Author Archives: James Peters

VICTORIA - B.C. has found 438 new cases of COVID-19 Tuesday (Mar. 2), including 16 more cases in Interior Health. The data was included in a briefing presented by Provincial Health Officer Dr. Bonnie ...

KAMLOOPS - Overlander Ski Club expected an increase in memberships and trail traffic amidst the coronavirus pandemic - just not by as much as they did.Vesta Giles, president of Overlander Ski Club, he...

VICTORIA - The B.C. Coroners Service says the first month of 2021 set a record for overdose deaths. In new totals, the service says 165 people died in the province due to illicit drug overdoses in Jan...

KAMLOOPS - Kamloops fire crews called out this morning ( March 2) to fight a blaze that destroyed one unit at the Tournament Inn Motel in Valleyview. Platoon Captain Mike Haines says crews were called...

VICTORIA - The province found 1,478 new cases of COVID-19 over the past three days, or an average of about 493 per day. The Ministry of Health says there were 532 new cases Saturday (Feb. 27), 508 on ...

KAMLOOPS - RCMP say the latest twist on email scams seen by Kamloops residents takes advantage of the public's desire for COVID-19 vaccines. In a news release, Cst. Crystal Evelyn says in one mid-Febr...

WILLIAMS LAKE, B.C. - Williams Lake RCMP are asking the public's assistance in identifying two robbery suspects. Last Saturday (Feb. 27), two men allegedly entered a convenience store, assaulted two e...

KAMLOOPS - Five more Kamloops schools and one addition Merritt school are all under watch for potential COVID-19 exposures last week.Arthur Stevenson Elementary, South Kamloops Secondary, and Valleyvi...

VICTORIA - B.C. has recorded another 521 cases of COVID-19 to end the work week, with 48 of those cases found within Interior Health. The new figures came as part of an update on the B.C. Centre for D...