Author Archives: James Peters
COVID-19 outbreak declared for community of Canim Lake
CANIM LAKE, B.C. - Interior Health (IH) has declared a COVID-19 outbreak in the South Cariboo community of Canim Lake. It comes after the chief and council of the First Nations community put it on cur...
Jan 11, 2021
Shuswap woman was hit-and-run homicide victim: RCMP
MALAKWA, B.C. - RCMP in the Shuswap say a woman who died after she was found badly injured on a road in Malakwa was the victim of a hit-and-run homicide. In a release, RCMP say the 64-year-old woman h...
Jan 11, 2021
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Jan 8, 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...
Jan 8, 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 8, 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 8, 2021
