Author Archives: James Peters
Man who shot Kamloops Mountie six times gains statutory release
KAMLOOPS - A Kamloops man has been released after serving more than eight years in prison for the 2014 shooting of an RCMP officer in Batchelor Heights. As of October 24, 47-year-old Kenneth Knutson g...
James Peters Nov 18, 2025
Affordable seniors housing project in Ashcroft gets boost from federal and provincial funding
ASHCROFT, B.C. - Seniors in Ashcroft are expected to soon have more affordable rental options to call home. The federal and B.C. governments announced nearly $887,000 in joint funding will go toward b...
James Peters Nov 18, 2025

Will you do the majority of your holiday shopping in person or will you shop online?
James Peters Nov 17, 2025 File Photo (Image Credit: CFJC Today)
COLLINS: Prime minister makes his choice
PRIME MINISTER MARK CARNEY has clearly decided which basket to put his eggs in. He hasn't put them all in the same basket, so he has not totally abandoned the old cliche, but his announcements today a...
James Peters Nov 13, 2025
Workplace investigation report mailed to Kamloops mayor, turned over to attorney general ordered destroyed
KAMLOOPS - BC's attorney general has won her bid to have a confidential workplace report received by Kamloops Mayor Reid Hamer-Jackson destroyed. The City of Kamloops commissioned an investigation in ...
James Peters Nov 12, 2025
Annual Kamloops business survey shows crime loss, prevention costs nearing $2M in 2025
KAMLOOPS - The latest crime impact report compiled by the Kamloops business community shows losses from crime have already exceeded $1 million this year. The data is contained in the 2025 Impacts from...
James Peters Nov 12, 2025
Kamloops MP Caputo 'not losing sleep' over loss of two MPs
KAMLOOPS - The month of November has been shaky for the federal Conservative Party caucus as it faces the reality of a shrinking MP base. It started with Nova Scotia MP Chris D'Entremont crossing the ...
James Peters Nov 12, 2025
June 2026 trial date set for Kamloops man accused of killing his mother in 2023
KAMLOOPS - A trial date has been set for a Kamloops man charged in the 2023 killing of his mother.Jo-Anne Donovan, 57, was reported missing on March 13, 2023. Her son, Brandon Donovan, appealed public...
James Peters Nov 12, 2025
TRU president says unsanctioned residential school denialist event unwelcome on campus
KAMLOOPS - An event planned for the Thompson Rivers University campus Wednesday (Nov. 12) has been declared unsanctioned and unwelcome by the school's president.A poster circulating on social media pr...
James Peters Nov 11, 2025

Have you received your seasonal flu vaccination?
James Peters Nov 10, 2025 File Photo (Image Credit: CFJC Today)

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