Author Archives: James Peters

Growing up in northern Quebec, Mary Simon was taught by her grandmother to respect elders and to always be kind. Raised in a family of eight children - four brothers and four sisters - Simon experienc...

I HAVE HAD TIME TO REFLECT and will be issuing a formal apology (Tuesday) at a press event. I didn't mean my words to be insensitive at all but apparently they were to you and several others in Junipe...

DEAR DAVID TRAWIN, Mayor Ken Christian, City Council Members, I am writing you on behalf of the Juniper Ridge Community Members to express our great disappointment and disapproval of the interview giv...

KAMLOOPS - Kamloops RCMP are still searching for 71-year-old Mark Foan of Kamloops.Mark was last seen leaving a coffee shop in the 400-block of Powwow Trail in Kamloops on June 28 at approximately 10:...

KAMLOOPS - Help will arrive to B.C. a few days later than expected.B.C. Wildfire Service's (BCWS) Director of Provincial Operations Cliff Chapman said 100 out-of-province resources were expected to ar...

KAMLOOPS - After a close call with the Juniper Ridge wildfire on July 1, residents are asking the City of Kamloops to add alternative emergency routes to the neighbourhood. With Highland Road being th...

KAMLOOPS - There are 63 active wildfires in the Kamloops Fire Centre as of July 5 - including the four fires of note: Durand Lake, Lytton, McKay Creek and Sparks Lake.As the Kamloops Fire Centre exper...

PRINCE GEORGE, B.C. - The BC Liberals are calling on John Horgan and the NDP to enact a provincial state of emergency due to the raging wildfires ravaging parts of the province.Prince George-Mackenzie...

KAMLOOPS - The two Kamloops MLAs are calling on the City of Kamloops to take immediate action after a problematic evacuation of Juniper Ridge last week.As a lightning-sparked wildfire threatened the n...