Author Archives: James Peters

B.C. Liberals to set leadership vote no later than next February, says party
VANCOUVER - British Columbia's Liberals say the party will elect a new leader no later than next February. Acting party president Don Silversides says in a statement the process to set the rules for a...
James Peters Feb 17, 2021

Snowpack totals near normal; River Forecast Centre predicting high flows through Nicola Lake
VICTORIA - The BC River Forecast Centre has released the latest snowpack figures for the region, calculated on February 1, 2021.The figures show both the North and South Thompson basins nearly right o...
James Peters Feb 17, 2021

RCMP release suspect photos in Sahali armed bank robbery
KAMLOOPS - Kamloops RCMP have released photos of the suspect in Tuesday's (Feb. 16) bank robbery in Sahali.CFJC Today has learned the financial institution that was hit was Canadian Western Bank at 12...
James Peters Feb 17, 2021

COVID-19 outbreak at Cariboo Memorial Hospital in Williams Lake over
WILLIAMS LAKE, B.C. - Interior Health (IH) has deemed a COVID-19 outbreak at Cariboo Memorial Hospital in Williams Lake officially over.The outbreak was declared on January 13. In just a few days, it ...
James Peters Feb 17, 2021

Petition launched to keep convicted murderer in jail
KAMLOOPS - An online petition has been launched in an attempt to keep David Shearing, who goes by the name of Ennis today, behind bars. The man convicted of killing six members of the Johnson and Bent...
James Peters Feb 17, 2021

Would proposed federal legislation which would ban some firearms make you feel safer?
James Peters Feb 16, 2021 Image Credit: Boonchuay Iamsumang / Dreamstime.com

Royal Inland Hospital COVID-19 outbreak stable; three other Kamloops outbreaks grow
KAMLOOPS - Interior Health (IH) says three of the four active COVID-19 outbreaks in Kamloops grew marginally over the long weekend, the largest stayed stable.In an email update, IH says the Royal Inla...
James Peters Feb 16, 2021

Federal firearms legislation would allow Kamloops and other cities to ban handguns
KAMLOOPS - The federal government's newly tabled legislation to allow municipalities to ban handguns through bylaw services is being met with mixed reviews. Under Bill C-21, city bylaws could restrict...
James Peters Feb 16, 2021

Kamloops residents delay travel plans with more restrictions coming
KAMLOOPS - Travel is not recommended in Canada and, with new travel restrictions going into effect next week, the federal government is making it more difficult to plan a trip. In addition to requirin...
James Peters Feb 16, 2021

B.C. averages 383 new COVID-19 cases per day over long weekend, just 23 per day in Interior Health
VICTORIA - B.C. has come out of the long weekend with fewer active cases of COVID-19, and slowed spread within Interior Health. In a media briefing Tuesday (Feb. 16), Provincial Health Officer Dr. Bon...
James Peters Feb 16, 2021

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