News Items tag as: Olympics

The Friendly Canadian: Kamloops athlete wins Olympic gold in hammer throw
August 06, 2024 - 6:00 PM

A member of the Kamloops Track and Field Club, Ethan Katzberg, made a record-breaking hammer throw of 84.12 metres at the Paris Olympic Games on Sunday, Aug. 4, leaving his opponents in the dust and earning him the first gold medal a Canadian has won in the event for over a century.
DREAM COME TRUE: Kamloops wrestling referee selected for Paris Olympics
June 05, 2024 - 6:00 AM

A Kamloops woman will be one of two Canadian referees going to the 2024 Paris Olympics this summer to referee wrestling matches on the world stage.
Penticton swimmer training hard for upcoming Olympic trials
January 04, 2024 - 7:00 PM

A 15-year-old Penticton competitive swimmer is heading to the Olympic trials.
Vernon freestyle skier going to Beijing Olympics
January 24, 2022 - 12:30 PM

A Vernon freestyle skier will be competing in the 2022 Winter Olympics next month.
Here are the Okanagan athletes competing in Tokyo 2020 Olympics
July 25, 2021 - 10:00 AM

Six Okanagan athletes and one coach are competing at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics starting tomorrow.
Okanagan athletes aiming for the Olympic podium with the help of this school
March 12, 2020 - 7:00 AM

Jerome Blake is poised to make his first appearance at the Olympics in Tokyo this summer and the Jamaican-born Kelowna sprinter spares no shortage of gratitude for being able to focus on training while he attended school.
Here are the local athletes going for gold in South Korea
February 08, 2018 - 4:30 PM

The 2018 Winter Olympic Games are starting this week, and with the world watching, the Thompson-Okanagan region will be well represented.
Local athletes looking for gold at Winter Olympics in South Korea
January 12, 2018 - 2:30 PM

There will be a handful of athletes from the Thompson-Okanagan competing in the 2018 PyeongChang Winter Olympics.
Thousands cheer Canadian Olympic athletes at Okanagan ski resort
January 07, 2018 - 11:00 AM

KELOWNA – Over 6,000 people took part in a celebration at Big White Ski Resort near Kelowna yesterday to send-off some of the Team Canada athletes who will be competing in the upcoming winter Olympic games.
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iN RESPONSE: Readers have their say
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Popular spots to enjoy ramen in Okanagan, Kamloops
Fall is here and the weather is turning colder so many are turning to comfort foods in the Okanagan and Kamloops. A warm, hearty soup is a definite go-to during the chilly seasons and one particular style, ramen, is becoming more and more p

Study says city policies drastically increase housing costs in Kamloops, Okanagan
A research paper explored how municipal government policies increase the cost of housing in B.C., and it showed that 40 per cent of a home’s cost in Kamloops and the Okanagan was due to the “zoning effect”. While at Simon

Kelowna trailer park residents face 'demoviction' from their affordable homes
Walking into Central Mobile Home Park in Kelowna you see well kept yards, towering evergreen trees, people walking their dogs and chatting with neighbours. The community of mostly seniors is slated to razed to make space for redevelopment but the

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