About Us

Award-winning Kamloops This Week has been serving Kamloops and the surrounding area since 1988. With total market coverage, KTW informs and entertains its readers. We cover all aspects of community life in every edition from business and politics to sports and entertainment. We also offer our readers specialized pages and sections and wonderful slice-of-life photographs. Published on Sunday, Wednesday and Friday, we are constantly working to serve the community the best we can, both in reporting the news and in lending a hand to a variety of community groups when possible. For these reasons, Kamloops This Week is proud to be the 'heartbeat of the community.'

Your Community News Team

	Sports, Columnist Harpreet Sidhu (250) 374-7467	Harpreet Sidhu covers all the sports in the Tournament Capital. She comes to Kamloops following stints with fellow Black Press newspapers in Penticton (Western News) and Prince George (Free Press).
	Entertainment, Columnist Mikelle Sasakamoose (250) 374-7467	Mikelle Sasakamoose is the entertainment reporter for Kamloops This Week. When not focusing on the bands, books and plays in the River City, Mikelle can be found opining on myriad subjects in her arts column.
	Columnist Narayan Mitra	Narayan Mitra is chaplain at Thompson Rivers University whose column each Friday tackles issues of faith and ethics.
	Columnist Shannon Linden	With the Middle East dominating much of the world news, what better time to read about life in the region? Shannon Patterson Linden pulls the veil on life in Abu Dhabi.
	Columnist Jim Harrison	Cranky. Obtuse. Outrageous. On the mark. Love him or hate him, Jim Harrison's views are never dull. The news director for Radio NL 610 AM is a magnet for controversy.
	Reporter, Columnist Melissa Lampman 374-7467	Melissa Lampman covers education and health, among other beats in Kamloops.
	Columnist Karen Klein	Kamloops' diva of decorating, Karen Klein's musings will help turn any house into a home. Klein's expertise in home d?cor is presented in ways the homeowner can easily implement.
	Columnist Laura Kalina	Laura Kalina is a nutritionist with the Interior Health Authority whose weekly column is a must-read, particularly in this health-conscious age. Common-sense advice goes a long way to creating a happy heart.
	Columnist Darcy Hossack	Darcy Hossack fills a weekly hunger for creative recipes with a weekly banquet that will make your mouth water and a writing style that is sweeter than the finest desert upon which your tastebuds have trod.
	Publisher Kelly Hall (250) 374-7467	Kelly Hall has called Kamloops home since 1982 and has watched the city grow in the past two decades. Kelly has a son and daughter and, with them, is very active in the Tournament Capital with various sporting activities. Kelly is involved in many Kamloops organizations and can be seen at myriad community functions throughout the year. " I am really proud of all the employees that make Kamloops This week a great place to work.. As we chronicle the history of this wonderful community, I really get excited as we watch Kamloops This Week grow into a news media centre providing fantastic opportunities for our readers and business associates through the many plattforms that we currently have." These include Kamloops This Week, Kamloops This Week Daily, the Thompson-Okanagan Business Examiner and kamloopsthisweek.com, the best online source of news in the River City.