through the dispersing T-Mobile Arena crowd and onto the ice to join him for a memorable family embrace....

KAMLOOPS - The Kamloops NorthPaws have won back-to-back series. After completing a three-game sweep of the Port Angeles Lefties earlier in the week, the NorthPaws took two of three games from the Walla Walla Sweets of Washington State over the weekend. Kamloops got things going with a 9-5 win from Norbrock Stadium Frid...

LAS VEGAS - Logan Stankoven and the Carolina Hurricanes are Stanley Cup champions. WES AND DEANA STANKOVEN INTERVIEW The Hurricanes blanked the hometown Vegas Golden Knights 3-0 to win the best-of-seven Cup final series 4-2, with Stankoven recording one assist and finishing plus-2 in Game 6. Cup champion. Stankoven not...

KAMLOOPS - Jermaine Loewen became a fan favourite during his tenure with the Kamloops Blazers in the WHL. As CFJC Today reports, he is rediscovering his love for the game in the Kamloops Ball Hockey League.

KAMLOOPS - The Kamloops Blazers have signed American defenceman Chase Gill to a WHL Scholarship and Development Agreement.The 15-year-old from Seal Beach, California was selected by the Blazers in the second round, 33rd overall in the 2025 WHL U.S. Prospects Draft. Gill will be heading into his 16-year-old WHL season, ...

KAMLOOPS - Riverside Park is the place to be this summer as the City of Kamloops hosts a series of outdoor watch parties for the 2026 FIFA men's World Cup. The Canadian leg of the 48-team tournament kicked off Friday (June 12) in Toronto, and some 3,000 kilometres away in downtown Kamloops, it was a sea of red and whit...

KAMLOOPS - The Kamloops NorthPaws completed their first sweep of the 2026 West Coast League (WCL) season in dramatic fashion. In the third and final game of the series Thursday (June 11) from Norbrock Stadium, the NorthPaws came back from an 8-0 deficit to defeat the Port Angeles Lefties 10-9. Camden Sanders hit a two-...

KAMLOOPS - Darrell Fox accompanied his big brother Terry on the Marathon of Hope in 1980, then 17 and with special permission to graduate from high school a month early. "I think what he accomplished cannot be explained," Darrell said. "I spent three months in a stinky Ford van watching Terry take on th...

KAMLOOPS - The Kamloops Blazers have snagged another player from the British Columbia Hockey League (BCHL) ahead of the 2026-27 Western Hockey League (WHL) season. In a news release issued Thursday (June 11), the Blazers announced they have signed 2006-born forward Gavin Nemis, noting they added him to their Player Pro...

KAMLOOPS - They needed junior magic to secure their school's first medal at a provincial senior girls' high school soccer championship. Grade 9 striker Sophie Reed delivered for the Sa-Hali Sabres, her left-foot belter from distance the only goal in a 1-0 victory over St. Thomas Aquinas of North Vancouver in the bronz...

KAMLOOPS - Nothing screams baseball like a glass of discounted chardonnay. That phrase is not often uttered and is not true, but the Kamloops NorthPaws are aiming to add it to local lexicon at Ladies Wine Wednesday presented by Arterra Wines home games, the first of which is slated for June 10 at Norbrock Stadium. &qu...

KAMLOOPS - The Indigenous Sport, Physical Activity and Recreation Council last week named 10 provincial recipients of the 2025 Premier's Awards for Indigenous Youth Excellence in Sport. NorKam Secondary student Daniel Turvey is among the award winners. Turvey excelled on the rugby pitch last year. He helped under-17 T...

KAMLOOPS - Logan Stankoven of the Carolina Hurricanes is doing the St. Ann's Crusaders proud in the Stanley Cup Final.The students at his former school want him to know that, so they posted a video on social media. CFJC Today spoke to students at the school on Monday.

KAMLOOPS - J.P. Hurlbert will not return to the Kamloops Blazers next season. The forward from Allen, Texas, told CFJC Today on Monday (June 8) he will report to the University of Michigan Wolverines in time for the 2026-2027 NCAA Division One campaign. Hurlbert racked up a team-leading 97 points with the Blazers and ...

KAMLOOPS - The Kamloops NorthPaws were unable to maintain momentum to close their six-game U.S. road trip. After winning their first series of the 2026 West Coast League (WCL) season, the NorthPaws were swept in a three-game set by the Wenatchee AppleSox. Kamloops dropped a back-and-forth game 9-8 in 10 innings Friday ...

KAMLOOPS - The Dunes at Kamloops is set to play host to the 2026 Play Golf PGA of BC Assistants Championship.90 apprentice, teaching, and Class "A" professionals from across the province will be competing at the PGA of BC's championship this year."The Association is very much looking forward to hosting i...

KAMLOOPS - Matt Dunstone waltzed through Riverside Park on Friday [June 5] morning toting heavy hardware, a full-size replica of the Brier Tankard. "You're the curler!" one pickleballer said. After a quick conversation through a fence, Dunstone made his way onto the court for a quick game, picking up a win w...

KAMLOOPS - The City of Kamloops has laid out its plans to celebrate the FIFA World Cup with watch parties at Riverside Park, which will feature live music and community activations. As part of the festivities, the city said all 104 games of the tournament - which runs June 11 to July 19 - will be shown for free on a la...

KAMLOOPS - The Kamloops NorthPaws won their first series of the 2026 West Coast League (WCL) season. The NorthPaws earned their first win of the season Tuesday (June 2) by defeating the Ridgefield Raptors in Washington State 7-3. Kade Crawford hit two home runs in a game that saw him go two-for-three at the plate with ...

KAMLOOPS - Three-on-three basketball tournament Hoops in the Loops will take over a stretch of Victoria Street on Saturday and Sunday (June 6 and 7). The sixth annual event - a fundraiser for youth sports in Kamloops - will feature about 100 teams this year. CFJC Today brings us this report.

KAMLOOPS - Kelly Olynyk and Logan Stankoven might stand on the same Victoria Street parade float, the 7-foot big man raising the Larry O'Brien Trophy while the 5-foot-8 dynamo hoists the Stanley Cup. "I sent [Carolina Hurricanes' forward Stankoven] a message when they won the conference finals, as well, to congra...

KAMLOOPS - The Kamloops Blazers have signed two 2011-born players who comprised their 2026 draft class to WHL Scholarship and Development agreements.Micah Montgomery was the eighth player picked in round one of the 2026 WHL draft, while Mazen Green was the 45th player to hear his name called when he was taken in the se...

KAMLOOPS - The fourth annual STK Fastball Tournament is scheduled to run from Friday (June 5) to Sunday at Charles Anderson Stadium. International players, along with current and former national team members, will take to the diamond for the eight-team tournament, which is a qualifier for the ISC World Tournament this ...

Logan Stankoven and his Carolina Hurricanes are scheduled to host the Vegas Golden Knights in Game 1 of the Stanley Cup Final on Tuesday [June 2] in Raleigh, North Carolina. Stankoven looked ahead at the series with Marty Hastings of CFJC on Sunday [May 31].Below is the question-and-answer session, which has been edite...

KAMLOOPS - Macie Stankoven became accustomed in childhood to the cacophony emanating from the garage while her big brother Logan blasted tunes and shots - countless, endless shots. "Yeah, definitely," Macie said with a laugh. "The music was so loud and the bar was always hitting. He used to always show ...