Author Archives: James Peters
Merritt's first nominee program business opens
MERRITT, B.C. - In April of 2019, the City of Merritt joined the Provincial Nominee Program (PNP), a program designed to help bring foreign entrepreneurs to BC.COVID-19 has slowed the process, but on ...
Apr 30, 2021
B.C.'s travel ban road checks could start as early as Friday
VICTORIA - The B.C. government says police have no power to engage in an arbitrary vehicle or street check as part of enforcing the provincial ban on travelling across health regions.Public Safety Min...
Apr 30, 2021
Wanted couple in Williams Lake includes woman considered missing
WILLIAMS LAKE, B.C. - RCMP in Williams Lake would like the public's help tracking down a couple - both of whom are wanted on warrants and one who has been missing for more than two weeks. In a news re...
Apr 29, 2021
COVID-19 case count grows by 853 in B.C.; 43 new cases in Interior Health
VICTORIA - The province of B.C. is reporting 853 new cases of COVID-19 Thursday (Apr. 29), including 43 within Interior Health. (Note: An earlier version of this story included different totals. It ha...
Apr 29, 2021
Family of Wells Gray mass murder victims compile statements, petition to keep killer behind bars
Warning: This story contains details that may disturb some readers. CLEARWATER, B.C. - The family of six B.C. mass murder victims has compiled a mountain of information hoping to keep the man who comm...
Apr 29, 2021
Utility pole fire leads to power outage along East Trans Canada in Kamloops
KAMLOOPS - UPDATE: B.C. Hydro says power has been restored. EARLIER: A fire on a utility pole and electric transformer has resulted in a large power outage in east Kamloops. According to B.C. Hydro, t...
Apr 29, 2021
Kamloops had 46 new COVID-19 cases last week - nearly identical to previous week
KAMLOOPS - The latest breakdown of COVID-19 cases by community shows a steady rate of new cases popping up in Kamloops. The Local Health Area (LHA) map posted by the B.C. Centre for Disease Control (B...
Apr 28, 2021
B.C. finds 841 more cases of COVID-19; hospital and ICU counts push higher into record territory
VICTORIA - B.C.'s hospitalizations and intensive care admissions from COVID-19 have pushed further into record territory, even as the daily case counts drop from earlier heights. The province is repor...
Apr 28, 2021
One in custody as RCMP probe suspicious death in home near Adams Lake
ADAMS LAKE, B.C. - A man has been arrested after the suspicious death of a woman in a home near Adams Lake.In a news release, RCMP Southeast District spokesman Cpl. Jesse O'Donaghey says Chase RCMP me...
Apr 28, 2021
Paramedics respond to single-vehicle crash on Coquihalla just outside of Kamloops
KAMLOOPS - Emergency responders are on scene of a single-vehicle crash on the Coquihalla Highway just outside of Kamloops.According to Cst. Crystal Evelyn, Tk'emlups Rural RCMP were called to scene ju...
Apr 28, 2021
