Author Archives: James Peters
Even as provincial funding rolls in, Merritt still needs more than $100-million: mayor
MERRITT, B.C. - The City of Merritt is receiving more provincial funding in the aftermath of November's devastating floods. The province is funding flood mitigation planning projects to help them prep...
May 06, 2022
No landslide triggered, but threat remains for Sicamous Creek Mobile Home Park
SICAMOUS, B.C. - An evacuation alert remains in effect for 27 units in the Sicamous Creek Mobile Home Park.In an update Friday (May 6), the Columbia Shuswap Regional District says conditions in the Wi...
May 06, 2022
B.C. hiring more health-care staff as it wipes out surgery backlog: minister
VICTORIA - British Columbia's health minister says the province has almost caught up with the backlog of surgeries from the pandemic and weather events while it sets new targets to whittle down the ex...
May 04, 2022
B.C. Opposition leader aims at NDP's problem issues of crime, health affordability
VICTORIA - British Columbia's Opposition Liberal leader says he will target the New Democrat government's weak spots on the issues of crime, affordability and health care when he takes his seat in the...
May 04, 2022
Province testing beefed-up emergency alert system ahead of fire season
NANAIMO - Phone service along with television and radio broadcasts will be interrupted briefly Wednesday afternoon.The scheduled 1:55 p.m. test of the province's emergency alert system is designed to ...
May 04, 2022
Councillor Kathy Sinclair will not seek re-election in 2022
KAMLOOPS - A Kamloops councillor will not be seeking re-election ahead of the 2022 B.C. municipal elections.In a social media post Wednesday (May 4) morning, Kathy Sinclair wrote that she is prioritiz...
May 04, 2022
'Royal Inland Hospital is nearing collapse'; MLA Todd Stone responds to nursing levels
KAMLOOPS - "Our healthcare system is in crisis, Royal Inland Hospital is nearing collapse," Kamloops-South Thompson MLA Todd Stone told CFJC Today. Staffing levels in health care settings have been lo...
May 03, 2022
Tranquille social housing project moves ahead
KAMLOOPS - A new, 44-unit social housing complex proposed for the Tranquille business district is moving one step closer to reality. At its regular meeting Tuesday (May 3), council approved the housin...
May 03, 2022
RCMP concerned Monday wildfires near Westwold were intentionally set
KAMLOOPS - Vernon-North Okanagan RCMP say they're investigating "the suspicious circumstances" surrounding two wildfires near Westwold Monday (May 2) afternoon.After 2:30 p.m. Monday, police say they ...
May 03, 2022
TRU microbiologist wins prestigious 3M National Teaching Fellowship
KAMLOOPS - A microbiologist who teaches and does research at Thompson Rivers University has won a prestigious national teaching award. Naowarat (Ann) Cheeptham is one of 10 recipients of the 3M Nation...
May 03, 2022
