Author Archives: James Peters

MERRITT, B.C. - The province says it is aiming to have commercial trucks using the full length of the Coquihalla Highway again by late January.However in a news conference Thursday (Nov. 25), Minister...

VANDERHOOF, B.C. - UPDATE: RCMP Corporal Madonna Saunderson has confirmed one person is in custody and there were no reported injuries to anyone during this event. Roadblocks that had been put in plac...

KAMLOOPS - When the week began, Royal Inland Hospital was dealing with four concurrent COVID-19 outbreaks. Now there are none.After the outbreak on 7-North was declared over earlier this week, Interio...

"WHAT YOU ARE COMING HOME TO is a city that's changed." Those were the words of Merritt Mayor Linda Brown this week, as she shared that some Merritt residents would soon be able to return to their hom...

KAMLOOPS - B.C.'s police watchdog has cleared a Kamloops RCMP officer of using excessive force in arresting an assault suspect in March. On March 12, 2021, a Kamloops Mountie was driving through Lower...

ASHCROFT, B.C. - RCMP in Ashcroft are warning the community about a rash of truck thefts. According to Cst. Richard Wright, Ashcroft Mounties have received five stolen vehicle reports during the month...

KAMLOOPS - UPDATE: Kamloops RCMP say Albert Johns has been located safe.

MERRITT, B.C. - UPDATE: Interior Health says Merritt's emergency department will re-open to the public on Monday (Nov. 29). IH says the Nicola Valley Hospital and Health Centre's ER will be open from ...

MERRITT, B.C. - The anticipated rush back home to Merritt didn't happen, as cars slowly trickled back into the city on Tuesday - eight days after a devastating flood last Monday (Nov. 15). However, it...

KAMLOOPS - School District 73 (SD73) has yet to implement a vaccine policy for its staff members.At its board meeting on Monday (Nov. 22), the school district reviewed the results of a recent staff su...