Author Archives: James Peters
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
VIDEO: Mountain biker, young bear surprise each other on Kamloops-area trail
KAMLOOPS - A Kamloops Bike Riders Association (KBRA) member crossed paths with two bear cubs at the bottom of the Triple Lumen Mountain Bike Trail west of Pineview Valley.The video captured on Monday ...
Jun 08, 2021
Williams Lake teens help douse small forest fire before crews arrived
WILLIAMS LAKE, B.C. - RCMP are lauding a group of Williams Lake Secondary students for helping extinguish a burgeoning forest fire last week. On Thursday morning, RCMP members were alerted to a fire s...
Jun 08, 2021 (L-R) Ethan Reid, Brenden Higginson, Ty Oviatt, Kaleb Alphonse, two responding Williams Lake RCMP members, Nathan Kendrick and Landon Brink (Image Credit: Williams Lake RCMP)
One suspect still at large after robbery, reported stabbing at Sahali business Tuesday
KAMLOOPS - Kamloops RCMP say one suspect has been arrested after a woman was reportedly robbed and stabbed at a Sahali business Tuesday morning (June 8).Mounties rushed to a business in the 1200-block...
Jun 08, 2021
Tk'emlups members begin receiving second COVID-19 vaccine doses
TK'EMLUPS - Second-dose COVID-19 vaccinations began Tuesday (June 8) for members of the Tk'emlups te Secwepemc.The clinic at Moccasin Square Gardens opened Tuesday morning, with Tuesday reserved for e...
Jun 08, 2021
Wells Gray killer asks to delay parole hearing, will request day parole
BOWDEN, ALBERTA - The family of the victims of one of B.C.'s most horrendous mass murders says the killer will be asking for day parole later this year. In 1982 near Wells Gray Provincial Park, David ...
Jun 08, 2021
RCMP swarm Sahali after armed robbery
KAMLOOPS - (NOTE: This story has been updated here.) UPDATE (9:10 a.m.) - RCMP are looking for the suspect in a Sahali armed robbery Tuesday morning (June 8). In a news release, spokesperson Cst. Crys...
Jun 08, 2021
B.C. averages 161 new cases of COVID-19 over three days; immunization up to 72 per cent of those eligible
VANCOUVER - B.C. averaged 161 new cases of COVID-19 per day over the weekend, according to provincial health officials. Deputy Provincial Health Officer Dr. Reka Gustafson included the figures in a Mo...
Jun 07, 2021
