Author Archives: Aaron Schulze
Jackknifed semi blocking eastbound lanes of Trans Canada Highway east of Sicamous
UPDATE (10 a.m.): DriveBC reports that the incident has been cleared EARLIER: SICAMOUS, B.C. - Kamloops and area drivers heading east on Highway 1 can expect some delays. The eastbound lanes of the Tr...
Feb 05, 2022
ROTHENBURGER: The convoy - don't believe everything you read and see
EACH AND EVERY DAY, 100,000 airliners land safely. Nobody pays any attention to it. It's not news. No headlines on the front page, no "breaking news" on TV. How many airlines crash in a single day? Al...
Feb 05, 2022
Judge to decide on petition over B.C. Liberal leadership vote
VANCOUVER - A judge was expected to deliver her decision today on a petition that asks the British Columbia Supreme Court to delay the release of results from the B.C. Liberal party's leadership vote....
Feb 05, 2022
RCMP searching for alleged Salmon Arm sex offender; believed to be travelling with his two daughters
SALMON ARM, B.C. - Salmon Arm RCMP are asking people to be on the lookout for a man who was recently charged for sexual interference and sexual assault on a minor.Police say 40-year-old Caleb Gerbrand...
Feb 01, 2022
Indigenous-led bid to bring 2030 Games to Vancouver and Whistler takes next step
VANCOUVER - An Indigenous-led partnership has taken the next step in exploring a potential bid to host the 2030 Winter Olympics and Paralympics. The agreement announced Tuesday between four First Nati...
Feb 01, 2022
MP Caputo condemns demonstrators who danced on Tomb of the Unknown Soldier
OTTAWA - Kamloops-Thompson-Cariboo MP Frank Caputo elicited applause from both sides of the aisle with an impassioned speech in the House of Commons Monday (Jan. 31).The House resumed sitting Monday a...
Jan 31, 2022
Kamloops Indigenous artist Chris Bose chosen to lead design of RIH's cultural wall
KAMLOOPS - An Indigenous artist has been chosen to lead the design of the cultural wall for the upcoming Phil and Jennie Gaglardi Tower at Royal Inland Hospital (RIH).In a news release Monday (Jan. 31...
Jan 31, 2022
Protesters show no sign of rolling off as Ottawa residents brace for more disruption
OTTAWA - Many of the horn-honking demonstrators who brought Ottawa to a near standstill showed no signs of budging Sunday as parliamentarians, businesses and school administrators were left wondering ...
Jan 30, 2022
SOUND OFF: No freedoms were affected by the convoy
SO WHAT HAS BEEN accomplished by the Freedom Convoy's Saturday (Jan. 29)? Was it anything more than a big waste of fuel? Or a bunch of people wanting "freedom" to spread sickness through ignorance? An...
Jan 30, 2022
After reflecting on two election defeats, B.C. Liberals get ready to elect new leader
VICTORIA - A new leader will be chosen by British Columbia's Liberals on Saturday after a months-long campaign that often focused on renewal and a new course for a party that has lost successive elect...
Jan 30, 2022
