Author Archives: James Peters
B.C. non-profits to receive $60 million from government to help with their work: Eby
VICTORIA - Certain non-profit organizations in British Columbia are getting $60 million from the government in grant funding to help them do their work. Premier David Eby says the help of non-profits ...
Oct 30, 2023
Williams Lake incident prompts police watchdog to call for changes in care model for severely intoxicated people
WILLIAMS LAKE, B.C. - B.C.'s police watchdog says the care of intoxicated people in custody should not be the responsibility of police after a man went through serious withdrawal at the Williams Lake ...
Oct 30, 2023
Disabled B.C. man forced to drag himself off flight says he's pushing for changes
PRINCE GEORGE, B.C. - A disabled British Columbia man who dragged himself off an Air Canada flight in Las Vegas after the airline's ground assistance personnel were not available to help him says he d...
Oct 29, 2023
Beloved actor Matthew Perry grew up in Canada and is linked to big names in politics
Matthew Perry's iconic performance on "Friends" may forever link him with New York City, but the actor behind Chandler Bing described himself as half Canadian and had deep ties to some of the biggest ...
Oct 29, 2023
Wolfpack fall short to Dinos
KAMLOOPS - The Thompson Rivers WolfPack men and women's volleyball teams lost to the Calgary Dinos yesterday (Oct. 28) inside TCC.On the men's side, the WolfPack lost 3-1. "We have to address our star...
Oct 29, 2023
Blazers beat Americans for the second time in a row
KAMLOOPS - The Kamloops Blazers won for the second straight night against the Tri-City Americans on home ice yesterday (Oct. 28). Dylan Sydor led the team to a 5-2 victory with two goals, while Connor...
Oct 29, 2023
WolfPack bow out in overtime
CALGARY, AB - The Thompson Rivers WolfPack men's soccer team finished off their season yesterday (Oct. 28) after losing 2-1 to the Mount Royal Cougars in the Canada West Quarter-final."It was a fight....
Oct 29, 2023
COLLINS: It's been a sad two weeks for journalism
IT WAS A SAD DAY WEDNESDAY, as Kamloops This Week closed its doors, its newspaper and its website. Sad for all of us in the media and in the community. Although we have been in competition for top sto...
Oct 29, 2023
Sikh independence vote takes place in B.C. amid Canada-India tensions
SURREY, B.C. - Thousands of Sikh voters are expected to turn out today in the Metro Vancouver municipality of Surrey, to vote in an unofficial referendum at the centre of Canada's ongoing tensions wit...
Oct 29, 2023
Police watchdog asks Crown to consider charges against officers in B.C. shooting
SURREY, B.C. - Investigators with British Columbia's independent police watchdog probing the shooting death of a man more than two years ago are asking the province's prosecution service to consider c...
Oct 28, 2023
