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James Peters is our News Director, promoted to the position in November 2023. He got the journalism bug as a youth and hasn’t been able to shake it since, working in radio newsrooms in Manitoba and Alberta before settling at CFJC in 2006. James anchors the afternoon news on B-100 and 98.3 CIFM, and his newscasts have been honoured multiple times as the best small market newscasts in both BC and Canada. When he’s not working, James enjoys spending time with his wife Jennie, his daughter Eden, and his son Jovan.
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PETERS: Connor Ingram shows even in hockey culture, it's okay to ask for help
HE MAY NOT BE a household name, but Connor Ingram is a hockey hero.You probably remember Ingram as a star goaltender for the Kamloops Blazers a decade ago. This season, he was a star goaltender for the Arizona Coyotes.In between those two highs, though, there were a lot of lows.Drafted by Tampa Bay, he drifted through ...
May 17, 2024
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PETERS: Drake and Kendrick have nothing on Henry Braun
DRAKE AND KENDRICK could take a tip from Henry Braun, so scathing was the municipal adviser's report to Kamloops council this week.The former Abbotsford mayor may not have the rhythm and flow for a proper rap battle, but he certainly has the ammunition.Braun let Reid Hamer-Jackson have it with both barrels Tuesday, sta...
May 10, 2024
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PETERS: Lack of data doomed Eby government's decriminalization project
WHEN THE BC NDP government began its decriminalization pilot project at the beginning of 2023, it had planned to accompany it with a data dashboard.The dashboard would have tracked a variety of metrics that measure the impacts of decriminalization, such as interactions between people who use drugs and police officers.D...
May 03, 2024
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PETERS: Try as he might, Allan Schoenborn will never be forgotten
WHEN HORRIBLE ACTS OF VIOLENCE take place, media are frequently criticized for primarily identifying the perpetrators instead of the victims.As an example, no one who lived in or around Merritt in 2008 will ever forget the name Allan Schoenborn. They might blank on the names of the three children he killed - Kaitlynne,...
Apr 26, 2024
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PETERS: The Loop's eviction will show us what happens when a bandage is ripped off a gaping wound
THE EVICTION OF THE LOOP from its spot in the 400-block of Tranquille Road is going to be a little distressing for nearby residents and business owners.Sure, the facility is an eyesore and its organizers take a lax approach to enforcing rules of good order.The gathering of folks that it attracts, though, only serves to...
Apr 19, 2024
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PETERS: Integrity Group report does not paint a pretty picture of the mayor's leadership style
THE PEOPLE WHO SHOULD BE MOST UPSET with Mayor Reid Hamer-Jackson for leaking an unredacted copy of a confidential investigation report are his supporters.The report certainly does not paint a pretty picture of his leadership.The third-party investigation was launched last spring after four separate city hall employees...
Apr 12, 2024
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PETERS: A child finding drugs in a Kamloops park is not new, but no less frightening
WE SHOULD BE CAREFUL not to completely overreact to the story this week of a mom finding a baggie of drugs among her young child's Easter candy.The substance hasn't been tested yet, but you're not likely to find small baggies of, say, sea salt out in public.The baggie came home in an Easter basket after a church-run eg...
Apr 05, 2024
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PETERS: 'Tough on crime' Caputo straddles line between smart politics, partisan rage baiting
'TOUGH ON CRIME' is a winning political strategy.Whatever your place on the political spectrum, you will typically agree with some basic statements about crime: there is too much of it and those who are caught doing it are treated too well.Kamloops-Thompson-Cariboo MP Frank Caputo, a former prosecutor, is well-position...
Mar 22, 2024
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PETERS: Kamloops beach cleanup day encourages pride of ownership in our community
I'LL ADD MY VOICE to the chorus of praise for the beach cleanup day approved by Kamloops council this week.On April 21, local citizens will take advantage of the low water levels and gather to clean up all the garbage and junk that has accumulated on our city's beaches over the years.Hopefully, owners of private riverf...
Mar 15, 2024
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PETERS: Ageism alive and well in the U.S. presidential race
I'M NOT SURE WHAT President Joe Biden ingested before this week's State of the Union address - and perhaps I don't want to know.Sleepy Joe has been one of the more effective barbs thrown the president's way throughout his term, but he was anything but sleepy Thursday night, despite starting the speech well past bedtime...
Mar 08, 2024
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PETERS: Whether they build a fence or an overpass, TRU and the City of Kamloops can't wall off their relationship
THE PROPOSAL FOR AN OVERPASS spanning Summit Drive and leading to the Thompson Rivers University campus is so old, it's almost eligible to enroll at TRU.It's so old, I remember former councillor John O'Fee discussing how jaywalkers have to be sharper than other pedestrians because they don't have the crosswalk to prote...
Mar 01, 2024
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PETERS: Spend-happy provincial government should pay for KFR medical response unit
IF YOU LIVE IN THE CITY OF KAMLOOPS and your taxes go up a little higher next year, a new medical response unit for Kamloops Fire Rescue might be part of the reason.Chief Ken Uzeloc has requested the unit as a supplemental item in budget deliberations.Uzeloc says KFR crews, who are ostensibly supposed to be firefighter...
Feb 23, 2024
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PETERS: Milobar and Stone will face their toughest election fights this year
KAMLOOPS WAS ONCE SEEN AS A BELLWETHER riding provincially, meaning the candidates who won here, their party would unfailingly form government.That has not held true for a long time, as Kamloops has stuck like glue to the B.C. Liberals for decades now.That will all change this fall, as Kamloops will not have any B.C. L...
Feb 16, 2024
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PETERS: A city that builds things
I WANT TO LIVE IN A CITY that builds things.It seems simple enough to say and something we take as a given, but for decades now, we in Kamloops have not lived in that kind of city.Who is at fault? The municipality doesn't build housing and it doesn't start up businesses - but it is in charge of public amenities and inf...
Feb 09, 2024
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PETERS: Smith's healthcare change poses real danger for Alberta trans kids
IT HAS TO BE MORE THAN A LITTLE DISTURBING for the LGBTQ2S+ community in Alberta that the person who was just days ago glad-handing with Tucker Carlson and Jordan Peterson is now radically reshaping healthcare laws for trans kids in that province.Premier Danielle Smith unveiled the sweeping changes earlier this week - ...
Feb 02, 2024
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PETERS: All for the simple sin of wanting to relieve their pain
HYDROMORPHONE IS AN AMAZING SUBSTANCE.When that opioid is coursing through your veins, everything in the world is okay.You feel calm, you feel relaxed, and most importantly, your pain fades away.Every year, thousands of British Columbians die for the simple sin of wanting their pain to fade away.Some of them are street...
Jan 26, 2024
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PETERS: A few unprofessional, unprepared drivers are ruining the good reputation of the trucking industry
YET ANOTHER TRUCK with an overheight load hit some infrastructure in B.C. this week.On Monday, a truck carrying a helicopter fuselage hit an overpass in Burnaby.The company's license was suspended, forcing it to pull its 20 vehicles off the road.This one didn't cause much damage, but it's the latest in a growing list o...
Jan 19, 2024
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PETERS: Instead of banning cellphones in classrooms, teach students responsible use
WHERE YOU STAND on a potential ban of cellphones in the classroom probably depends on where you stand on cellphones generally.The B.C. United say if they form government after this year's election, they will ban students from using cellphones in classrooms.Politically, it's an interesting, sort of populist move. Pledgi...
Jan 12, 2024
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