Category: Sports

Casey Rodgers of Kamloops is a professional pickleball coach at a colossal club in the Caribbean and will represent Canada this fall at the sport’s World Cup in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. “I could not have imagined when I picked up the paddle like seven or eight years ago that I would ever be here —…

The Canadian Cancer Society is bringing the Kamloops CIBC Run for the Cure back to Riverside Park on Sunday, Oct. 5, 2025. From 8:30 a.m. to 12 p.m., participants will gather at 100 Lorne Street to walk or run in support of breast cancer research, treatment, and community programs. “We have a Little Hope Lounge…

Hailey Ward switched course in the spring of her graduating year at NorKam secondary, ditching plans to pursue a college education and volleyball career in the U.S.“I decided I wasn’t ready to move that far away and spend that kind of money, and my little sister was 13 at the time,” said Ward, a lifelong Kamloopsian who…

Kamloops’ very own Spirit Warriors Dragon Boat Team is celebrating its 18th season on the water this year, and they’re doing it with strength and style. “This is our 18th season. Holy crap. Wow. So 2008,” laughed Cheryl Dedels, a proud paddler and long-time member of the team. The Spirit Warriors were founded by five…

Logan Stankoven appeared to be at ease in his parents’ backyard, his Carolina Hurricanes’ hockey gear seen hanging through an upstairs window while he stood in for a table-tennis tilt and poolside interview. The 5-foot-8, 165-pound forward from Kamloops — at home for an off-season break — has every reason to be relaxed, including a…

A musical note, a dancer in full flight, thespian masks, a paint brush, and a clapperboard appear on the front wall of Kamloops School of the Arts. There is room for a soccer ball, and a recent achievement on the pitch is augmenting the face of school identity. “I think the coolest part is probably just…

It has been 45 years since Terry Fox changed the face of fundraising forever with his heroic trek across Canada to raise money for cancer research. Since that historic run in 1980 over $900 million has been raised for cancer research through the Terry Fox Research Institute, and the numbers keep growing. This year, to…

Glowing tributes are reminders of the impact her father had on the Kamloops sports community. “I mean, it’s just really going to make me cry,” Kathryn O’Brien said. “There’s definitely a big hole in my life right now, but to see him being held in such high esteem is heartwarming. And to know that he’s…

Long before hockey took centre stage, lacrosse was Canada’s stand-alone national sport—and for many, it still holds that title in spirit. Once considered the game of gentlemen, lacrosse earned its noble reputation at a time when hockey players were being paid and lacrosse players remained true amateurs, playing purely for love of the game. That…