Author Archives: James Peters
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...
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...
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...
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 ...
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...
Jan 08, 2021
American living in Kamloops saddened by U.S. Capitol breach
KAMLOOPS - "I was hopeful going into 2021 and I'm a little upset that I was robbed of this peaceful start of 2021." Lesra Martin says he is saddened by the events that unfolded in the United States Ca...
Jan 07, 2021
RCMP seek suspect in Sahali bear spray robbery
KAMLOOPS - RCMP are looking for tips after a robbery at a Sahali store Tuesday evening (Jan. 5).According to a release, a man walked into a store in the 500-block of Notre Dame Drive at about 6:36 p.m...
Jan 07, 2021
Drug probe brings RCMP Emergency Response Team to Valleyview
KAMLOOPS - UPDATE: The heavy police presence has dispersed. RCMP plan to release more information either later Thursday (Jan. 7) or tomorrow. EARLIER: Kamloops RCMP say a heavy presence in Valleyview ...
Jan 07, 2021
COVID-19 case at Kamloops Seniors Village
KAMLOOPS - It's not considered an outbreak, but officials at Kamloops Seniors Village on Hugh Allan Drive say a staff member has tested positive for COVID-19. A message from Manager Lisa Robitaille th...
Jan 07, 2021
Kamloops sees large COVID-19 spike with 68 new cases last week
KAMLOOPS - Kamloops has experienced an alarming jump in the number of COVID-19 cases recorded over the past week. According to the latest data from the B.C. Centre for Disease Control (BCCDC) publishe...
Jan 06, 2021
