Author Archives: James Peters
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
January 26 Westjet flight to Kamloops flagged for COVID-19 exposure
KAMLOOPS - For the first time in more than a month, a Kamloops flight has had a COVID-19 exposure.The B.C. Centre for Disease Control reports an exposure on Westjet Flight 3111 from Calgary to Kamloop...
Feb 02, 2021
One dead, two injured in mud rush incident at New Afton Mine near Kamloops
KAMLOOPS - One person has died in an industrial accident at the New Gold owned New Afton Mine just west of Kamloops.The company says the person was killed in a mud rush incident. Three people were inv...
Feb 02, 2021
Fifth COVID-19 exposure at Sa-Hali Secondary involves five cases, all five days last week
KAMLOOPS - Sa-Hali Secondary School has sent an email notice home to parents detailing the school's fifth COVID-19 exposure in the past two weeks. The letter from Principal Rachael Sdoutz says the exp...
Feb 01, 2021
S.D. 73, Interior Health working to limit uptick in school exposures
KAMLOOPS - There are at least eight different schools within School District 73 identified as having COVID-19 exposures. According to Interior Health, in the last two weeks Marion Schilling Elementary...
Feb 01, 2021
