Author Archives: James Peters

OTTAWA - Veterans Affairs Minister Lawrence MacAulay says the federal Liberal government will hire more staff to deal with backlogs and overwhelming caseloads at his department. MacAulay made the comm...

KAMLOOPS - A Kamloops city councillor is calling on the province to offer alternatives to the COVID-19 vaccination mandate for healthcare workers. In a letter addressed to Health Minister Adrian Dix a...

OTTAWA - Health Canada has approved a booster of Pfizer-BioNTech's COVID-19 vaccine for people over the age of 18. The booster is designed to help people with their first two COVID-19 vaccine doses ma...

KAMLOOPS - Environment Canada has issued a snowfall warning for the Coquihalla Highway between Merritt and Hope.Forecasters expect the highway will see a long period of snowfall which could amount to ...

KAMLOOPS - B.C. reported 1,438 new COVID-19 cases over the weekend with 321 of them in Interior Health.Active cases decreased in B.C. to 4,282 (down by 201 since Friday), while Interior Health saw a m...

TK'EMLUPS - Indigenous Veterans Day is observed every year on November 8 to commemorate the thousands of First Nations, Metis and Inuit people who served in past and current conflicts. Locally, Tk'eml...

KAMLOOPS - Kamloops RCMP are renewing their appeal, asking the public to help in the search for a Kamloops woman who has been missing since Nov. 1.Shannon White has been missing for one week. It is be...

KAMLOOPS - From teaching painting tips inside of pubs to moving into a large studio.A multi-year journey came to fruition for Kamloops Art Party Owner Carly Schmidt on Saturday (Nov. 6) with the grand...

NIAGARA FALLS - Canadians fully vaccinated against COVID-19 were able to cross the land border into the U.S. on Monday as pandemic restrictions eased. Here's a look at why some were making a trip sout...