Author Archives: James Peters
With seven more in October, Kamloops sets new annual record for overdose deaths
KAMLOOPS - Kamloops has set a new record for overdose deaths in a year.In new data released Wednesday (Nov. 25), the B.C. Coroners Service says Kamloops recorded seven more deaths due to drug toxicity...
Nov 25, 2020
B.C. Liberals name legislator Shirley Bond as interim party leader
VICTORIA - Longtime legislature member Shirley Bond will serve as the B.C. Liberal party's interim leader after Andrew Wilkinson's resignation on Saturday. Bond has been a member of the legislature si...
Nov 23, 2020
Do you think Dr. Bonnie Henry's expanded regulations regarding COVID-19 are too weak, just right, or too strong?
Nov 23, 2020 Health Minister Adrian Dix and Chief Provincial Health Officer Dr. Bonnie Henry provide an update on COVID-19 on November 19, 2020 (Image Credit: BC Gov / Flickr)
WestJet flight to Kamloops flagged for COVID-19 exposure
KAMLOOPS - Another flight that recently landed in the Kamloops area has been flagged by the BC Centre for Disease Control for a COVID-19 exposure. According to the BC CDC's virus exposure list, WestJe...
Nov 23, 2020
Ten more dead from COVID-19 Friday; 516 more cases throughout B.C.
VICTORIA - Health officials in B.C. are reporting 516 new cases of COVID-19 Friday (Nov. 20), including 31 in Interior Health. The new cases bring the B.C. total to 25,474, spread through the province...
Nov 20, 2020
Merritt RCMP arrest 16 people in illegal pot bust
MERRITT, B.C. - The bust of a cannabis operation in Merritt has led to the arrests of 16 people. According to a news release from Merritt RCMP, officers moved in on a rural property outside of the cit...
Nov 20, 2020
Kamloops man fined $3,000 after going all-in on COVID-19-unsafe poker game
KAMLOOPS - An Aberdeen homeowner may have been winning his card game - but lost his shirt when Kamloops RCMP arrived. At about 1:00 a.m. Friday (Nov. 20), RCMP were tipped off to an illegal poker game...
Nov 20, 2020
PETERS: No, the cure for COVID-19 is not worse than the disease
DR. BONNIE HENRY HAS SPENT about nine months in the middle of an impossible struggle.On the one side, she is being tugged by those who believe her actions to stop the COVID-19 pandemic have not gone f...
Nov 20, 2020
VIDEO: IIO to probe violent RCMP takedown in Williams Lake after witness video goes viral
KAMLOOPS - The Independent Investigations Office (IIO) has launched a probe into the violent arrest of a suspected dangerous driver in Williams Lake.On October 25, a man was reported driving dangerous...
Nov 20, 2020
Serious crash closes southbound Coquihalla near Inks Lake
KAMLOOPS - UPDATE: Traffic is getting through but congestion is expected at this spot. EARLIER: A serious two-vehicle crash has closed the southbound lanes of the Coquihalla Highway near Inks Lake. Th...
Nov 19, 2020
