Author Archives: James Peters
Nearly $40,000 in firefighting equipment stolen near Merritt
MERRITT, B.C. - Tens of thousands of dollars in firefighting equipment was stolen near Nicola Lake last week.As many as three fire pumps and associated accessories, including a wagon full of nozzles a...
Feb 08, 2021
Ottawa lays out criteria for quarantine hotels as it inches toward new travel rule
OTTAWA - The Public Health Agency of Canada has listed its criteria for hotels seeking to participate in the mandatory three-day quarantine for returning travellers. The conditions posted online put t...
Feb 08, 2021
Another 465 cases of COVID-19 in B.C. Thursday; 54 in Interior Health
VICTORIA - B.C. has found 465 new cases of COVID-19 Thursday (Feb. 4), including 54 within Interior Health. The 465 cases bring the B.C. total to 69,245, spread out as follows: 15,934 - Vancouver Coas...
Feb 04, 2021
B.C. strengthens mask rules for middle, high school students and K-12 staff
VICTORIA - British Columbia is expanding mask requirements in its school system. Education Minister Jennifer Whiteside says students in middle and secondary school and staff for kindergarten through G...
Feb 04, 2021
Worker's body recovered after fatal mud-rush incident at New Afton Mine
KAMLOOPS - The body of the man who died in a mud-rush incident at the New Afton Mine has been recovered. Contractor driller Ray Rosenberg has been identified by family as the victim of the incident, w...
Feb 04, 2021
Four-term Kamloops-Thompson-Cariboo MP McLeod announces she will not seek re-election
KAMLOOPS - The four-term MP for Kamloops-Thompson-Cariboo has announced she will not seek a fifth.WATCH (Video Credit: Twitter / Cathy McLeod)In a video posted to social media Thursday morning (Feb. 4...
Feb 04, 2021
BCCDC update shows 117 COVID-19 cases in Kamloops last week, high spread rates in Merritt, Cariboo
KAMLOOPS - The latest COVID-19 data broken down by community in B.C. shows a high level of spread continuing in the Kamloops area. The Local Health Area (LHA) map provided by the B.C. Centre for Disea...
Feb 03, 2021
Sixteen more COVID-19 deaths, 414 new cases recorded in B.C.
VICTORIA - The COVID-19 pandemic has torn another deadly swath through B.C. Wednesday. In a prepared statement, Provincial Health Officer Dr. Bonnie Henry says 16 more people died of the virus through...
Feb 03, 2021
Royal Inland COVID-19 outbreak grows by five; Westsyde group home outbreak still growing
KAMLOOPS - Interior Health has updated totals for three ongoing COVID-19 outbreaks in Kamloops.Royal Inland Hospital's outbreak has grown by five cases Wednesday (Feb. 3) to 91 cases, including 32 pat...
Feb 03, 2021
B.C. COVID-19 case count grows by 429; 51 new cases in Interior Health
VICTORIA - B.C. is reporting another 429 cases of COVID-19 Tuesday (Feb. 2), including 51 cases within Interior Health. The new totals come in an update prepared by Provincial Health Officer Dr. Bonni...
Feb 02, 2021
