Author Archives: James Peters

KAMLOOPS - The South Thompson region can potentially see severe thunderstorms with very strong wind gusts, intense lightning, and brief bursts of heavy rain, according to the Ministry of Environment a...

VICTORIA - Interior Health has the most COVID-19 cases of any health region in B.C. Tuesday (June 29) - but the numbers are comparatively low. In her latest report, Provincial Health Officer Dr. Bonni...

KAMLOOPS - The Ministry of Environment and Climate Change Strategy has issued a Smoky Skies Bulletin for the South Thompson region.The region is being impacted, or is likely to be impacted, by wildfir...

VICTORIA - B.C.'s government will move the province into Phase 3 of its Restart Plan on Thursday (July 1), according to government officials. That means the lifting of many restrictions put in place t...

MERRITT, B.C. - Former Chief of the Lower Nicola Indian Band Aaron Sumexheltza has announced his candidacy for the role of President of the B.C. NDP. Sumexheltza was also the NDP's candidate for MLA i...

KAMLOOPS - A road with erosion concerns is expected to see construction boots on the ground next year.During the B.C. Ministry of Transportation and Infrastructure debate on budget estimates, Minister...

KAMLOOPS - UPDATE (10:45 a.m.): The B.C. Wildfire Service now says the Sparks Lake wildfire is measured at 350 hectares after overnight growth. "The fire did see some growth overnight due to the hot a...

KAMLOOPS - UPDATE (6:30 am June 29)   With more record-breaking temperatures in store today, fire crews will be hard-pressed to fight new fires that have sprung up in the last 24 hours. The worse...

KAMLOOPS - COVID-19 transmission continued on the downtrend in B.C. on the weekend. In a briefing Monday (June 28), Provincial Health Officer Dr. Bonnie Henry reported 145 new cases of the virus over ...