Author Archives: James Peters
More Canadians to feel pinch of high rates in 2024, making way for lower inflation
OTTAWA - As another inflation-fighting year wraps up, the Bank of Canada's quest to restore price stability is expected to begin drawing to a close in 2024. The central bank's hefty rate hikes are fin...
Dec 24, 2023
Olympic Champion coming to Sun Peaks for Nancy Greene Classic
SUN PEAKS - An Olympic Champion is coming to Sun Peaks next month to guest coach in the Nancy Green Alpine Classic. Two-time Olympic Ski-Cross medalist and 2018 Champion Kelsey Serwa will be taking pa...
Dec 23, 2023
No charges in B.C. 2022 Christmas Eve bus crash that left 4 dead
VICTORIA - The British Columbia Prosecution Service says there will be no charges stemming from a bus crash on an icy highway in the province's Interior last Christmas Eve that killed four people. Ser...
Dec 20, 2023
Are you staying at home or travelling for the holidays?
Dec 18, 2023 File Photo (Image Credit: CFJC Today)
Israel finds large tunnel adjacent to Gaza border, raising new questions about prewar intelligence
BEIT HANOUN, Gaza Strip (AP) - The Israeli military said Sunday it has discovered a large tunnel shaft in Gaza close to what was once a busy crossing into Israel, raising new questions about how Israe...
Dec 17, 2023
Israel faces new calls for truce after killing of hostages raises alarm about its conduct in Gaza
DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) - Israel's government faced calls for a cease-fire from some of its closest European allies and from protesters at home on Sunday after a series of shootings, including ...
Dec 17, 2023
South Korea's military says North Korea has fired a ballistic missile toward its eastern waters
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - South Korea's military said Sunday that it had detected that North Korea fired at least one ballistic missile toward its eastern waters, adding to a torrent of weapons' tests...
Dec 17, 2023
People's Party candidate must stop using 'engineer,' B.C. Supreme Court rules
VICTORIA - A British Columbia Supreme Court judge has ruled that a Vancouver Island People's Party of Canada candidate who ran against Elizabeth May in the last federal election must stop describing h...
Dec 16, 2023
Estranged spouse charged with murder of Newfoundland woman seven years after death
ST. JOHN'S, N.L. - Police have charged the estranged husband of a woman from Newfoundland's Great Northern Peninsula with first-degree murder in a case that stretches back seven years. Jennifer Hillie...
Dec 16, 2023
It's raining microplastics: Hurricane Larry dropped plastic particles all over N.L.
When hurricane Larry made landfall in Newfoundland and Labrador in 2021, the powerful storm brought heavy rain and wind across the province - and millions of microplastic particles originating from th...
Dec 16, 2023
