Author Archives: James Peters
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 7, 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 7, 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 7, 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 7, 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 7, 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 6, 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 6, 2021
New B.C. training program for commercial truckers boosts skills, safety: ministry
VICTORIA - The British Columbia government says truck drivers will be safer and more skilled once they have completed the province's new mandatory entry-level training program. The Ministry of Transpo...
Oct 6, 2021
Trudeau says Tofino trip on National Day of Truth and Reconciliation a 'mistake'
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says he regrets the mistake of travelling to British Columbia to join his vacationing family on a day meant to honour Indigenous survivors of Canada's residentia...
Oct 6, 2021
