Author Archives: James Peters
Security owner comes to employee's defense after confrontation on West Victoria Street
KAMLOOPS - The owner of Lapper Security says his guard involved in an incident last Thursday, where he's seen on video kicking another person, was pushed to his breaking point after being spat at, swe...
Mar 24, 2021
B.C. finds 716 more COVID-19 cases; Interior Health count up by 38
VICTORIA - B.C.'s COVID-19 case count has grown by 716 cases Wednesday (Mar. 24), including 38 cases found in Interior Health. The figures are contained in an update prepared and distributed by Provin...
Mar 24, 2021
VIDEO: Help make Clearwater's Parker Thomas a viral star
CLEARWATER, B.C. - It's been a difficult year for all of us, but it has been particularly rough on 18-year-old Parker Thomas of Clearwater. Parker lives with Down Syndrome and, while his speech is typ...
Mar 24, 2021
Police watchdog clears Chase RCMP officer who spoke to teen moments before her suicide attempt
CHASE, B.C. - The Independent Investigations Office of B.C. (IIO) has cleared a Chase RCMP officer who spoke briefly to a teenaged girl just before she attempted to die by suicide last fall. The incid...
Mar 24, 2021
B.C. COVID-19 case count up by 682; 40 new cases in Interior Health
VICTORIA - B.C.'s COVID-19 case count has grown by 682 new cases Tuesday (Mar. 23), including 40 new cases within Interior Health. The numbers are included in an update to the B.C. Centre for Disease ...
Mar 23, 2021
Six of nine West Columbia hotels removed from City of Kamloops nuisance property list
KAMLOOPS - The City of Kamloops has removed six of nine hotel properties along Columbia Street West from the City's nuisance property list. In a news release, the City says the properties that have be...
Mar 23, 2021 Image Credit: Contributed / Mel Rothenburger
Interior Health takes over Merritt's The Florentine after 'ongoing challenges'
MERRITT, B.C. - Interior Health (IH) says it is taking over day-to-day operations of a Merritt long-term care home that recently cleared a COVID-19 outbreak.In a news release, IH says its Board of Dir...
Mar 23, 2021
Lac du Bois Road wildfire extinguished, believed to be human-caused
KAMLOOPS - A wildfire discovered north of Kamloops on Monday (March 22) has been extinguished.The Lac du Bois Road wildfire grew to 0.8 hectares before it was put out, according to Fire Information Of...
Mar 23, 2021
Distribution for Kamloops-shot 'Dangerous' sold to Lionsgate
KAMLOOPS - A star-studded movie that filmed in the Kamloops area a few months ago has some major distribution weight behind it. Dangerous, starring Scott Eastwood and Mel Gibson, has had its distribut...
Mar 23, 2021
Merritt council to consider massive development past Exit 286
MERRITT, B.C. - Merritt City Council is set to consider a massive development tonight, located at 2320 Hamilton Hill Road."The applicant is proposing to amend the Official Community Plan to change the...
Mar 23, 2021
