Author Archives: James Peters
B.C.'s top doctor 'thankful' as court ruling upholds public health orders
VANCOUVER - British Columbia's top doctor says she is thankful a petition challenging her COVID-19 orders in B.C. Supreme Court has been dismissed. Provincial health officer Dr. Bonnie Henry says in a...
Mar 19, 2021
Heroes of the Pandemic
It's been one year since the World Health Organization declared COVID-19 a global pandemic. There have been two-and-a-half million deaths worldwide. Case counts are at 120 million around the globe. Th...
Mar 19, 2021
Supreme Court to rule on whether carbon tax is constitutional next week
OTTAWA - The Supreme Court of Canada says it will issue its ruling on the fate of the national carbon tax next week. The court decision expected Thursday will determine the fate of the central pillar ...
Mar 19, 2021
Canadian detained in China tried on spy charges, but no verdict announced
OTTAWA - China held a brief trial Friday for one of two Canadians detained for more than two years in apparent retaliation for Canada's arrest of a senior Chinese telecom executive. Canada said its co...
Mar 19, 2021
VIDEO: Watch Kamloops Fire Rescue personnel cut open a car to extract a 'patient'
KAMLOOPS - Many people destroy vehicles on the job, but few are encouraged to do it just right. Kamloops Fire Rescue (KFR) personnel are some of the lucky few. They have to destroy vehicles in order t...
Mar 18, 2021
B.C. records 622 new COVID-19 cases, finds 136 variant cases
VICTORIA - B.C. has recorded 622 new cases of COVID-19 Thursday (Mar. 18) and has identified 136 new cases as variants of concern. The new totals were included in an update prepared by Provincial Heal...
Mar 18, 2021
Tsilhqot'in call on B.C., Canada to recognize Indigenous jurisdiction amid COVID-19
WILLIAMS LAKE, B.C. - A British Columbia First Nation that won a landmark case establishing rights and title to its territory is calling on the provincial and federal governments to recognize its inhe...
Mar 18, 2021
B.C. auto insurance rebate cheques delayed after 'criminal' cyberattack: minister
VICTORIA - The minister responsible for British Columbia's public auto insurance agency says a "criminal" cyberattack will delay COVID-19 rebate cheques that were supposed to be in the mail this week....
Mar 18, 2021
CHARBONNEAU: Agreement with Wet’suwet’en hereditary chiefs was either crafty or naive
OVER A YEAR AGO, governments rid themselves of a political problem and passed it on to the Wet'suwet'en people of B.C.'s northern interior. Governments had to "do something" when protesters in support...
Mar 18, 2021
Unlikely friendship formed on Kamloops bus route a highlight of Transit Driver Appreciation Day
KAMLOOPS - Thursday (Mar. 18) is Transit Driver Appreciation Day across B.C. For riders, transit drivers are integral for folks getting to and from work, school, important appointments and around thei...
Mar 18, 2021
