Kamloops, BC - The City of Kamloops has been recognized internationally as the first Canadian municipality ever to win two prestigious Field of the Year awards from the Sports Turf Managers Association (STMA) for its management of Norbrock Stadium and the Tournament Capital Ranch.
Read more: City of Kamloops Honoured with Sports Field of the Year Awards
Western Turf Farms is a family run business that operates in Langley and Abbotsford. They have been devastated by the flooding in Abbotsford, have been displaced from their homes, lost crops and machinery. The family can use our support to help them through this rough time. Anything is appreciated!
By Jerry Rousseau
On November 15, 2021, the fifth consecutive ‘atmospheric river’ experienced on the southwest coast of British Columbia was more than the terrain could handle resulting in massive flooding and mudslides in several areas from highway 99 near Pemberton, where 4 people were killed when their vehicle was suddenly swept off the road, to Abbotsford and the former Sumas Lake reasserting itself, to Merritt and Princeton where both towns found themselves underwater with little notice and even the WCTA’s home base of Hope, BC where 1200+ people got stranded after all routes were severed by landslides and washouts.
Read more: Flooding Adds to Already Challenging Year for Weather
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Wednesday, November 17, 2021
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UBC Athletics and Recreation recently acquired a new helper to paint lines and logos on sports fields at the Vancouver campus: meet Robby the robot.
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Read more: Meet Robby the Robot, UBC Athletics and Recreation’s Newest Staff Member