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KTW is an award-winning community newspaper in the Interior's unofficial capital, published in print on Wednesdays and online 24/7.

Kamloops, B.C., Canada
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@KamThisWeek
Kamloops This Week
6 months
That’s a wrap. Final page of final edition of #Kamloops This Week sent to press. The 72-page paper will be delivered on Wednesday, Oct. 25. Open house on Thursday, Oct. 36, from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. Drop by to say hi (and bye).
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Congrats to Jessica Wallace of #Kamloops This Week for winning the prestigious Jack Webster Award for Community Reporting for her revelations regarding spending at the TNRD #websterawards
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@KamThisWeek
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3 years
Stewart of #Kamloops wins gold at Paralympics
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@KamThisWeek
Kamloops This Week
2 years
Duffy's Pub in Dufferin has stated its support for Ukraine as the country battles a Russian invasion. Do KTW followers have any other examples of local residents and businesses doing something similar? #kamloops
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@KamThisWeek
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Fire under control. No homes lost. Evacuations remain in place for all properties on the north side of Capilano Drive and on Nechako Drive east of Qu'Appelle Boulevard. Evacuees will be updated as soon as it is safe for them to return home Aerial assessment this morning #kamloops
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1 year
TRU WolfPack men’s soccer team are the 2022 national champions! #kamloops I
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UPDATE: Kamloops RCMP reported at 1:45 p.m. on Monday, Oct. 16, that Daniela Alejandra Rojas-Hernandez has been found and is safe. #Kamloops police seek help in finding woman reported missing via @KamThisWeek
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@KamThisWeek
Kamloops This Week
6 years
Shawn Thompson, professor of journalism at Thompson Rivers University, sent KTW this photo of a plane dropping fire retardant next to the Shuswap Road fire on Thursday, July 12:
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2 years
Casimir re-elected chief of Tk’emlúps te Secwépemc via @KamThisWeek #kamloops
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11 months
Opening ceremony for Memorial Cup 2023 at Tk’emlúps Powwow Arbour today: #kamloops
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@KamThisWeek
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1 year
A PREMIER GUITAR SESSION Premier David Eby was in #Kamloops this past weekend and dropped by Lee's Music to check out the award-winning Riversong Guitar line and to take part in a mini-jam with Mike Miltimore, owner of Lee's Music and owner and founder of Riversong.
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@KamThisWeek
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5 years
About 300 at Terry Lake’s acclamation as Liberal candidate in #Kamloops . Lake introduced by PM Justin Trudeau.
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@KamThisWeek
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1 year
More penalty heroics. Absolutely wild scenes at Hillside Stadium. No. 5 TRU beats No. 1 Cape Breton 3-2 in penalties. The @GoTRUWolfPack will play @ubctbirds on Sunday, 2 p.m., for gold at @USPORTSca men’s soccer championship.
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Marty Hastings
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They play for gold Sunday
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2 years
In this politics-heavy offering, co-host @ChrisJFoulds applauds @FrankCaputoKTC 's decision to endorse @JeanCharest_ in the Conservative leadership race (12:10). Foulds weighs in on @PierrePoilievre . Much more, right here:
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Health Minister Adrian Dix has just announced that a new cancer care centre concept plan has been approved and business plan will be approved this fall. Centre cost is $200 to $300 million. Parkade also coming. 470 spots. #kamloops
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@KamThisWeek
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3 years
'Love-in' for hospital staff follows previous day's protest #kamloops
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2 years
#Kamloops This Week a finalist for 2021 Michener Award via @KamThisWeek
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6 years
Latest mural in downtown Kamloops strikes the right note
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1 year
#Kamloops councillor wants to ban drug use in city parks via @KamThisWeek
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1 year
Blazers force Game 6 with win over hometown T-Birds via @KamThisWeek #kamloops
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3 years
Tk’emlúps Tim Hortons No. 1 in Canada in raising money for residential school survivors via @KamThisWeek #kamloops
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@KamThisWeek
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SHARE YOUR MEMORIES The final print edition of KTW will be published on Wednesday, Oct. 25. Please email your thoughts to editor @kamloopsthisweek .com. #Kamloops This Week to close after 35 years of being part of the community via @KamThisWeek
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8 months
Firehall, other structures believed lost to wildfire in Scotch Creek via @KamThisWeek
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2 years
Westsyde of #Kamloops wins BC Senior Boys 2A Basketball Championship via @KamThisWeek
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@KamThisWeek
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8 months
Kamloops This Week is NOT closing via @KamThisWeek #kamloops
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@KamThisWeek
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4 years
David Retzer used his drone to get a difference perspective on the anti-racism rally that was held on Thursday in Riverside Park in #Kamloops :
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@KamThisWeek
Kamloops This Week
10 months
@TheKamloopian That is an article from Castanet, not KTW. Nonetheless, don’t blame media. We are not clairvoyants. Unless organizers contact us in advance, it’s hard to write about events. Yes, we check social media for events, but we also get busy and sometimes we do not come across listings.
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UPDATE: #Kamloops RCMP reported on Sunday, June 11, at 6:30 p.m. that Barbara and Alan Hunt are home and are safe. Kamloops Mounties seek help in finding couple via @KamThisWeek
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1 year
Court orders Jessie Simpson’s attacker's home to be sold via @KamThisWeek #kamloops
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1 year
South #Kamloops student snares $100,000 scholarship via @KamThisWeek
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4 years
Sam's heroics to raise more than $70,000 for Nicola Valley Food Bank
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6 months
A fond farewell to #Kamloops This Week via @KamThisWeek
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3 years
#Kamloops tailor offers free laundry service to wildfire evacuees
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@KamThisWeek
Kamloops This Week
8 months
Mayor has a proposal for those on #Kamloops streets wishing to return to home communities via @KamThisWeek
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Kamloops This Week
4 years
@Kamloops_SD73
Kamloops SD 73
4 years
We are pretty proud of Brent Thibault, SKSS Band teacher, for putting together a social distancing music practice for the SKSS band students. A great example of creative ways our educators are using to continue students' learning! ⭐
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6 years
Show me the way to the next whisky bar; Noble Pig owners to introduce new concept in former Sanbiki space:
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4 years
Production vehicles for Jurassic World 3 spotted outside Kamloops hotel
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A donation worth $100,000 has been made by Kamloops Home Hardware to Thompson Rivers University’s carpentry program #kamloops #kamloopsthisweek
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5 years
SULLIVAN: The need is now for universal basic income #Kamloops
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3 years
Despite pandemic, #Kamloops Legion’s poppy campaign raised more money than last year
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9 months
Police release more details of arrest video posted to social media; #Kamloops incident led to seizure of fentanyl and other drugs via @KamThisWeek
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3 years
Casimir closing remarks: To PM Trudeau ( @JustinTrudeau ), we are still waiting for you to reach out to us. And we invite you to powwow arbour for Sept. 30 event. #kamloops
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1 year
Riversong Guitars wins prestigious MMR Dealers’ Choice Award via @KamThisWeek #kamloops
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1 year
Schmirler Foundation gives $70,000 to Royal Inland Hospital neonatal unit in #Kamloops via @KamThisWeek
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Kamloops This Week
5 years
Here is the video that accompanied Tuesday's performing-arts centre presentation at #Kamloops city hall:
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2 years
Congrats to #Kamloops This Week's Jessica Wallace for winning GOLD in investigative reporting in tonight's BC Yukon Community Newsmedia Association Ma Murray Awards. Her award is for the TNRD spending series.
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8 months
Skwlax te Secwepemculecw (Little Shuswap Lake band) lost 31 houses in the fire as it crossed the land between the two lakes #Kamloops
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@KamThisWeek
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3 years
TNRD politicians call for military help as wildfires rage around the #Kamloops region
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4 years
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Free gymnastics, trampoline camps for children who have been evacuated via @KamThisWeek #kamloops
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2 years
Lots of smoke from apparent grassfire in gully between Summit Drive and TRU, just a few metres south of McGill. Some small flames in the brush. Healthy firefighter response. #kamloops
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3 years
Sun Peaks doctor has message for those seeking COVID-19 vaccine exemption letters #kamloops
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3 years
Senor Froggy staff in #Kamloops begin their paid week off
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6 years
What do you think? Should Kamloops council give the nod to fund a study on an outdoor refrigerated rink?
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8 months
UPDATE: #Kamloops RCMP has confirmed Donny Mathiesen has been found and is safe. Police seek help in finding missing man via @KamThisWeek
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Kamloops This Week
3 years
Welcome to #Kamloops This Week’s photo of the day. Today’s photo comes from KTW reader Sandra Talarico, who captured this amazing image of a cloud that looks like a fire-breathing dragon — and how appropriate that image is amid this intense summer of wildfires.
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@KamThisWeek
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3 years
#Kamloops This Week letter writer Tony Brumell says, in light of the record heat and near-record dry conditions, we need to quit fossil fuels now. Do you agree?
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@KamThisWeek
Kamloops This Week
2 years
KTW reader Robin Fischer snapped this photo at the Juniper Dog Park. It appears someone has rebranded a garbage can to illustrate their feelings about the Russian invasion of Ukraine. If you have a photo you would like to share, email it to editor @kamloopsthisweek .com. #kamloops
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2 years
Tk'emlúps Kúkpi7 Casimir to be appointed to Order of B.C. via @KamThisWeek #kamloops
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Kamloops This Week
3 years
Mike Miltimore of Lee’s Music and others will be playing music for evacuees at Tk’emlups Powow Arbour today (July 4) from 3-6. Other musicians are welcome to visit and join and bring some much-needed art to those living with so much stress #kamloops
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3 years
Mitton brothers will manage new food hall in North #Kamloops
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5 years
A nice shot of the city from Rose Hill, snapped yesterday by KTW’s @ADouglasPhotos #kamloops
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4 years
A sneak preview of our Wednesday, Sept. 2, 2020, print front page, featuring yet another stellar photo from legendary photojournalist Dave Eagles of #Kamloops This Week:
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6 years
Non-stop service from Kamloops to Toronto to take flight in June:
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9 months
UPDATE: Kamloops RCMP reported at 11:44 a.m. on Thursday, July 27, that Stephen Thorne has been found and is safe. #Kamloops RCMP seeks help in finding missing senior via @KamThisWeek
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Juniper/Valleyview fire under control; no homes lost #kamloops
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10 months
The mayor of Kamloops has been under investigation for allegedly harassing and bullying multiple staff members
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3 years
UPDATE: As of 8:25 a.m. on Friday, July 2, all residents in Juniper Ridge and Valleyview who were under an evacuation order due to the overnight fire can now return home. Juniper/Valleyview fire under control; no homes lost #kamloops
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4 years
Permanent protest camp established near Trans Mountain work site in #Kamloops
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3 years
Images from the fight to douse the Juniper/Valleyview fire #kamloops
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4 years
#Kamloops distillery creates hand sanitizer and is giving it out
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2 years
Ribfest will return to Riverside this summer. #kamloops
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7 years
Kamloops-area First Nations say no to proposed Ajax mine #kamloops
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1 year
All class from Josh Banton. Finds Jude Mitton. Brings him onto field. suffers from Duchenne muscular dystrophy
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North Shuswap firefighter says people bringing food, water to crews are being blocked via @KamThisWeek
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3 years
Surprise at the till leaves #Kamloops man 'flabbergasted'
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Province and Tk’emlúps set up evacuee camp near Rayleigh via @KamThisWeek #kamloops
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Investigation finds #Kamloops mayor violated code of conduct via @KamThisWeek
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Roots and Blues cancelled due to smoke, wildfire risk via @KamThisWeek
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3 years
Welcome to #Kamloops This Week’s photo of the day. Today’s photo is from KTW reader Julien Peron, who captured this stunning scene at the five-kilometre mark on Rivers Trail while enjoying a bike ride during picture-perfect weather on Thanksgiving Monday.
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Evacuees from Juniper/Valleyview fire in #Kamloops - Mac Island is full, but Sandman Centre and Kamloops Alliance Church are opening their doors for you.
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Mayor’s Gala for the Arts in #Kamloops . Corporate Champion Award nominees are IdealLever and Kamloops This Week. The winner is . . . Kamloops This Week!
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Allen Douglas honoured for best Sports Photo at BCYNCA Ma Murray Awards. Congrats, Ally D! You do great work! #mamurray18
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‘There aren’t many of us around anymore’ Ken Legge was on a gunner ship off the coast of France on D-Day — June 6, 1944 — helping the Allies lay the groundwork that led to victory in the Second World War. #kamloops
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2 years
New crosswalk unveiled downtown #Kamloops
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7 months
Masks mandatory in health-care facilities as of Oct. 3 via @KamThisWeek #kamloops
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8 months
#Kamloops mayor’s wife recorded conversation with city CAO: It remains to be seen whether that third-party recording would constitute a crime under the Criminal Code of Canada via @KamThisWeek
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Hot Nite in the City is ready to welcome thousands to downtown #Kamloops today. Visit KTW’s tent at Victoria &4th and enter to win a gift basket to the TCC valued at $100.
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3 years
Wolves added to Thompson Rivers University campus #kamloops
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2 years
When the post ads pay for themselves in a single picture ;) @ADouglasPhotos
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1 year
Boogie the Bridge is wrapping up and included this large group of 10K and 5K participants. #kamloops #boogiethebridge
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4 years
Connor Zary of the #Kamloops Blazers was just drafted in the first round, 24th overall, by the Calgary Flames of the NHL.
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3 years
Tk'emlups Grocery Store set to open in 2023 #kamloops
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6 years
Full engineering degree coming to Thompson Rivers University in 2019 #kamloops
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Tide rolls in with free laundry service in #Kamloops for evacuees via @KamThisWeek
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Maskless members of #Kamloops anti-vaxxer group arrested, fined at Superstore via @KamThisWeek
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8 years
Ingram again nominated for national goaltending award #kamloops
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Appears to be a lockdown situation occurring now in downtown #Kamloops due to a possible threat of some kind. Police presence and a helicopter in area. KTW has calls in to RCMP for more details.
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#Kamloops Chamber president Tim Shoults and daughter Roman just finished the 5K at Boogie the Bridge in #Kamloops . Lots of people took part in this year’s event.
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