Author Archives: James Peters

VANCOUVER - Three Indigenous organizations in British Columbia have received $1.5 million to support the mental health needs of residential school survivors and their families. The money is part of $1...

VICTORIA - B.C. has recorded more than 2,000 new COVID-19 cases over the past three days, but hospitalization and intensive care stays have declined. The totals are included in an update from B.C.'s M...

KAMLOOPS - The snow isn't flying quite yet, so there is no excuse for cyclists not to participate in the fall edition of GoByBike Week.The event goes from Monday (Sept. 27) to Oct. 10 and is meant to ...

PENTICTON, B.C. - A contingent of motorcyclists hit the pavement on Saturday morning in a charity ride to honour the legacy of a Penticton, B.C., man gunned down in Kamloops in 2019.Rex Edward Gill, 4...

VICTORIA - Eighty per cent of eligible British Columbians have now received two doses of COVID-19 vaccine.The information came as part of an update provided by the province's health ministry Friday (S...

OTTAWA - Catholic bishops in Canada are apologizing ``unequivocally'' to Indigenous Peoples for the suffering endured in residential schools, just as Pope Francis prepares to meet with Indigenous lead...

KAMLOOPS - A video recorded by a Kamloops drone enthusiast shows in vivid detail some of the devastation wrought by this year's largest wildfire in B.C.The Sparks Lake wildfire was discovered on June ...

MERRITT, B.C. - A frontline officer from the Merritt RCMP was threatened with a weapon while trying to evict an unwelcome patron at a local shelter Thursday afternoon (Sept. 24).On September 23, 2021,...

OTTAWA - The federal government ran a deficit of more than $48 billion over the first four months of its fiscal year, about $100 billion less than the treasury pumped out during the same period one ye...