Former Kamloops Blazers’ forward Kyrell Sopotyk joins Kamloops Last Week (at the 19:08 mark) to analyze video of his bronze-medal victory in wheelchair racing on Wednesday at the Canada Summer games, a comeback effort that took place less than two years after the life-altering snowboarding accident that left him paralyzed from the waist down.

Also, Clearwater secondary teacher Dayton Fraser and student Cleo Coates talk (5:32) of a woodworking project in which memory boxes are made and donated to Royal Inland Hospital, the creations given to parents grieving the loss of a child.

A man shot dead by police west of Kamloops and north of Walhachin early Monday morning (Aug. 15) had allegedly abducted his ex-girlfriend and children the day before, culminating in the fatal standoff with officers.

KTW reporter Michael Potestio gives us the latest (11:03) on the story and the upcoming investigation into police actions.

Mike Miltimore of Lee’s Music is angered by vandalism to his business (1:30).

In Foulderdash (24:12), co-host Chris Foulds runs hot on the “monosyllabic cretin” who dared to disrespect the CFL.

Potestio’s Hamfisted North Shore Italian Claw Grip is analyzed (2:18).

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