Author Archives: James Peters

SOUND OFF: Budget consultation is your chance to shape B.C.'s recovery
THE SELECT STANDING COMMITTEE ON FINANCE AND GOVERNMENT SERVICES, made up of MLAs from government and opposition, is in the process of seeking public input about what should be in the 2022 Provincial ...
James Peters Sep 22, 2021 Image Credit: BC NDP

Are you surprised by the outcome of the federal election?
James Peters Sep 21, 2021 Image Credit: The Canadian Press

Pregnant, breastfeeding women encouraged to get vaccinated against COVID
VICTORIA - British Columbia's top doctor is encouraging people who are pregnant, planning to get pregnant or breastfeeding to get vaccinated against COVID-19. Dr. Bonnie Henry says 40 pregnant women h...
James Peters Sep 21, 2021

Schools in Salmon Arm, B.C., maintain some safety measures after anti-vax protest
SALMON ARM, B.C. - The main doors of many public schools in Salmon Arm, B.C., will remain locked Tuesday but the school district says it has lifted "hold and secure" measures in place since a disturbi...
James Peters Sep 21, 2021

Conservatives keep Nicola and Shuswap ridings; Albas and Arnold re-elected
KAMLOOPS - The Conservative Party of Canada (CPC) retained the Central Okanagan-Similkameen-Nicola and North Okanagan-Shuswap ridings. The Canadian Press projects that Dan Albas in Central Okanagan-Si...
James Peters Sep 20, 2021

Ballot count underway across the country as federal election polls close in B.C.
VANCOUVER - Polls have closed in British Columbia and Yukon, marking the end of voting across the country. Yukon's chief medical health officer Dr. Brendan Hanley is on leave to run for the Liberals t...
James Peters Sep 20, 2021

Kamloops-Thompson-Cariboo voters have until 7:00 p.m. to cast a ballot in the 2021 federal election
KAMLOOPS - Monday (Sept. 20) is the final day to vote in the 2021 federal election and polling stations around the Kamloops-Thompson-Cariboo riding have seen a steady flow of voters coming through the...
James Peters Sep 20, 2021

Active COVID-19 cases decrease in B.C. and Interior Health; provincial hospitalizations rise
KAMLOOPS - Interior Health is continuing to account for a smaller percentage of B.C.'s new COVID-19 cases.Between Sept. 17 and 20, the province is reporting 1,692 new cases of COVID-19 - an average of...
James Peters Sep 20, 2021

New COVID-19 outbreak with four cases found at Overlander Seniors Care in Kamloops
KAMLOOPS - A third Kamloops care facility is now dealing with a COVID-19 outbreak.Interior Health says two staff and two patients at Overlander Seniors Centre in Brocklehurst have tested positive for ...
James Peters Sep 20, 2021

TRACKER: Decision 2021 election results
James Peters Sep 20, 2021

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