Author Archives: James Peters

OTTAWA - Save the Children's global advocate says Canada could lead an effort to have youth steer the reform of global institutions to fight climate change, while urging Ottawa to reverse aid cuts. "C...

VANCOUVER - Nearly two-thirds of the overdose deaths in British Columbia this year came after smoking illicit drugs, yet only 40 per cent of the supervised consumption sites in the province offer a sa...

MERRITT, B.C. - Drivers who are planning to traverse high mountain highways in B.C. should remember to look at their calendars.Merritt RCMP are reminding motorists that winter tires are required for b...

KAMLOOPS - UPDATE (Oct. 12): RCMP say the man reported missing on Sept. 29 has been found and is confirmed safe.

WEST KELOWNA, B.C. - Central Okanagan Emergency Operations has lifted the state of local emergency in West Kelowna, B.C., more than a month after the McDougall Creek wildfire devastated the area. It s...

MERRITT B.C. - Fourteen closures this year, and two this week alone at the Nicola Valley Hospital's Emergency Room, have left residents concerned and searching for answers. "It's a Band-Aid station ri...

KAMLOOPS - Kamloops council has agreed to hire an investigator to look into Mayor Reid Hamer-Jackson's practice of secretly recording phone calls with city staff.The decision was made in a closed coun...

KAMLOOPS - RCMP would like your help tracking down an elusive Honda Civic that officers believe is stolen.In a news release, Kamloops RCMP spokesperson Cpl. Crystal Evelyn says the vehicle in question...

VANCOUVER - An upward trend in flu and COVID-19 cases in British Columbia has prompted a renewed requirement to wear masks in all health-care facilities. Provincial health officer Dr. Bonnie Henry say...

KAMLOOPS - RCMP are investigating a weapons report in Westsyde.In a news release, Kamloops RCMP spokesperson Cpl. Crystal Evelyn says officers received a report at about 11:11 a.m. concerning a man wa...