Author Archives: James Peters
One dead after motorcycle collides with SUV on Highway 5A outside of Merritt
KAMLOOPS - BC Highway Patrol confirms one man is dead following a two-vehicle collision on Highway 5A near Quilchena Ranch outside of Merritt late Saturday (June 25) afternoon. In an email to CFJC Tod...
Jun 27, 2022
Outrage over decision to end U.S. rights to abortion fuels protests in Canada
MONTREAL - Women and allies across Canada voiced anxiety and outrage on Sunday as they took to the streets to denounce the United States Supreme Court's decision to overturn the law that provided the ...
Jun 26, 2022
Environment Canada issues upgraded heat warnings for parts of B.C.
VICTORIA - The first hot weather stretch of the summer in British Columbia has resulted in Environment Canada issuing heat warnings for large sections of the province. Environment Canada said Sunday i...
Jun 26, 2022
'Largest spiritual Indigenous gathering' to return during Pope's visit to Alberta
LAC STE. ANNE, Alta. - Rev. Garry LaBoucane remembers going to Wakamne - or God's Lake - during the Lac Ste. Anne pilgrimage as a boy. "It was always a family tradition," the 74-year-old said in an in...
Jun 26, 2022
Policy revamp might save lives in next heat dome, but so could community, say experts
VICTORIA - She died in the arms of firefighters. The 96-year-old woman now lingers in the memory of Chief Jim Ogloff of the Coquitlam Fire Department, a reminder of the impact of last summer's heat do...
Jun 26, 2022
Farmer finds body at flooded land near Mission Creek, say Kelowna Mounties
KELOWNA, B.C. - Kelowna RCMP say a farmer discovered a body on a recently flooded property in the British Columbia city's Mission Creek area. The RCMP say in a statement the Coroners Service has been ...
Jun 25, 2022
Indigenous conservation Canada's way of the future, Guilbeault says
Tanya Ball began her career as a social worker for the Kaska Dene First Nation. Now she runs a land guardian program, working to monitor and protect a vast stretch of the band's northern British Colum...
Jun 25, 2022
Experts caution against becoming 'air-conditioned society' as heat waves get hotter
Hundreds of people who perished during the historic heat wave in British Columbia last summer died in homes ill-suited for temperatures that spiked into the high 30s and beyond for days,a report by B....
Jun 25, 2022
TNRD hoping to work with Merritt to cover fire protection shortages
LOWER NICOLA, B.C. - Last week, the TNRD Board was informed that fire service in Lower Nicola may have to be suspended. One week later, the hammer came down as the district was forced to make what the...
Jun 24, 2022
City of Kamloops cautiously optimistic for lower-level river peaks - but prepared for higher
KAMLOOPS - The South Thompson River is seeping into the Riverside Park parking lot Friday (June 24).The City of Kamloops' Utility Services Manager Greg Wightman says the river has risen nearly a foot ...
Jun 24, 2022
