Author Archives: James Peters
SOUND OFF: Enough is enough - NDP must fix crisis at RIH now
WHEN IT COMES TO THE SITUATION at Royal Inland Hospital, when do we say, 'Enough is enough?' That moment came for me and my colleague Peter Milobar over the recent long weekend. After nearly a year of...
May 27, 2022
Environment Canada warns of heavy rain for parts of northern B.C., flood watch posted
VANCOUVER - Environment Canada warns prolonged rains will drench parts of northern B.C. over the weekend, raising the potential for localized flooding. A rainfall warning has been issued for the North...
May 27, 2022
Former B.C. attorney general, entrepreneur alum among TRU honorary degree recipients
KAMLOOPS - Thompson Rivers University has announced its six honorary doctorate recipients for this year's spring convocation.Wally Oppal, George Henry Erasmus and Adam Miron will be conferred with Hon...
May 26, 2022
Kukpi7 Casimir denounces behaviour of attendees who disrupted Monday's memorial at Tk'emlups
Support services are in place for residential school survivors and their families here. TK'EMLUPS - The chief of Tk'emlps te Secwpemc is chiding those who disrupted a memorial ceremony Monday (May 23)...
May 26, 2022
B.C. documents outline case to build new provincial museum in Victoria at $800M cost
VICTORIA - The British Columbia government has released documents it says led to the decision to build a new provincial museum at a cost of almost $800 million. The documents, which number thousands o...
May 25, 2022
Do you support the provincial government plan for a new Royal B.C. Museum?
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Fourteen children, one teacher dead in Texas school shooting
UVALDE, TEXAS - Fourteen children and one teacher are dead at an elementary school west of San Antonio, Texas.Governor Greg Abbott says the suspected shooter - an 18-year-old man - is dead and is beli...
May 24, 2022
B.C. commits $100 million to Japanese Canadians in recognition of internment history
RICHMOND, B.C. - British Columbia is giving $100 million in funding to address the historical wrongs it caused when it helped to intern thousands of Japanese Canadians during the Second World War. The...
May 21, 2022
Rise of new opioid highlights unpredictable drug supply: Expert
OTTAWA - A national substance use research organization is warning about a new type of opioid that is increasingly being found in Canada's unregulated drug supply. The Canadian Centre on Substance Use...
May 21, 2022
A year of trauma, catharsis and finally peace for some survivors of Kamloops school
KAMLOOPS, B.C. - The nightmares started last May, said Harvey McLeod, chief of the Upper Nicola Indian Band and a survivor of the former Kamloops Indian Residential School. They tormented McLeod for m...
May 21, 2022
