Author Archives: James Peters

Kamloops RCMP seek person potentially associated with suspicious overdose death
KAMLOOPS - RCMP are releasing information on a person who may be connected to a Kamloops suspicious death from August.At about 8:00 p.m. on August 26, RCMP officers were called to a business in the 12...
James Peters Oct 12, 2021

Tk'emlúps te Secwe̓pemc and Indigena Capital Acquires RCMP building on reserve
KAMLOOPS - Tk'emlps te Secwepemc (TteS) and Indigena Capital, LP (Indigena) joined forces on the acquisition of the RCMP Tk'emlps Rural Attachment building on TteS Reserve lands. The acquisition repre...
James Peters Oct 12, 2021

2021 B.C. wildfires could impact 2022 property assessments: BC Assessment
KAMLOOPS - BC Assessment is asking British Columbians whose properties were impacted by the 2021 wildfires to connect with them for assistance in determining their property's accurate status.Affected ...
James Peters Oct 12, 2021

Kamloops man arrested after allegedly stealing a truck in Barriere
BARRIERE, B.C. - Barriere RCMP arrested a 32-year-old man from Kamloops for theft of a pickup truck.Police received a report that a white Ford F150 pickup truck had been stolen from an address on Summ...
James Peters Oct 12, 2021

City of Kamloops and Tk'emlúps te Secwépemc unveil banners that represent togetherness
KAMLOOPS - The City of Kamloops unveiled the first installation of a collaborative banner project with Tk'emlps te Secwpemc (TteS) on Thursday (Oct. 7). The banners on the exterior of City Hall were d...
James Peters Oct 10, 2021

B.C. sees 624 new COVID-19 cases, spike in hospitalizations Thursday
VICTORIA - B.C. is reporting another 624 cases of COVID-19 Thursday (Oct. 7) - and a concerning spike in hospitalized patients.According to the province's health ministry, 118 of the new cases found T...
James Peters Oct 07, 2021

SD73 board chair wants provincial health office to make decision on vaccine mandate in schools
KAMLOOPS - Education critic Jackie Tegart is sounding the alarm bells about the province offloading a vaccine mandate for school staff onto each district. "When it comes to vaccination of teachers and...
James Peters Oct 07, 2021

Opposition Liberals grill New Democrat responses to wildfire recovery, heat wave
VICTORIA - British Columbia's Opposition Liberals say the lives and livelihoods of communities, citizens and businesses devastated by summer wildfires are being kept needlessly on hold.Fraser Nicola L...
James Peters Oct 07, 2021

Tk'emlups sets date for Trudeau to visit; calls his silence on invitation to ceremony an "insult"
TK'EMLUPS - Leadership at Tk'emlps te Secwpemc say they have chosen a date for Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to visit, but are calling his silence since the band's announcement related to unmarked gra...
James Peters Oct 07, 2021

One arrested, victim in stable condition after Kamloops North Shore stabbing
KAMLOOPS - RCMP have made an arrest after a person came to the Royal Inland Hospital emergency room Wednesday afternoon (Oct. 6) with a life-threatening stab wound.In a news release, spokesperson Cst....
James Peters Oct 07, 2021

Our Community
Week in Review
Week in Review: Week of May 11, 2026
May 16, 2026

Art of Gardening
Art of Gardening: Bearing Strawberries
TWO & OUT
PETERS: City needs to rethink its communication strategy around incidents like this week's water main break
May 15, 2026
Looped In
LOOPED IN WITH NIKKI OMEN: May 14, 2026
May 15, 2026

Art of Gardening
Art of Gardening: Perfect Patio Plants
SOUND OFF
SOUND OFF: Preserving local theatres
May 13, 2026
Sound Off
SOUND OFF: Approach to teaching - examining the meaning of being human
May 13, 2026