Author Archives: James Peters
B.C. expected to have more than 1 million job openings in the next decade
VICTORIA - The latest labour market outlook for British Columbia shows nearly 80 per cent of job openings over the next decade will require some level of post-secondary education, reflecting the chang...
Feb 7, 2022
COVID-19 outbreak at Nicola Meadows in Merritt
MERRITT, B.C. - A second Merritt facility is in the midst of a COVID-19 outbreak.Interior Health says an outbreak was declared at Nicola Meadows, an assisted living facility, on Friday (Feb. 4).The ot...
Feb 7, 2022
Student absenteeism peaked at 23 per cent in January: Kamloops-Thompson superintendent
KAMLOOPS - A report coming to the Kamloops-Thompson School District Board of Education next week shows the extent to which various illnesses have affected attendance so far in 2022.The report from Sup...
Feb 4, 2022
Nicola-Similkameen among first school districts to receive rapid tests for students
MERRITT, B.C. - Further pandemic supports are coming for B.C. students and schools, with 300,000 rapid antigen test kits to be delivered in phases.The first phase will be rural and remote school distr...
Feb 4, 2022
Tk'emlups homicide victim was Sa-Hali Secondary student
KAMLOOPS - An 18-year-old man who was found dead in a Tk'emlups parking lot last Saturday (Jan. 29) was a Grade 12 student at Sa-Hali Secondary School.In a news release issued Thursday, Kamloops RCMP ...
Feb 3, 2022
Merritt-area MP Albas hasn't considered leadership bid
MERRITT, B.C. - As the fallout from Wednesday's move by federal Conservative MPs to remove Erin O'Toole from leadership continues to filter out, names will begin to surface regarding potential new lea...
Feb 3, 2022
Interior Health encourages getting your booster even though its not mandatory
KAMLOOPS -Teens and pre-teens, aged 12 to 17, are now eligible for a third dose of the COVID-19 vaccine in British Columbia.With the highly contagious Omicron variant circulating, Interior Health says...
Feb 2, 2022
Five charged after RCMP break up New Westminster-Kamloops drug pipeline
KAMLOOPS - Five Kamloops-area residents are facing charges after a nearly two-year RCMP drug investigation led to the seizure of huge quantities of illicit drugs.In a news release, Cst. Crystal Evelyn...
Feb 2, 2022
Kamloops MP Caputo surprised by abrupt no-confidence vote for O'Toole
KAMLOOPS - Kamloops-Thompson-Cariboo's member of parliament (MP) didn't foresee his party's leader being ousted when parliament resumed on Monday (Jan. 31).Conservative Frank Caputo called Wednesday (...
Feb 2, 2022
ASK Wellness' affordable housing complex for seniors opens
KAMLOOPS - ASK Wellness' 37-unit seniors housing complex, honouring one of its greatest supporters Cookie Reimer, officially opened on Tuesday (Feb. 1).Ground broke for Cookie's Place in August, 2020....
Feb 2, 2022
