Author Archives: James Peters

KAMLOOPS - At its regular Board meeting held Thursday (July 15), the Thompson-Nicola Regional District Board of Directors unanimously passed a motion to ask the Government of British Columbia to decla...

TK'EMLUPS - Nearly two months since the initial announcement of 215 burial sites detected on the grounds of the former Kamloops Indian Residential School, Tk'emlps te Secwpemc (TteS) provided an updat...

I WAS A BIT SURPRISED when I saw the NDP use their Sound Off column space last week to tout their pandemic Restart Plan while much of the province was on fire. Then again, perhaps I shouldn't be surpr...

VANCOUVER - British Columbia says it's bringing in a new policy that will expand access to safer prescription drugs for people at risk of overdose and death from toxic substances, without expecting th...

KAMLOOPS - NOTE: This story has been updated here. Tk'emlups te Secwepemc is announcing details of its study into the unmarked graves near the former Kamloops Indian Residential School. WATCH: (Video ...

KAMLOOPS - UPDATE: RCMP say Norma Riba has been found safe and sound.

KAMLOOPS - UPDATE: Power has been restored. EARLIER: B.C. Hydro is reporting a large power outage in Kamloops. According to the Crown corporation's outage map, the outage was first reported at about 3...

100 MILE HOUSE, B.C. - The District of 100 Mile House is now under evacuation alert due to the encroaching Flat Lake wildfire. Mayor Mitch Campsall announced the alert late Wednesday morning (July 14)...

KAMLOOPS - An evacuation alert was issued by the Thompson-Nicola Regional District (TNRD) Emergency Operations Centre in Kamloops Wednesday (July 14) morning. The alert was issued to 199 properties in...

KAMLOOPS - A fire on 1214 Columbia Street that took Kamloops Fire Rescue (KFR) crews hours to extinguish on Friday (July 10) has a determined cause.Chief Fire Prevention Officer Dean Olstad said the c...