Author Archives: James Peters

FALKLAND, B.C. - An out of province driver had their vehicle impounded for excessive speeding.In a social media post, Vernon North Okanagan RCMP say a B.C. Highway Patrol officer caught a vehicle goin...

KAMLOOPS - Another visit from Jack Frost this week has Kamloops cold weather shelters bursting at the seams. Nyashya Manyanye is the operations director for The Mustard Seed Kamloops, an organization ...

VICTORIA - Nurse practitioners in British Columbia now have expanded authority to assess people in crisis for involuntary admission to a treatment facility under the Mental Health Act. The New Democra...

OTTAWA - A panel tasked with flagging incidents of foreign interference in Canada's elections has still not released a report evaluating its own work in the 2021 election, more than a year after the L...

VICTORIA - Local governments and First Nations in British Columbia are getting more support to prepare for the risk of natural disasters related to climate change. The Ministry of Emergency Management...

KAMLOOPS - An exhibit on the history of mountain biking in Kamloops is set to open on Friday (Feb. 24).In a news release, the City of Kamloops says "Mountain Bike Mecca" will open at the Kamloops Muse...

MERRITT, B.C. - The emergency department in Merritt will be closed once again Tuesday (Feb. 21).In a news release, Interior Health says the Nicola Valley Hospital emergency room is closed as of 8 a.m....

THE HAGUE, Netherlands - The head of an international organization brought in by the federal government to provide communities with options for identifying possible human remains buried near former re...

MERRITT, B.C. - With social media becoming bigger by the day, Merritt RCMP is warning the public about a new type of extortion, called sextortion. "That's when it involves you sharing photographs and ...