Author Archives: James Peters
New Brunswick MP Jenica Atwin set to cross floor from Greens to Liberals
OTTAWA - Two sources say New Brunswick MP Jenica Atwin is set to join the Liberal caucus, leaving the Greens with just two lawmakers in the House of Commons. The move comes amid internal rifts in the ...
Jun 10, 2021
Privacy watchdog says RCMP's use of facial-recognition tool broke law
OTTAWA - The RCMP broke the law by using cutting-edge facial-recognition software to collect personal information, the federal privacy watchdog has found. In a report Thursday, privacy commissioner Da...
Jun 10, 2021
Former administrator at Kamloops residential school says change started with First Nations pushing back in 1960s
KAMLOOPS - Residential schools operated in Canada for more than 100 years with the last one closing in 1996. During most of that time, they were run by the federal government, and by extension Christi...
Jun 09, 2021
B.C. COVID-19 caseload drops below 2,000; 148 new cases found Wednesday
VICTORIA - B.C. has recorded another 148 cases of COVID-19, but its active caseload has dropped below 2,000 for the first time in months. Figures reported by Provincial Health Officer Dr. Bonnie Henry...
Jun 09, 2021
One person believed dead after house fire ignites on Hook Road
KAMLOOPS - Kamloops RCMP say one person is suspected to have died last night (June 8) after a large house fire ignited along Hook Road east of Kamloops. Kamloops RCMP Media Relations Officer Cst. Crys...
Jun 09, 2021
Settlement reached on residential school 'day scholars' class-action lawsuit
OTTAWA - A settlement has been reached in a class-action lawsuit against the federal government involving hundreds of First Nations people left out of residential-school compensation. The lawsuit was ...
Jun 09, 2021
Large fire burns home east of Kamloops
KAMLOOPS - There was a major house fire along Hook Road just east of Kamloops Tuesday night (June 8). The Pritchard Volunteer Fire Department was called out to the blaze which was clearly visible from...
Jun 09, 2021
Former West Victoria Street security guard involved in assault hoping to return to protecting streets
KAMLOOPS - Rick Eldridge hopes to be protecting the streets of West Victoria Street again soon. It's been three months without a job after a video surfaced of Eldridge assaulting a street person. "It'...
Jun 08, 2021
Métis Nation BC advocates for acknowledgment and education on residential school system impacts
TK'EMLUPS - Out of the recent discovery of more than 200 burial sites at the former Kamloops Indian Residential School grounds, B.C.'s Mtis people are advocating for continued education about the scho...
Jun 08, 2021
Fort St. John man charged with five counts of attempted murder in Merritt shootout
MERRITT, B.C. - A Fort St. John man has now been charged in relation to a police-involved shooting that occurred in Merritt earlier this week.On June 7, the BC Prosecution Service approved charges aga...
Jun 08, 2021
