Author Archives: James Peters
Interior Health warns Kamloops drug users of high toxicity fentanyl
KAMLOOPS - Interior Health (IH) has issued an alert for a batch of toxic drugs circulating in Kamloops.The drugs are sold as down or fentanyl and present as a purple chunky substance.Testing shows the...
Jun 02, 2022
TRU faculty member's chair in Indigenizing Higher Education renewed
KAMLOOPS - A Thompson Rivers University (TRU) faculty member, who is Canada's only chair in Indigenizing Higher Education, has been renewed as a Tier 2 Canada Research Chair (CRC) for another five yea...
Jun 02, 2022
Order of nuns that staffed B.C.'s residential schools to pass records to B.C. museum
VICTORIA - The order of nuns that staffed numerous residential schools and 10 hospitals in British Columbia over more than 160 years is handing over ownership of its archives to the Royal B.C. Museum....
Jun 01, 2022
SD73 capital priority list includes request for five new schools, eight school replacements
KAMLOOPS - The Kamloops-Thompson School District Board of Education has refreshed its list of capital priorities as it tries to keep up with ballooning enrolment.The capital priority list includes fiv...
Jun 01, 2022
Residential school survivors tell bishops their expectations of Pope Francis's visit
WINNIPEG - Residential school survivors met with Roman Catholic bishops today to discuss what they expect from Pope Francis's visit to Canada next month. The meeting followed two days of talks among s...
Jun 01, 2022
Kruger completes acquisition of Kamloops pulp, says all jobs will be maintained
KAMLOOPS - Montreal-based Kruger has announced it has completed the acquisition of the Kamloops pulp mill from Domtar.In a news release issued Wednesday (June 1), Kruger stated the mill will continue ...
Jun 01, 2022
Lightning storm slams Kamloops area Tuesday
KAMLOOPS - A severe lightning storm rumbled into Kamloops Tuesday afternoon (May 31).WATCH: Water pooling in the Tenth Avenue underpass (Video Credit: CFJC Today) Moving in during the 1:00 p.m. hour, ...
May 31, 2022
Jessie Simpson finally returns home for weekend visit
KAMLOOPS - Jessie Simpson returned to his Savona home for the first time in six years Friday (May 27). Jessie was left with life-altering brain injuries in the early morning hours of June 19, 2016 whe...
May 31, 2022
'That's why we play the game': Blazers looking forward to Game 7 with chance to advance to WHL Final
KAMLOOPS - There is nothing like a Game 7, the sweetest words in all of sports. For the Blazers, it's a scenario they've dreamed about since they were young hockey players. "That's why we play the gam...
May 31, 2022
Kamloops-area MP Caputo endorses Charest for party leadership
OTTAWA - Kamloops-Thompson-Cariboo MP Frank Caputo has made his choice in his party's leadership race. In a social media post, Conservative Party of Canada (CPC) leadership candidate Jean Charest says...
May 31, 2022
