Author Archives: Doug Collins
ROTHENBURGER: Mandatory vaccinations will keep more nurses on the job
KAMLOOPS - THE RESIGNATION of Christine Sorenson as president of the B.C. Nurses Union might have gotten a lot more attention except for the fact it was quietly announced with a two-sentence news rele...
Sep 22, 2021
Caputo sets sights on Ottawa as dust settles from 2021 federal election
KAMLOOPS - Here in the BC interior, there is some deja vu after last night's federal election. Conservative Party Candidate Frank Caputo will become the next Kamloops-Thompson-Cariboo MP. Some minor s...
Sep 21, 2021
'You can run a fence post, it will win': Sundhu not surprised a Conservative is returning to Ottawa from riding
KAMLOOPS - Bill Sundhu hoped a return to the federal ballot would lead to change, and ultimately result in a trip to Ottawa. However, that did not go according to plan. "We thought it was a much more ...
Sep 21, 2021
Accident in Dallas confirmed fatal
UPDATE (10 a.m.): Kamloops RCMP confirmed one person was found dead on the East Trans Canada Highway near Dallas. Highway 1 is reopened after westbound lanes were closed while police and the coroner i...
Sep 21, 2021 Image Credit: CFJC Today / Kent Simmonds
Federal election "a success of all the opposition parties": TRU political expert
KAMLOOPS - The Liberals emerged victorious in Monday's (Sept. 20) election, but a Kamloops political expert says Prime Minister Justin Trudeau hardly achieved his goal when he threw the country into t...
Sep 21, 2021
Wildfire season not quite over
KAMLOOPS - It may seem to many that wildfire season is over, but the Wildfire service had to deal with a couple of spot fires on Saturday near Pinantan Lake. Both were held at less than a hectare. One...
Sep 20, 2021
Canadians heading to the polls to choose next federal government
OTTAWA - Canada's first-ever pandemic election culminates today as Canadians from coast-to-coast go to the polls to choose the 338 members of Parliament to sit in the House of Commons. Elections Canad...
Sep 20, 2021
Currie joins Green Party leader in Victoria visit; disappointed in summer of in-party turmoil
KAMLOOPS - Two days before Canadians who hadn't voted during advance polls or via mail-in ballot cast their vote, the leader of the federal Green Party made her way to B.C.Annamie Paul visited Victori...
Sep 19, 2021
B.C. man who murdered a family of six on camping trip in 1982 seeking parole
BOWDEN, ALBERTA - A man convicted of the mass murder of a family nearly 40 years ago is to seek his release once again when he appears today before the Parole Board of Canada. David Shearing, who now ...
Sep 15, 2021
Kamloops' mayor wants his chain back
KAMLOOPS -UPDATE - The mayor of Kamloops wants his chain of office back and he's asking the public to help. It's part of the mayor's official regalia worn at ceremonies, and it was stolen from City Ha...
Sep 14, 2021
