Sports

Kamloops is well represented on Team B.C. at the National Aboriginal Hockey Championships, which got underway on Sunday, May, 7, in Winnipeg

Four Kamloopsians earned gold medals at the B.C. Carpet Bowling Championships last week in 100 Mile House

Ryan Hofer and Matthew Seminoff each notched two goals for Kamloops in a 4-2 victory over the Seattle Thunderbirds to extend the Western Conference final.

“It sucks,” Stankoven said. “You get all this momentum and then we tie the game and they score a couple shifts later, so I don’t know. We can’t be satisfied with tying the game up. We’ve got to keep pushing. “

Dr. Carol Fenton, medical health officer for Interior Health, offers opinions [at 10:02 mark] on several hot-button issues in Kamloops, including open drug use in public spaces, mandatory treatment, enforcement and the four pillars drug strategy

The B.C. School Sports legislative assembly will vote during its AGM (May 12 and May 13 in Whistler) on whether to remove gymnastics from its recognized activity list.

Seattle leads the Western Conference final 2-1, with Game 4 slated for Thursday at Sandman Centre.

Tij Iginla: “It’s definitely a bit of a split decision for him. I think he said if I’m playing, he’s cheering for the Thunderbirds and If I’m not, he’s going with Kamloops.”

The Anaheim Ducks’ prospect led all WHL skaters with 21 points, including nine goals, in nine games in April, with highlights including tying the WHL playoffs single-game record for points by a defenceman, with seven (3G, 4A)

The Kamloops Sports Council Awards were handed out on April 29, while hall of fame inductees were also honoured