Author Archives: James Peters

KAMLOOPS - Smoke is expected to be highly visible from the Yellowhead Highway near McLure and surrounding communities north of Kamloops Wednesday (Sept. 17). The BC Wildfire Service says the Stuart La...

MERRITT, B.C. - Kelowna-based developer Troika is eyeing a completion date in May or June 2026 for the Gateway 286 project at the intersection of Highways 5 and 97C near Merritt. Residents passing by ...

KAMLOOPS - The Kamloops Blazers have made a pair of player moves Tuesday (Sept. 16) as the team finalizes its roster for the 2025-26 Western Hockey League season.First, the team traded 2006-born forwa...

JAMIESON CREEK tumbles among huge rocks through a narrow canyon flanked by a thick forest of cedar trees, dropping in a beautiful waterfall toward the North Thompson River. A century ago and more, it ...

Charlie Kirk, who rose from a teenage conservative campus activist to a top podcaster, culture warrior and ally of President Donald Trump, was shot and killed Wednesday during one of his trademark pub...

KAMLOOPS - A $5 million award to Thompson Rivers University (TRU) will go toward advancing post-secondary education for Indigenous youth. TRU announced it was a recipient of the Mastercard Foundation'...

TK'EMLUPS - Organizers of 'Music for the People - A Cultural Experience' are celebrating a successful fourth iteration of the free event Sunday (Sept. 7).More than 1,500 attendees gathered at the Tk'e...

PORT COQUITLAM - Police say their investigation into an in-custody escape three years ago in Port Coquitlam led to the discovery of a murder plot in Kamloops. At a news conference Monday (Sept. 8), th...

VICTORIA - The provincial government has ordered some farmers and other users in southern B.C. to turn off their water taps, because "severe low flows" are threatening endangered chinook salmon. Rande...