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The hometown Kelowna Rockets handed the Kamloops Blazers their first loss of the WHL season on Friday at Prospera Place. Kelowna doubled Kamloops 4-2.

Blazers’ general manager and head coach Shaun Clouston on Friday sent an eighth-round pick in the 2021 WHL Prospects Draft to the Pats in exchange for 18-year-old netminder Keegan Maddocks of Langley

Student-athlete interviewees include Myranda MacKenzie, Aleyna Gamble, Courtney Jones, Samanah Shanko, Brooke Jeffries and Jaime Dickson

A smudging ceremony, blessings and drumming are scheduled to begin at 11:40 a.m. on Saturday.

Caedan Bankier recorded a hat-trick and two assists for the Kamloops Blazers in an 8-3 win over the hometown Victoria Royals on Wednesday. Kamloops, which edged Victoria 3-2 on Tuesday on Vancouver Island, is 4-0 and sits atop the B.C. Division.

An offensive explosion emanating from Salmon Arm was heard across the Okanagan and Interior last Friday.

The TRU WolfPack baseball team fell short of the playoffs in Canadian College Baseball Conference Championship action on the weekend in Kelowna

The under-15 girls’ Kamloops Blazers A hockey team played its first tournament of the season on Thanksgiving weekend in Kelowna. Kamloops posted two wins and three losses.

Team Hafeli of Kamloops is enjoying a successful start to the B.C. Junior Curling Tour campaign.

Team Robillard, which includes Lower Mainland-based skip Sebastian Robillard, third Thompson, second Nathan Small of West Kootenay and lead Guido, earned a 6-4 victory over Lower Mainland-based Matthew McCrady on Sunday in the title tilt