Category: Sports

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…

The following is an excerpt from the Book ‘The Country and the Game: 30,000 Miles of Hockey Stories’ by Ronnie Shuker The next day, I begin the long drive home from Vancouver, some 4,800 kilometers (3,000 miles) east to Toronto. Five hours in, I stop in Kamloops.  I arrive at the Hamlets at Westsyde, sign…

Kamloops Blazers forward Tommy Lafrenière’s journey to the Western Hockey League (WHL) has been anything but conventional. Though originally from Montreal, Quebec, Lafrenière spent much of his childhood in Whistler before making his way back east to Montreal and eventually returning to B.C. for his WHL draft year. Now, he’s turning heads with his strong…