Author Archives: James Peters
Ashcroft urgent care centre closed Sunday due to limited nursing staff availability
UPDATE (Dec. 19): Interior Health says Ashcroft's UPCC reopened Monday. EARLIER: ASHCROFT - Ashcroft's Urgent and Primary Care Centre (UPCC) is closed Sunday, December 18, due to limited nursing staff...
Dec 18, 2022
Pierre Poilievre thinks he can win over new Canadians. Here's how he plans to do it.
OTTAWA - A young Pierre Poilievre sits in front of a room of Conservative faithful and explains their party's strategy for winning a majority mandate. That hasn't happened yet. It's 2009 and while the...
Dec 18, 2022
As politicians played inflation blame game in 2022, what really drove rising prices?
OTTAWA - Some called it "Justinflation." Others called it "greedflation." But reality might be a lot less catchy than the wordplay that has taken off in Canadian politics this year. After enjoying dec...
Dec 17, 2022
Hockey Canada members to vote on slate of board of directors nominees
Hockey Canada's provincial and territorial members will vote today on whether to approve a slate of nominees to fill the organization's nine vacancies on its board of directors. Hugh L. Fraser, a reti...
Dec 17, 2022
Kamloops school rallies behind Ferris Backmeyer aiding her kidney transplant
KAMLOOPS - Ferris Backmeyer has not lived a normal life compared to most children her age.Ferris has a rare condition called Saldino-Mainzer syndrome and is now nearly six years old, she needs a kidne...
Dec 16, 2022
B.C. drivers warned as temperatures set to drop in parts of province
SURREY, B.C. - British Columbia is warning drivers to prepare winter survival kits as a blast of frigid cold hits over the next week and the mercury plummets across the province. Temperatures over the...
Dec 16, 2022
Kamloops council approves recreation user fee increases for 2023, 2025
KAMLOOPS - Kamloops council has approved increases to recreation user fees, but may have to hike them even higher if it wishes to decrease the burden on taxpayers.At its regular meeting Tuesday (Dec. ...
Dec 13, 2022
Murder suspect to be tried by jury
A trial date has been set for a man accused of killing his girlfriend near Salmon Arm. Derek Favell is charged with the second degree murder of Ashley Simpson who was 32 when she went missing in April...
Dec 13, 2022
Kamloops man arrested after collision with police vehicle on Halston Connector
KAMLOOPS - A 28-year-old Kamloops man was charged with flight from police and obstructing a police officer after an incident on the Halston Connector Friday (Dec. 9) night. In a news release Tuesday (...
Dec 13, 2022
Who should shoulder the most responsibility for repairing the discord at Kamloops City Hall?
Dec 12, 2022 File Photo (Image Credit: CFJC Today)
