Author Archives: James Peters
KCSC hosts town hall discussion on Kamloops sustainability plans
KAMLOOPS - The Kamloops Community Safety Committee (KCSC) will be hosting a town hall meeting tonight (Oct. 21) to address issues related to implementing sustainability policies by the city and the Th...
Oct 21, 2023
Nurse-patient ratio a key to helping fix B.C. healthcare challenges
KAMLOOPS - Improved retention initiatives, reduction of excessive working hours leading to burnout and phasing out reliance on private nursing agencies were atop the list when the provincial nurses un...
Oct 20, 2023
'It can help us keep the doors open'; Merritt mayor hopes new funding will stabilize ER
MERRITT, B.C. - Closed again for 24 hours, residents in Merritt will be without emergency services until Saturday (Oct. 21) morning. The closure comes mere days after the province announced millions o...
Oct 20, 2023
Federal regulator says TMX tunnelling through culturally sensitive area near Kamloops would be costly, fruitless
CALGARY - The Canada Energy Regulator (CER) has released its reasons for allowing Trans Mountain (TMX) to trench through a culturally significant area near Kamloops, over the objections of local First...
Oct 20, 2023
Barriere RCMP ask for help locating man wanted on violent charges
BARRIERE, B.C. - RCMP in Barriere are spreading the word about a local man wanted for violent offences.Cameron James Rose, 59, is wanted on unendorsed warrants for assault and assault by choking.Descr...
Oct 20, 2023
Health expert says B.C. overdose crisis needs expanded, dignified treatment focus
VICTORIA - A British Columbia health expert says the province needs more overdose prevention sites and a renewed commitment to decriminalization as it tries to curb drug poisonings that kill six peopl...
Oct 19, 2023
SOUND OFF: Green policies will have homeowners seeing red
LIKE 99.99 PER CENT OF PEOPLE living on Earth, I want a clean and healthy environment for my children to grow up in. However, I also recognize that idealistic green policies can sometimes have an unne...
Oct 19, 2023
Kamloops RCMP track stolen truck to Lac du Bois; Kelowna man arrested
KAMLOOPS - A Kelowna man was arrested after a police dog helped Kamloops RCMP officers track a stolen truck Wednesday (Oct. 18).In a news release, detachment spokesperson Cpl. Crystal Evelyn says poli...
Oct 19, 2023
Kamloops mayor, council share greatly differing evaluations of UBCM convention
KAMLOOPS - Kamloops' mayor and councillors came away from last month's Union of B.C. Municipalities (UBCM) convention in Vancouver with vastly different views of how effective their meetings with prov...
Oct 18, 2023
Kamloops mayor investigating source of city hall leaks
KAMLOOPS - Kamloops Mayor Reid Hamer-Jackson says he has launched his own investigation to determine who among council and staff has been passing privileged information to local media.Hamer-Jackson ha...
Oct 18, 2023
