Author Archives: James Peters

MERRITT, B.C. - Last month, the Canada Energy Regulator approved a new route for the Trans Mountain pipeline to the south of Merritt.The previous route had been challenged by the Coldwater Indian Band...

SALMON ARM, B.C. - A man is recovering in hospital with non-life-threatening injuries after an alleged abduction north of Salmon Arm.RCMP responded Monday (Aug. 23) at 5:45 p.m. after a man was report...

KAMLOOPS - The Liberal party has selected lawyer Jesse McCormick as its candidate for the Kamloops-Thompson-Cariboo region in the Sept. 20 federal election.McCormick stepped in after the party's origi...

VANCOUVER - The BC Wildfire Service says cooler and below seasonal average temperatures have helped crews fight the blazes. Fire information officer Taylor Colman says crews are seeing between three a...

LOGAN LAKE, B.C. - The United Steelworkers Local 7619 at Highland Valley Copper will be hosting a thank-you barbecue in Logan Lake for wildland and structural firefighters and to welcome the community...

MERRITT, B.C. - Hundreds of residents whose properties surround the eastern edge of the Lytton Creek wildfire are on their way home today.Friday (Aug. 20), the Thompson-Nicola Regional District lifted...

KAMLOOPS - RCMP say a woman from Burnaby died in a head-on crash with a delivery truck just west of Kamloops Thursday (Aug. 19). In a news release, Kamloops RCMP spokesperson Cst. Crystal Evelyn says ...

KAMLOOPS - The Kamloops RCMP's Targeted Enforcement Unit (TEU) has taken down a suspected drug house on the North Shore. In a news release, spokesperson Cst. Crystal Evelyn says TEU members moved in o...

VICTORIA - The province's health ministry is reporting another 689 cases of COVID-19 in B.C. Thursday (Aug. 19) as the prospect of a fourth wave looms. Among the new cases, 278 were found in Interior ...