Author Archives: James Peters

VICTORIA - Higher costs to fight wildfires and lower natural gas prices have forced a $2.5-billion addition of British Columbia's projected deficit for this fiscal year, boosting it to $6.7 billion. T...

KAMLOOPS - Kamloops council is calling for help from the province as it navigates a major rift around the council horseshoe.At Tuesday's (Sept. 26) regular meeting, council voted to ask the provincial...

VANCOUVER - The British Columbia Wildfire Service says the fire danger rating across most of the province has dropped to low or very low as cool, damp fall weather arrives. The wildfire service says t...

KAMLOOPS - A notice of motion that could have led to a vote on whether to continue the practice of providing meals to Kamloops City Council and senior staff during working meetings, has been turned as...

KAMLOOPS - "After 30 years of having to live through this, you would think I would be able to explain how I feel. But every year that goes by becomes harder and more complicated to explain," said Jame...

SAANICH, B.C. - The B.C. government is expecting 10 municipalities in the Lower Mainland, on Vancouver Island in the Interior to build hundreds or thousands of new housing units in targets released on...

OTTAWA - The federal Crown corporation constructing the expansion to the Trans Mountain pipeline says it remains committed to "meaningful engagement" with Indigenous communities after being given the ...

LOGAN LAKE, B.C. - RCMP are looking for a Prince George man who may have gone missing in the Kamloops area on his way to Vancouver Island. BC RCMP spokesperson Cpl. James Grandy says John David Young,...

PRINCE GEORGE, B.C. - RCMP say there were multiple people aboard a helicopter that crashed east of Prince George, B.C. More coming. The Canadian Press

SALMON ARM - Salmon Arm's ROOTSandBLUES festival is asking its supporters to consider donating ticket refunds back to the festival to help the event return next summer. The 2023 festival was cut short...