Author Archives: James Peters
Holiday travel mess shows why Canadian air travel industry needs competition: NDP
OTTAWA - New Democrat Leader Jagmeet Singh says the holiday travel woes that left thousands of passengers stranded at airports or struggling to find flights home show why there should be more competit...
Jan 04, 2023
Cooling off period misses mark: Kamloops real estate agent
KAMLOOPS - B.C. is the first province to implement a homebuyer protection period for resale property and newly constructed homes. The provincial government said the new mandatory three-business day pe...
Jan 03, 2023
North Shore RCMP stop results in seizure of gun, drugs, cash
KAMLOOPS - RCMP officers took weapons and drugs off the streets in a North Shore traffic stop on New Year's Eve. In a news release, Staff Sgt. Janelle Shoihet of Kamloops RCMP says the suspect was nab...
Jan 03, 2023 Image Credit: Contributed / Kamloops RCMP
RCMP ask for tips after stolen Kamloops pickup truck found stripped of parts in Logan Lake
LOGAN LAKE, B.C. - RCMP are looking for the public's help after a vehicle stolen out of Kamloops was recovered in Logan Lake.In a news release, RCMP say an officer was patrolling in Logan Lake last Sa...
Jan 03, 2023
B.C. government increases homeowner grant limit as home values rise by 12 per cent
VICTORIA - The British Columbia government is boosting the homeowner grant threshold to $2.125 million for this year as average property values increase by 12 per cent. The government says in a statem...
Jan 03, 2023
Meet Konnor Bouvier, the 2023 Royal Inland Hospital New Year's Baby
KAMLOOPS - It took until 6:37 p.m. on New Year's Day for the first baby of 2023 to arrive at Royal Inland Hospital in Kamloops. Interior Health says Konnor Jean Bouvier was the hospital's New Year's B...
Jan 03, 2023 Image Credit: Contributed / Sarah Shields
Good riddance: Most Canadians feel 2022 was worse than 2021, poll suggests
OTTAWA - Many Canadians will be saying "good riddance" to 2022 as it draws to a close, a new poll suggests, with more people comparing it unfavourably to 2021 than saying it was a better year. Polling...
Dec 24, 2022
Weather warnings in place across Canada as fierce storms move across the country
Weather warnings remain in place across the country as major storms continue to dump snow and freezing rain on Quebec, Ontario and B.C., and batter the Atlantic provinces with heavy rain and powerful ...
Dec 24, 2022
Bad weather creating travel head aches
KAMLOOPS- Highway crews are at work clearing the highway of snow, but some people still aren't taking the chance to drive back home right now. "It's going to be a rough 24 hours, I think is the best w...
Dec 23, 2022
Snowfall and extreme cold warnings issued for some of B.C.'s Interior
MERRITT - As the cold weather turns, regions of B.C.'s Interior are being hit with extreme weather.Locally, Environment Canada issued a winter storm warning on Saturday for the Coquihalla from Hope to...
Dec 18, 2022
