Author Archives: James Peters
BrewLoops returns for limited-capacity craft beer festival
KAMLOOPS - After two years of cancellations, the craft beer festival BrewLoops is returning to McArthur Island Park on May 28.In a news release issued Tuesday (April 26), Suzan Goguen said this year's...
Apr 26, 2022
Body pulled from Thompson River Monday; RCMP believe man's death not suspicious
KAMLOOPS - RCMP say the death of a person whose body was pulled out of the Thompson River Monday night (Apr. 25) appears to be non-criminal.In a news release, Cst. Crystal Evelyn says the body was spo...
Apr 26, 2022
Second B.C. farm positive for avian flu as virus found in backyard flock in Kelowna
KELOWNA, B.C. - A small backyard poultry flock in Kelowna, B.C., has tested positive for avian flu, the second known outbreak of the disease among flocks in British Columbia. The highly infectious H5N...
Apr 26, 2022
Coroner called to Mission Flats area Monday night
KAMLOOPS - There was a heavy police presence in the Mission Flats area of Kamloops Monday night (Apr. 25). A witness has reported seeing a BC Coroners Service vehicle along with several RCMP vehicles ...
Apr 26, 2022
With her Kamloops fiancé by her side, Ukrainian woman flees warfare to safety in Canada
KAMLOOPS - A Kamloops man is sharing his story after he travelled to Europe to accompany his Ukrainian fiance to Canada.Calum Carrigan went on a mission trip to Ukraine in October, 2021, where he met ...
Apr 25, 2022
MAPS: Thefts of bicycles and from motor vehicles - Weeks of April 11 & 18
KAMLOOPS - As the weather warms up, thieves are finding more bicycles to steal in Kamloops.RCMP say there have been 15 stolen bicycle reports filed over the past two weeks.Those reports come in additi...
Apr 25, 2022
Do you have a family physician?
Apr 25, 2022 File Photo (Image Credit: CFJC Today)
B.C. First Nation has proposed settlement after 160-year battle with Canada
VANCOUVER - A British Columbia First Nation has reached a proposed $135-million settlement with the federal government, 160 years after settlers began taking over its village lands. Chief Willie Sella...
Apr 25, 2022
B.C. man hospitalized on 24th day of hunger strike to protest old-growth logging
NANAIMO, B.C. - A group protesting old-growth logging in British Columbia says one of its members has been hospitalized on the 24th day of a hunger strike. Save Old Growth says Howard Breen's "death-w...
Apr 24, 2022
Canada eyes new measures to protect economy from national security threats
OTTAWA - New measures to ensure Canada doesn't export sensitive technology to foreign adversaries are among the changes being eyed by Ottawa to bolster the country's economic security. Other possibili...
Apr 24, 2022
