Author Archives: James Peters

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...

KAMLOOPS - It was an all-out smorgasbord for thieves in Kamloops last week.Kamloops RCMP say no fewer than 53 auto break-ins were reported between Sept. 13 and 19 all over the city.Another seven bicyc...

KAMLOOPS - Kamloops RCMP nabbed a pair of suspected fentanyl traffickers early Wednesday morning (Sept. 22). In a news release, spokesperson Cst. Crystal Evelyn says the bust went down at about 2:30 a...

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 ...