Author Archives: James Peters
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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 ...
Sep 20, 2021
TRACKER: Decision 2021 election results
Sep 20, 2021
Anti-vaccine protesters enter Salmon Arm schools, prompting hold-and-secure
SALMON ARM, B.C. - Several schools in and around Salmon Arm were placed on hold-and-secure protocol Friday morning (Sept. 17) after anti-vaccination protesters went inside. In a letter published to th...
Sep 17, 2021
Eleven more COVID-19 deaths in B.C.; 768 new cases
VICTORIA - It has been another deadly day in B.C.'s fight against COVID-19. The provincial health ministry is reporting 11 more deaths from the virus Friday (Sept. 17), including five in Interior Heal...
Sep 17, 2021
