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How a Kamloops Blazer netminder made it to the big leagues
April 02, 2025 - 6:00 AM

Former NHL goaltender and Kamloops resident Steve Passmore is charismatic and lights up when he talks about hockey.
'You're the snake': Kamloops councillor's secret recording revealed
November 29, 2024 - 7:00 AM

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Tackle football for kids returning to Penticton
March 14, 2024 - 7:00 PM

After a decades-long dry spell for organized football in Penticton the sport is making a come back.
UPDATE: Seattle Thunderbirds team bus slides off highway on way to Kelowna
January 10, 2024 - 9:22 AM
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A bus carrying a Western Hockey League junior team slid off a highway in British Columbia's Interior, but the team says no one was injured.
Duncan Keith's NHL retirement to Penticton prompted by love for his son
December 07, 2022 - 4:30 PM

When it came right down to it for Duncan Keith, it was a father’s love that was the deciding factor in ending his fairy-tale pro hockey career this past summer after nearly two decades.
So what do school districts actually do and how much power do they have?
September 26, 2022 - 7:31 AM

A recent slate of right-wing candidates vying for seats on Kelowna and Vernon's school boards may find themselves without any power if they are elected.
Why you need to worry more than ever about those big rigs on B.C. highways
December 23, 2021 - 7:00 AM

Just because the Coquihalla Highway has re-opened to truck traffic doesn’t mean the quality of drivers of those big rigs has improved on B.C. highways.
This Vernon safety trainer’s chain-up video just in time for Coquihalla re-opening
December 22, 2021 - 6:00 AM

Wolfgang Brocklebank has spent the past two years developing his ChainSmart training video and it couldn’t have come out at a better time with key B.C. highways closed and inexperienced truckers clogging snowy Highway 3 when it was the only route out of the Lower Mainland.
Kamloops minor hockey teams looking forward to return to Memorial Arena
November 11, 2021 - 1:00 PM

Kamloops skaters and hockey players are looking forward to more ice time as the Memorial Arena is set to be returned to its intended use.
New bus service from Kamloops to Edmonton on the way
May 09, 2021 - 10:00 AM

A Kamloops-based charter bus company is diversifying by offering service to Edmonton later this month.
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