Author Archives: James Peters

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...

SCOTCH CREEK, B.C. - A wildfire that terrorized the Adams Lake and North Shuswap areas is now considered 'being held'.The B.C. Wildfire Service made the announcement Monday (Sept. 25). It means the Bu...

KAMLOOPS - Monday (Sept. 25) is the holiest day on the Jewish calendar, Yom Kippur. Known as the day of atonement, it's a time for those in the Jewish faith to fast, pray and seek forgiveness. But ins...

KAMLOOPS - A community environmental group is urging Kamloops council not to back FortisBC's move to change its rate scheme. The utility company proposes to offer new homes in B.C. biomethane service,...

CALGARY - Over the objections of local First Nations, the Canada Energy Regulator (CER) has approved Trans Mountain's (TMX) request to open trench in the Pipsell area south of Kamloops.TMX is nearly f...