Author Archives: James Peters
Documents raise questions about review of 2021's White Rock Lake wildfire
THOMPSON-NICOLA - A freedom of information request about the White Rock Lake wildfire has shed light on resource shortages during the difficult 2021 wildfire season but also raised questions about wha...
Aug 27, 2022
Tŝilhqot'in Nation asks moose hunters to stay home amid declining Chicoltin moose population
WILLIAMS LAKE, B.C. - The Tilhqot'in Nation is asking those authorized by the provincial government to hunt moose in the Chicoltin Region to stay home."Now is not the time for limited entry hunt (LEH)...
Aug 27, 2022
Locals reflect on overdose crisis and loss through Friday healing session
KAMLOOPS - Since 2016, 1,327 Indigenous people have lost their lives to an overdose in BC.On Friday (Aug. 26), local residents were able to share their stories about how the overdose crisis has affect...
Aug 26, 2022
'There's inequities with the pay structure': Kamloops doctors hoping for overhaul in compensation model
KAMLOOPS - The Doctors of B.C. says the funding announced on Wednesday is a first step in addressing overhead costs faced by family doctors. Closer to home, the Thompson Division of Family Practice sa...
Aug 26, 2022
Kamloops-based Pattison Media purchases two Brandon radio stations
KAMLOOPS - Kamloops-based Pattison Media is growing its radio family. The company has announced the acquisition of two radio stations in Brandon, Manitoba - Q Country 91.5 and 94.7 Star FM - from West...
Aug 26, 2022
Kamloops doctors applaud provincial support for overhead costs
KAMLOOPS - Kamloops-area doctors are applauding the province's announcement of stabilization funds for family doctors.Wednesday (Aug. 24), Health Minister Adrian Dix revealed the province and Doctors ...
Aug 25, 2022
Interior Health's former top doc charged with new child sex crimes
Interior Health's former chief medical health officer has been charged with more child sex crimes out of Grande Prairie, Alta.Dr. Albert Stefanus de Villiers, who was until June 2021 the health author...
Aug 25, 2022
City of Kamloops renews call for public input on community's cultural direction
KAMLOOPS - After researchers initially invited residents to provide input on Kamloops' cultural direction back in June, the City is asking them to do it again. In a news release issued Thursday (Aug. ...
Aug 25, 2022
Fire breaks out at downtown Merritt business
MERRITT, B.C. - A fire broke out Wednesday morning (Aug. 24) at a downtown Merritt business.Merritt Fire Rescue, along with Merritt RCMP and paramedics, responded quickly to the flame on Quilchena Ave...
Aug 24, 2022
MAPS: Thefts of bicycles and from motor vehicles - Week of Aug. 15, 2022
KAMLOOPS - Automobile break-ins are up again in Kamloops.According to Kamloops RCMP, officers received 38 reports of vehicle break-ins between Aug. 8 and 14, up from 35 the previous week. However, bic...
Aug 24, 2022
