Author Archives: James Peters
NorKam Secondary added to IH's COVID-19 exposure list
KAMLOOPS - There are four active potential COVID-19 exposure events in SD73.NorKam Secondary had a potential exposure on May 25 and 26. It joined Sa-Hali Secondary (May 17 to 19), Beattie Elementary (...
May 31, 2021
ROTHENBURGER: Discovery of gravesites highlights the tragedy of Indian residential schools
THE GRIM DISCOVERY of the apparent gravesites of 215 children will undoubtedly change some thinking about what went on at the Kamloops Indian Residential School in the almost 90 years it operated. The...
May 29, 2021
B.C. records 317 new COVID-19 cases; 60 found in Interior Health
VICTORIA - B.C. recorded 317 new cases of COVID-19 Friday (May 28), including 60 within Interior Health. The total are contained in an update prepared by Provincial Health Officer Dr. Bonnie Henry. Ov...
May 28, 2021
COVID-19 exposure recorded on Kamloops flights
KAMLOOPS - The B.C. Centre for Disease Control is alerting Kamloops residents to a COVID-19 exposure on a flight that touched down at Kamloops Airport, and one that originated here. The WestJet flight...
May 28, 2021
VIDEO: Kamloops residents impacted by Italian-Canadian internment appreciate official apology
KAMLOOPS - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau issued an apology Thursday morning (May 27) for wrongdoing against Italian-Canadians during the Second World War. Tens of thousands of Italian-Canadians were l...
May 27, 2021
RCMP looking for Alexis Creek murder suspect
WILLIAMS LAKE, B.C. - RCMP in Williams Lake are looking for a murder suspect on the lam. Kyle Gilpin is facing a charge of second degree murder in the October, 2018 killing of a man in Redstone, west ...
May 27, 2021
Tk'emlups confirms bodies of 215 children buried at former Kamloops Indian Residential School site
TK'EMLUPS TE SECWEPEMC - The chief of the Tk'emlps te Secwpemc calls the discovery "unthinkable". The band confirmed Thursday (May 27) it has found the remains of 215 children buried on the site of th...
May 27, 2021
B.C. sees 378 COVID-19 cases; interval between vaccine doses shortened for Pfizer, Moderna
VANCOUVER - B.C. is shortening the interval between first and second doses of COVID-19 vaccine for those who participated in the province's age-based vaccination program. In a news conference Thursday...
May 27, 2021
Capitol rally planned over death of man in police custody
NEW ORLEANS (AP) - Louisiana State Police troopers involved in the violent arrest of a Black motorist who died in police custody in 2019 should be fired and arrested, leaders of the National Urban Lea...
May 27, 2021
Military deployed to Manitoba to help province hard hit by COVID-19 infections
Members of the military are being deployed to Manitoba where surging COVID-19 cases have overwhelmed the health-care system while all provinces are being urged to use up doses of the AstraZeneca vacci...
May 27, 2021
