Author Archives: James Peters
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 ...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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....
Oct 07, 2021
Kamloops sees slight increase of weekly COVID-19 cases; larger increases in Merritt and 100 Mile House
KAMLOOPS - Many local health areas (LHA) north and west of Kamloops saw an uptick in COVID-19 cases between Sept. 26 to Oct. 2. According to the latest COVID-19 data made available by the B.C. Centre ...
Oct 06, 2021
Monte Lake community still sifting through damage as 2021 wildfire season cools down
KAMLOOPS - While the current wildfire season won't officially end until March 31, 2022, Oct. 1 is widely considered the end of wildfire season in British Columbia.Now heading into the cooler months, t...
Oct 06, 2021
