Team Brown curling rink members Erin Pincott and Jenn Armstrong hop in for an interview [at 27:16 mark] in Kamloops Last Week 111.

Pincott has been with the team since it was formed and Armstrong is a Brown rookie, joining the Kamloops Curling Club outfit intent on returning to the Scotties Tournament of Hearts.

KTW reporter Michael Potestio drops in to recap [3:23] the latest on Kamloops city council hiring an external investigator to probe Mayor Reid Hamer-Jackson’s use of secretly recorded conversations with city staff and having non-municipal representatives present during discussions with employees without their knowledge or consent.

Co-host Chris Foulds talks [10:42] of council voting to spend nearly $700,000 per year to continue its clean team and outreach response programs in 2024 and beyond as budgeted line items.

The province is stepping in to try to broker peace among Kamloops mayor and council. We discuss.

We also touch on the closure of St. George’s Anglican Church [19:58], which has been operating on the North Shore for 96 years.

Bill leads the #LastWeekClique on a Mad Max adventure [23:43] in the Mojave Desert, with help from Gord’s Appliance and Mattress Centre, Volkswagen and McDonald’s.

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Fantastic interviews with B.C. Lions’ kicker Sean Whyte and TRU WolfPack goalkeeper Svyatik Artemenko highlight Episode 110 of Kamloops Last Week.

Artemenko hops into the studio [at 22:38 mark] to talk of his harrowing experience on the front lines of the Russia-Ukraine war.

The 23-year-old Winnipeg product moved to Ukraine last year to play professional soccer. The war began the day after he signed a contract.

Instead of coming home to Canada, he served for three months as a volunteer in the Ukrainian special forces and witnessed unimaginable devastation.

White Rock product Whyte joins via Zoom [38:10] and delves into a plethora of topics, including saving the day for a stranded Kamloops woman, his football dad Wally Buono, handing pressure kicks, working as a firefighter and his upcoming wedding in Mexico.

Co-host Chris Foulds recaps [8:05] the Tuesday Kamloops city council meeting, which included environmental debate — electric versus natural gas — and Mayor Reid Hamer-Jackson failing to gain support in two votes.

We celebrate Foulds’ 55th birthday [4:51] with video from his brothers Darryl and Shane.

The #LastWeekClique embarks on its weekly sponsorship improv adventure [18:19], which sees Foulds scare Mike Miltimore’s puppy by driving a brand new 2024 Volkswagen SUV. Gord’s Appliance and Mattress Centre saves the day when the puppy piddles (thanks to the Big Appliance Fall Sale) and the team celebrates with a trip to McDonald’s, where Foulds enjoy the 55-plus deal on coffee.

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Kamloops coun. Mike O’Reilly [19:25 mark] and Kamloops Blazers’ play-by-play man Jon Keen [28:10] are smashing guests in Episode 109 of Kamloops Last Week.

O’Reilly joins co-hosts Chris Foulds and Marty Hastings from the bowels of his Vancouver hotel room to talk about the Union of B.C. Municipalities convention.

Topics include drumming up support from provincial ministers and others for Build Kamloops [19:52], dissatisfaction expressed by delegates after Dr. Bonnie Henry’s talk on decriminalization [23:24] and meeting with Minister of Health Adrian Dix to push plans for the complete cancer care centre in Kamloops [24:33].

Also, are these conventions inconsequential and filled with platitudes or do they produce results [25:35]?

Are we heading toward a Build Kamloops referendum [21:50]? O’Reilly answers.

After an enjoyable summer aboard his boat (the June Bug), WHL aficionado Keen talks Blazers ahead of the club’s home opener against the Spokane Chiefs on Friday at Sandman Centre.

Keen talks expectations [33:45], reflects on the Memorial Cup-hosting season [29:05], shares thoughts on old-school and new-school coaching [35:40] and offers insight on Blazers to watch this season [38:40].

Classic movies Princess Bride, Dumb and Dumber and Citizen Kane are discussed, along with the Kamloops Storm and their head coach, Jan Ludvig [4:44].

Should Sicamous be referred to as Sicky? We delve into that important topic.

We catch some of those famous films in our weekly sponsorship improv session [15:30], during which Foulds is educated on electric vehicles and low rates at Volkswagen of Kamloops, Hastings looks forward to Monopoly at McDonald's Canada and Gord's Appliance & Mattress Centre provides comfort.

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Kamloops Mayor Reid Hamer-Jackson hops in for his monthly appearance in Reider’s Digest [17:02 mark] in Episode 108 of Kamloops Last Week.

Topics include the withdrawal of his motion to create a program to help the homeless in Kamloops who are not from the city get back to their hometowns (24:04), nixing paid meals for council, senior staff and directors (31:22), point-in-time counts (40:57), housing (17:13) and a phone call between himself and CAO David Trawin that was recorded by Hamer-Jackson’s wife [49:03].

Co-host Christopher Foulds shares his opinion [3:17] on the bylaw banning drug use in public spaces.

McDonald’s, Volkswagen of Kamloops and Gord’s Appliance and Mattress Centre feature in our weekly sponsorship improv session [12:12], in which the #LastWeekClique runs the hook and ladder.

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World champion hammer thrower Ethan Katzberg and Olympic bronze medallist shot putter Dylan Armstrong hop in [at 35:40 mark] for Episode 107 of Kamloops Last Week.

Katzberg, who trains with coach Armstrong at the Kamloops Track and Field Club, won gold at the World Track and Field Championships last month in Budapest, Hungary.

KLW co-hosts Chris Foulds and Marty Hastings recap [5:36] the bizarre Kamloops city council meeting that took place on Tuesday, have a discussion [10:38] on the B.C. proficiency scale (no letter grades for students in kindergarten through Grade 9) and engage in a spirited conversation about Drake in Foulderdash [22:35].

The #LastWeekClique takes Showmaster Magic Mike Miltimore’s puppy dogs to the race track in our weekly sponsorship improv session [31:32], which includes trips to McDonald’s and Gord’s Appliance and Mattress Centre, along with a visit from Terry Lowe of Volkswagen of Kamloops.

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Reider’s Digest returns [at 20:07 mark] in Episode 106 of Kamloops Last Week.

Kamloops Mayor Reid Hamer-Jackson hops in to share opinion on town halls [32:58], the arbitration decision [24:56] on the city’s bylaws department, the Noble Creek Irrigation System [20:34] and a composters’ protest at city hall [44:59].

Hamer-Jackson provides a brief update [54:28] on legal proceedings between himself and Coun. Katie Neustaeter and suggests they may be heading to trial.

Showmaster Magic Mike Miltimore introduces [1:47] his new puppies — Monte and Nuno — who are taken on a ride in an electric car from Volkswagen of Kamloops in the #LastWeekClique’s weekly sponsorship improv session [15:21], which sees the dogs eat a Grand Big Mac from McDonald’s and check out the Big Deal Sale at Gord’s Appliance and Mattress Centre.

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Turtle Valley residents Curtis Johnson, Ashley Johnson and Mike Makayev join Kamloops Last Week to talk [at 32:16 mark] of their harrowing experience with evacuation and saving animals from the Bush Creek East wildfire.

They express concerns with communication and action from authorities and praise the Shuswap community for its togetherness.

Curtis takes issue with planned ignition and Ashley questions emergency support systems. Structures on the family property were still in danger while the show was taped on Aug. 23.

Glenn Farrow, streets and environmental services manager for the City of Kamloops, hops in [15:20] to discuss the new waste collection system in the city — and he brings props.

Marsupials feature in our weekly sponsorship improv session [10:40], which takes the #LastWeekClique on a drive in an electric car from Volkswagen to Gord’s Appliance and Mattress Centre in time to capitalize on the Big Deal Sale, with a jolt from McDonald’s coffee, which appears to fuel co-host Chris Foulds’ ego.

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Episode 104 of Kamloops Last Week includes insight [at the 7:40 mark] on the dispute between the City of Kamloops and the CUPE Local 900 union over restructuring of the city’s bylaws department, and the arbitration decision that has been released.

We’re joined [31:41] by Kevin Roy of Loops, the Kamloops duo that set a Guinness world record for playing nine concerts in nine cities within 12 hours.

In Foulderdash [19:33], co-host Chris Foulds takes issue with conspiracy theorists on social media.

Showmaster Magic Mike Miltimore attempts [3:29] to return a stolen guitar to its owner. His strategy is questioned.

The latest on legal proceedings [14:30] involving Kamloops Mayor Reid Hamer-Jackson and Kamloops coun. Katie Neustaeter are discussed, along with an encouraging moment [17:00] shared between Hamer-Jackson and Kamloops coun. Bill Sarai.

Our weekly sponsorship improv session [28:40] takes the #LastWeekClique to a sizzling hot yoga session on the hoodoos, where Volkswagen of Kamloops, McDonald’s and Gord’s Appliance and Mattress Centre save the day.

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Bryce Herman pops in [at the 19:41 mark] to talk Kamloops Ribfest and Ron Popove [34:11] delves into all things Hot Nite in the City in Episode 103 of Kamloops Last Week.

Co-hosts Chris Foulds and Marty Hastings discuss the Noble Creek irrigation system [6:03], watering restrictions [11:11] in the city amid a Level 5 drought and the fluid Kamloops NorthPaws’ ownership situation [3:10].

Showmaster Magic Mike Miltimore opens his home to the #LastWeekClique in our weekly sponsorship improv adventure, which brings tomahawk steaks to a state-of-the-art KitchenAid oven at Gord’s Appliance and Mattress Centre and summer drink special beverages to a thirsty, complaining Foulds, with help from Volkswagen of Kamloops, which has eight electric vehicles in stock.

The A-Team, the Waltons and the Dukes of Hazzard make for conversation.

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The City of Kamloops hired a Vancouver firm to investigate Kamloops Mayor Reid Hamer Jackson, who was found to be in violation of city council’s code of conduct numerous times.

In Kamloops Last Week 102, co-hosts Chris Foulds and Marty Hastings discuss [at the 4:13 mark] the impact of the investigation, which was uncovered by Kamloops This Week reporter Michael Potestio.

We’re also joined [21:10] by national champion highland dancers Allie Bruce-Fuoco and Meghan Ackerman of Lorena’s School of Highland Dance.

Ackerman performs the highland fling and both dancers sit down for an interview and a game of highland dance trivia.

The episode also contains video highlights [13:33] from the KLW Charity Pickleball Challenge, which took place on Wednesday, Aug. 2, and raised more than $500 for the KTW Christmas Cheer Fund.

We thank sponsors McDonald’s, Gord’s Appliance and Mattress Centre and Volkswagen of Kamloops for supporting the event, along with everyone who showed up to donate money and watch the action.

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