Author Archives: James Peters
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 9, 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 9, 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 9, 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 9, 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 8, 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 8, 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 8, 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 8, 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 8, 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 8, 2021
