Author Archives: James Peters

KAMLOOPS - Interior Health has identified a fourth COVID-19 outbreak in Kamloops. The latest outbreak, which IH revealed in news release Tuesday (Feb. 9), is at a Brocklehurst group home. The group ho...

KAMLOOPS - The B.C. Nurses Union says health authorities in the province need to re-evaluate the duties of over-worked nurses and make sure they're equipped to keep working safely. As they work throug...

VICTORIA - B.C. has found another 1,236 cases of COVID-19 over the past three days, but there are positive signs in the indicators of active cases and hospitalizations. In a news conference, Provincia...

KAMLOOPS - A gun seizure executed near Nelson last week had its origins with a Kamloops RCMP investigation. In a news release, Cst. Crystal Evelyn says a Kamloops man arrested in November was in posse...

TK'EMLUPS - Acting Tk'emlups Chief Justin Gottfriedson and council are warning the public about increasing spread of COVID-19 in the community. In a memo to Tk'emlups te Secwepemc members, Gottfriedso...

SOME OF MY DEAREST early childhood memories have to do with my maternal grandparents who lived in a separate suite in the home I grew up in. My grandmother passed away when I was six and my grandfathe...

KAMLOOPS - A report of a robbery involving a suspected firearm led to a large police presence in the Ord Road area earlier Monday morning (Feb. 8). Kamloops RCMP responded to a report early on Monday ...

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...

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...