Author Archives: James Peters

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...

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...

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 ...

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...

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...

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...

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 ...

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...

VICTORIA - The staffing crisis at Royal Inland Hospital (RIH) took centre stage in the B.C. legislature Monday (May 2) as both Kamloops MLAs pressed the government during question period. An anonymous...