History

RECONCILIATION – TteS invites Pope Francis to meet with KIRS survivors

October 28, 2021 // 2 Comments

Chief and council of Tk̓emlúps te Secwépemc issued the following statement today (Oct. 28, 2021) regarding the announcement that Pope Francis plans to visit Canada with [Continue]

BUSINESS – Home Builders recognize members for service, dedication

May 13, 2018 // 0 Comments

Canadian Home Builders’ Association Central Interior handed out several awards to members this week for service and dedication. Beaver Award – presented to Marlene [Continue]

HISTORY – Vasili Arkhipov kept his head and saved us from nuclear destruction

April 5, 2018 // 1 Comment

We owe so much to Vasili Arkhipov, yet he’s not well known. He kept his cool while those around him were losing it during the Cuban Missile Crisis By BRIAN GIESBRECHT [Continue]

ROTHENBURGER – How one man helped build a nation at Vimy Ridge

April 8, 2017 // 1 Comment

TOMORROW (April 9, 2017), I’m going down to Merritt to emcee an event honoring a man I’ve admired much of my life, though I never knew him. He was the son of a brother of [Continue]

MURPHY – Easter 1917 marked a First World War turning point

April 6, 2017 // 0 Comments

THANKS TO two specific First World War events, the days surrounding Easter 1917 were momentous. One of these events – the successful Canadian assault on Vimy Ridge – is [Continue]

HISTORY – Explaining the origin of April Fool’s Day: old-time fake news

April 1, 2017 // 1 Comment

By GREG GAZIN Senior Editor Troy Media ON APRIL FOOL’S Day, we’re on red alert for pranks, hoaxes and fake news – and it’s been going on for centuries, from an [Continue]

MURPHY – The Canadian who helped tame America’s Wild West

April 1, 2017 // 1 Comment

IT WAS through the cinema of my childhood that I first heard of Bat Masterson. But it wasn’t until I read Tom Clavin’s new book, Dodge City, that I realized Masterson was [Continue]

Two heritage homes get plaques

February 20, 2015 // 0 Comments

COMMUNITY — Two Kamloops heritage homes have been honoured with plaques in recognition of their heritage value to the community. A home at 190 West Seymour St. owned [Continue]

A war story Part 2 — Mysteries still surround circumstances of Easter Sunday air attack

April 20, 2014 // 1 Comment

EDITOR’S NOTE: Kamloops resident Nihal Maligaspe has kindly obtained permission to publish the following article by Capt. Elmo Jayawardena, who says, “I am no [Continue]

An Easter war story: The Rising Sun comes with bombs on Easter Sunday in Sri Lanka

April 18, 2014 // 0 Comments

EDITOR’S NOTE: Kamloops resident Nihal Maligaspe has kindly obtained permission to publish the following article, a chapter from a book by Capt. Elmo Jayawardena, who says, [Continue]

McMurtry’s Custer just as disappointing on second reading

December 20, 2013 // 0 Comments

BOOK REVIEW — Being in the Christmas reading spirit and all, I thought a second chance for Larry McMurtry’s Custer was in order. It’s every bit as disappointing now as [Continue]

Imagine a town, our town, with no mine – a vision for Kamloops

November 25, 2013 // 5 Comments

Below is an excerpt from my presentation at the Thompson Rivers University Clocktower Theatre on Sunday, November 24, 2013, entitled Imagine a Town With No Mine. Thank-you to [Continue]

Kamloops bicentennial marks long and bumpy road

August 25, 2012 // 0 Comments

Today we celebrate the 200th anniversary of the day a Scottish tourist named David Stuart stepped out of a canoe and mooched dinner from the locals. Much as a weary traveller [Continue]