Author Archives: James Peters
City of Merritt releases road maintenance plans
MERRITT, B.C. - Heading into the fall, the City of Merritt released a map of their plans for road repairs and maintenance."Most of this roadwork comprises road grading and pot-hole pavement work, as w...
Oct 13, 2022
Nightmare on Elm Avenue: Strangers-in-bed call highlights Kamloops RCMP long weekend blotter
KAMLOOPS - Kamloops RCMP were out and about last long weekend, responding to about 494 calls for service between midnight Friday (Oct. 7) to 9:00 a.m. on Tuesday (Oct. 11). Here are some of the more n...
Oct 12, 2022
B.C. sees spike in accidental homeless deaths in 2021; Kamloops records a decrease
VICTORIA - B.C. suffered a dramatic spike in homeless deaths in 2021. Preliminary reporting from the BC Coroners Service Wednesday (Oct. 12) morning shows 247 accidental deaths of individuals experien...
Oct 12, 2022
Caputo in, Albas out of Poilievre's shadow cabinet
KAMLOOPS - Newly minted Conservative Party of Canada leader Pierre Poilievre has named his new shadow cabinet and Kamloops-Thompson-Cariboo MP Frank Caputo has made the cut.Caputo, a former Crown pros...
Oct 12, 2022
Will you vote in Saturday's municipal election?
Oct 11, 2022 File Photo (Image Credit: CFJC Today)
Incoming Alberta Premier Danielle Smith to seek Brooks-Medicine Hat seat
MEDICINE HAT, Alta. - Incoming Alberta Premier Danielle Smith says she will seek the southeastern seat of Brooks-Medicine Hat in a byelection, even though she doesn't live in the area. Smith, who won ...
Oct 08, 2022
Majority of municipal candidates support arts centre: Kamloops Centre for the Arts Society survey
KAMLOOPS - The Kamloops Centre for the Arts Society (KCAS) says its survey found the majority of candidates running for mayor and council support building a performing arts centre. In a news release, ...
Oct 08, 2022
B.C. agrees to pay $300,000 to couple who say logging flooded their property
Lawyers for the British Columbia government have agreed to pay $300,000 to settle a lawsuit by a couple whose property flooded after a third of the forest in the surrounding watershed was cut down. Th...
Oct 08, 2022
"It's been horrific": Family of woman missing in Nicola Valley area joins search and rescue effort
MERRITT - It's been a week since Jacqueline McDermott was reported missing in the Nicola Valley and her family is now in what could be described as an 'unimaginable situation'. "People keep saying tha...
Oct 07, 2022
Province approves massive C-Zone extension for New Afton Mine
KAMLOOPS - New Gold says its massive C-Zone development in the New Afton mine west of Kamloops has been given provincial approval. In a news release issued Friday (Oct. 7), the company says the Provin...
Oct 07, 2022
