Category: Sports
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The Brown rink, featuring, from left, Corryn Brown, Erin Pincott, Sarah Koltun, Samantha Fisher and Jim Cotter. Photo by Curling CanadaLocals to compete for Olympic curling spot
The Brown rink will become the first team from Kamloops to compete in the Canadian Olympic curling trials later this month in Halifax. “It’s once every four years,” said Brown third Erin Pincott, whose team earned its berth at trials on the merit of its position in 2024–2025 Canadian Team Ranking System standings. “You never…
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Casey Rodgers, left, of Team Canada and doubles partner Tatiana Ruhl celebrate winning gold at the 2024 Pickleball World Cup in Lima, Peru. Photo provided by Pickleball World CupKamloops represents in world pickleball
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 —…
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Kamloops CIBC Run for the Cure returns to Riverside Park
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…
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TRU Wolfpack gearing up for next season
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…
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Photo submitted by Cheryl DedelsSpirit Warriors celebrate 18 seasons of spirit and strength
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…
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Kelly Olynyk hoping to find stability in Texas
Kelly Olynyk and wife Jackie are expecting an addition to their roster, with a baby girl due to arrive in September. Preparation for parenthood was complexified this summer when the seven-foot NBA star was traded — twice — and landed with Victor Wembanyama and the San Antonio Spurs. The South Kamloops secondary graduate Olynyk made…
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Logan Stankoven enjoyed a well-earned vacation in Aruba following an impressive season of hockey. Logan Stankoven photoStankoven’s eyes are on the future
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…
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Arts school students conquer the soccer field
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…
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Charlene Eden, who will soon be cycling across the country to raise money for cancer research, stands with her husband Brett Emsland by a photo of Terry Fox. She has looked up to Fox since her youth.Riding for Hope
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…
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O’Brien leaves a legacy of athletics
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…