Author Archives: James Peters
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 3, 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 3, 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
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
