Author Archives: James Peters
UPDATE: Two seriously injured in Highway 5 collision near Little Fort
LITTLE FORT, B.C. - UPDATE (2:15 p.m.): RCMP say two people were seriously injured in a crash between a car and a commercial vehicle near Little Fort. Cpl. Mike Halskov of B.C. Highway Patrol says the...
Jun 24, 2021
CP NewsAlert: 751 unmarked graves at Saskatchewan residential school: First Nation
COWESSESS FIRST NATION - A Saskatchewan First Nation says it has found 751 unmarked graves at the site of a former residential school. The Cowessess First Nation says ground-penetrating radar recently...
Jun 24, 2021
Kamloops COVID-19 case count down to ten last week; dramatic decline in Central Okanagan
KAMLOOPS - The latest breakdown of COVID-19 cases by Local Health Area (LHA) shows Kamloops cases continue to decline. The map from the B.C. Centre for Disease Control (BCCDC) for the week of June 13 ...
Jun 23, 2021
B.C. sees 87 new cases of COVID-19, nearly half in Interior Health
VICTORIA - Nearly one quarter of B.C. adults are fully vaccinated against COVID-19. Provincial Health Officer Dr. Bonnie Henry and Health Minister Adrian Dix stated on Wednesday (June 23) that 24.3 pe...
Jun 23, 2021
MPs Albas, McLeod vote counter to Tory majority on conversion therapy ban
OTTAWA - On Tuesday (June 22), MPs in Ottawa voted 263-63 in favour of third reading of Bill C-6.According to the government of Canada Bill C-6 is described as;Bill C-6 would amend the Criminal Code t...
Jun 23, 2021
VIDEO: School District unveils new state-of-the-art Parkcrest Elementary
KAMLOOPS - When students return to Parkcrest Elementary in September 2024, they will be in the most state-of-the-art school in Kamloops. At a price tag of $34.8 million, the school will measure 46,500...
Jun 22, 2021
Fifty-six new COVID-19 cases found in B.C.; 1.1M British Columbians now fully vaccinated
PRINCE GEORGE, B.C. - The province says more than one-million British Columbians are now fully vaccinated against COVID-19. Speaking from Prince George Tuesday (June 22), where she is meeting with pub...
Jun 22, 2021
Tobiano-area wildfire caused by burning vehicle now under control
TOBIANO, B.C. - A vehicle fire that spread to nearby brush near Tobiano Tuesday just before noon (June 22) has been brought under control. The vehicle went up in flames on the shoulder of the Trans Ca...
Jun 22, 2021
Missing White Rock man might be driving to Kamloops
KAMLOOPS - RCMP are requesting the public's assistance in locating a missing White Rock resident who may be driving to Kamloops.Williams Henry Rawlison, 82, was last seen June 20, 2021. He's a 5'10", ...
Jun 22, 2021
TRU fire ecology researcher looks to include historical context, First Nations perspectives into wildfire project
KAMLOOPS - Forest fires are commonplace in the B.C. Interior. You don't have to look back far to see what kind of impact they've had on Interior forests. The 2003 fires raged through the North Thompso...
Jun 22, 2021
