Author Archives: James Peters

KAMLOOPS - Two 21-year-old Kamloops residents were arrested and charged with aggravated assault after a stabbing in downtown last summer. In a news release issued Thursday (Sept. 15), Kamloops RCMP sa...

VANCOUVER - British Columbia's provincial health officer says the findings of a study she co-authored showing children and youth have had the highest rates of COVID-19 in parts of the province should ...

WHISTLER, B.C. - Health Minister Adrian Dix says British Columbia has been in a health-care crisis since at least the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, while acknowledging there's urgent need for ch...

On Christmas Eve 2020, Rev. John Lemire got ready for work: two funerals and three masses. The Catholic priest in Timmins, Ont., felt "somewhat exhausted" after presiding at back-to-back funeral servi...

OTTAWA - Pierre Poilievre is waking up today as the new leader of the Conservative party, coming off a landslide win. Before he can take time to enjoy the victory, he has a list of things to do. The H...

KAMLOOPS - Local musicians are going to be lending a hand and a tune as part of the Thompson-Nicola Regional Library's (TNRL) brand-new Musician in Residence Series. The TNRL Musician in Residence Jer...

SALMON ARM - UPDATE: Salmon Arm RCMP say the woman reported missing on the weekend has been found and is safe.

Rob Rathbun fondly recalls the day he lifted a little girl on his shoulders so she could give Queen Elizabeth II a bouquet of flowers during a procession outside the British Columbia legislature in 20...

KAMLOOPS - For the first time since the start of the pandemic, the annual Thompson Rivers University (TRU) Welcome Back Barbecue welcomed new and existing students to the campus for some good eats and...