Author Archives: James Peters
City of Kamloops tax hike between 4.9 and 6.8 per cent expected as council discusses supplemental requests
KAMLOOPS - Kamloops council met Tuesday (Feb. 14) to discuss the city's four-year budget proposal. Among the topics discussed were increased budgets to expand community service officers and their vehi...
Feb 14, 2023
Would you be more likely to fly out of Kamloops Airport if more low cost flights were available?
Feb 13, 2023 File Photo (Image Credit: CFJC Today)
ROTHENBURGER: Remembering the legacies of community icons Cliff Branchflower and Pat Wallace
VERY FEW PEOPLE in civic politics or community service can be considered icons, but Kamloops lost two of them on the weekend. Former mayor Cliff Branchflower and former long-time City councillor Pat W...
Feb 13, 2023
Missing Surrey woman may be in Kamloops, Cariboo
SURREY - RCMP in Surrey say missing woman in that city has spent time in Kamloops and the Cariboo in the past. Kianna Kisyel, 26, was reported missing on Jan. 29. She was last seen four days earlier. ...
Feb 10, 2023
B.C. Premier Eby uses surplus budget cash for one-time billion-dollar growth fund
SURREY, B.C. - Every community in British Columbia will be eligible for infrastructure grants coming from a one-time $1-billion government fund. Premier David Eby says the money has been set aside in ...
Feb 10, 2023
Discount airline Flair to launch direct Kamloops-to-Edmonton route in June
KAMLOOPS - Travelers looking for a quick and cheap path between Kamloops and Edmonton will get their wish in June 2023.Flair Airlines, a low-cost Canadian airlines, is taking bookings for direct one-w...
Feb 10, 2023
Kamloops RCMP on the hunt for wanted man
KAMLOOPS - UPDATE (April 5): RCMP say Bernhard has been located. EARLIER: RCMP have put a call for help tracking down a wanted Kamloops man. Blake Bernhard, 37, is wanted on a Canada-wide warrant for ...
Feb 9, 2023
Deadly crash closes Highway 5 south of Barriere
BARRIERE, B.C. - UPDATE (3:55 p.m.): B.C. Highway Patrol has confirmed one person was killed in a crash south of Barriere during the noon hour Thursday (Feb. 9).Spokesperson Cst. Mike Moore says the i...
Feb 9, 2023
Milobar, Dix spar in question period over infamous former IH top doctor
VICTORIA - The case of the disgraced former top doctor in Interior Health prompted sparring during question period in the B.C. Legislature Thursday morning (Feb. 9).Earlier this week, Dr. Albert de Vi...
Feb 9, 2023
Downtown Kamloops shopper emerges from store to find their car driving away; one arrested
KAMLOOPS - A Kamloops woman was arrested after a Toyota Camry was reportedly stolen from outside a downtown Kamloops store. In a news release issued Thursday (Feb. 9) morning, Kamloops RCMP say they r...
Feb 9, 2023
