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The 14th annual spring break Peter Puck Minor Hockey Tournament is underway at the Ice Box Arena in the Mount Paul Industrial Park.

Tuesday, March 18, is Transit Driver Appreciation Day and BC Transit and the City of Kamloops are celebrating by saluting some of the men and women who go the extra kilometre in their daily duties.

Grade 9 student Hennessy Kluss gets a first-hand lesson in what it takes (in strength) to be a firefighter as Kamloops Fire Rescue firefighter Jamie Chase helps the teen suit up on Wednesday, Mar.

Kamloops firefighter David Sakaki was given the title of Honourary Fire Commandante of Nicaragua during a March 1 ceremony in the Central American country.

In the photo: Kamloops Y 2014 Celebrity Team Challenge joint team winners were 3 Bolts and a Nut and TRU Unbreakables.

The Thompson Valley R/C Race Club hosted the Western Canadian Indoor Radio-Controlled Car Racing Championship Series on the weekend at the Tournament Capital Centre. The race is one of the largest in North America, with about 1,000 entries.

It’s going to take Edward Dostaler 47.74 weeks, $25,000 and 28 pairs of shoes to run 18,036 kilometres across the country and back next year.

The fastest fingers in Kamloops were put to the test on Saturday, March 8, as dozens took part in the Thompson Rivers University FIFA ‘14 Video Game Tournament. Top prize was a PlayStation 4 video-game console.

In the photo: During a recent visit to the Royal Inland Hospital oncology department, ICCHA Wish Fund board of directors Krishna Lakkineni (left), G.B. Gowd, founder Al Patel, Bob Purhit and Anil Parekh chatted with RIH Foundation CEO Heidi Coleman.