Author Archives: James Peters
Tk'emlúps calls for concrete action to follow apology made by Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops
TK'EMLUPS te SECWEPEMC - On the inaugural National Day for Truth and Reconciliation, Tk emlps te Secwpemc (TteS) is calling for action to follow a recent apology made by the Canadian Conference of Cat...
Sep 30, 2021
"A government making a little bit of noise": Residential school survivor decries B.C. mental health announcement
MERRITT, B.C. - On Monday, the BC Government announced $1.5 million to address the urgent need for culturally safe and trauma-informed mental health and wellness supports for residential school surviv...
Sep 30, 2021
Big jump in COVID-19 cases in Kamloops last week: BCCDC
KAMLOOPS - While many local health areas (LHA) in the B.C. Interior showed decreases in COVID-19 case counts last week, the same could not be said for Kamloops. According to the latest COVID-19 data m...
Sep 29, 2021
Kamloops-born artist paints 215 portraits to commemorate findings at residential school
KAMLOOPS - On Wednesday, Thompson Rivers University held an event ahead of the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation. Hundreds of students and staff attended the event outside on the Campus Common...
Sep 29, 2021
Students reflect on residential schools ahead of first truth and reconciliation holiday
KAMLOOPS - Ahead of the country's first National Day for Truth and Reconciliation on Thursday (Sept. 30), schools across the Kamloops-Thompson School District commemorated Orange Shirt Day. Ms. Nielse...
Sep 29, 2021
Missing Surrey hunter found dead near Stump Lake
MERRITT, B.C. - RCMP say a Surrey hunter reported missing in the Merritt area has been found dead.Shi Liu, 47, travelled to the Merritt area on a hunting trip last week. Friends and family called RCMP...
Sep 29, 2021
UPDATE: Seven Kamloops-area schools on Interior Health COVID-19 exposure list
KAMLOOPS - UPDATE: Interior Health added five more schools to the school COVID-19 exposure website early Wednesday afternoon for a total of seven relevant exposure events. They are St. Ann's Academy (...
Sep 29, 2021
July saw the second-highest total of overdose deaths ever in B.C.; three more deaths in Kamloops
VICTORIA - The latest statistics detailing overdose deaths in B.C. paint a picture of an opioid crisis that is going in the wrong direction.The B.C. Coroners Service says there were 184 deaths due to ...
Sep 29, 2021
COVID-19 outbreak declared at Royal Inland Hospital in Kamloops
KAMLOOPS - Interior Health (IH) has declared a COVID-19 outbreak in Royal Inland Hospital's Six North ward.The declaration was made late Tuesday (Sept. 28). In a news release, IH says there are only t...
Sep 28, 2021
Skating rink plan shelved as Kamloops council scales down Riverside Park project
KAMLOOPS - The City of Kamloops is scaling down a planned revitalization project for Riverside Park.Initially, staff had proposed a project that would see the spray park replaced, an outdoor skating r...
Sep 28, 2021
