Author Archives: James Peters

Williams Lake Seniors Village says it is COVID-19-free
WILLIAMS LAKE, B.C. - Staff and residents at Williams Lake Seniors Village (WLSV) are crossing their fingers after the facility was declared free of COVID-19 Monday (Jan. 11).The declaration was poste...
James Peters Jan 11, 2021

Merritt man charged after allegedly firing shotgun at neighbour's house
MERRITT, B.C. - A Merritt man is facing charges after shots were fired during a dispute between neighbours Saturday night (Jan. 9). According to an RCMP release, members rushed to the Kane Valley sout...
James Peters Jan 11, 2021

Potential COVID-19 exposures identified at Barriere, Merritt Secondary Schools
KAMLOOPS - Interior Health is reporting a potential COVID-19 exposure at a high school in Barriere last week. IH says the potential exposure at Barriere Secondary School would have been January 4, 5 a...
James Peters Jan 11, 2021

Impaired crash critically injures driver, kills dog near Vavenby
VAVENBY, B.C. - RCMP are looking for any witnesses after a vehicle collision injured several people and killed a dog Sunday (Jan. 10) along Highway 5. Cpl. Mike Halskov says in a release police and em...
James Peters Jan 11, 2021

COVID-19 death toll grows by 18 in B.C.; 617 new cases found Friday
VICTORIA - The death toll from COVID-19 in B.C. has risen by 18. That information comes in a news release from Provincial Health Officer Dr. Bonnie Henry. There were 617 new cases of the virus found i...
James Peters Jan 08, 2021

Interior Health issues four drug alerts for Kamloops after contaminated substances found
KAMLOOPS - Interior Health (IH) has issued four separate drug alerts for Kamloops. The alerts, all issued on Friday (Jan. 8), are for four distinct substances that may contain fentanyl and benzodiazep...
James Peters Jan 08, 2021

More than five kilograms of drugs seized after Valleyview raid Thursday
KAMLOOPS - A police operation in Valleyview Thursday (Jan. 7) ended up yielding guns and a large quantities of drugs from other locations.The Kamloops RCMP Targeted Enforcement Unit (TEU) and Southeas...
James Peters Jan 08, 2021

PETERS: Despite Dr. Henry's words, we shouldn't let pandemic vacationers off the hook
WHILE AN OUT-AND-PROUD WHITE NATIONALIST was putting his feet up on Nancy Pelosi's desk this week, many Canadians of ostensibly better character were putting their feet up as well. Except instead of p...
James Peters Jan 08, 2021

Kamloops airport losing two flights a week to Calgary following WestJet cutbacks
KAMLOOPS - The operations manager at Kamloops Airport says there will be minimal impacts on flight schedules after WestJet announced a reduction of 160 domestic flights on Friday (Jan. 8). Ed Ratuski ...
James Peters Jan 08, 2021

Construction cranes at Royal Inland Hospital to come down next week
KAMLOOPS - It's a sign the $400-million Royal Inland Hospital Patient Care Tower project is moving to a new phase.Interior Health says the two massive construction cranes on the site will be dismantle...
James Peters Jan 08, 2021

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