Author Archives: James Peters
SOUND OFF: Request for more information after COVID-19 Recovery Benefit application raises questions
IT HAS COME TO MY ATTENTION that a large number of applicants to the recently-implemented BC COVID-19 Recovery Benefit have received, in addition to the application confirmation email, a follow-up ema...
Dec 21, 2020
B.C. records 1,667 new COVID-19 cases over three days; deaths more than double in Interior
VICTORIA - Provincial Health Officer Dr. Bonnie Henry says it is good news that B.C.'s COVID-19 curve is levelling. But Henry notes that plateau is taking place at a very high level. Henry reported a ...
Dec 21, 2020
Which would you prefer, a white Christmas or a green Christmas?
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Police watchdog to investigate after man injured in weekend theft incident on Kamloops North Shore
KAMLOOPS - The Independent Investigations Office of BC (IIO) is taking over the probe into a police incident on the Kamloops North Shore Saturday evening (Dec. 19).According to an IIO news release, th...
Dec 21, 2020
Kamloops Code Blue says province will review effluent from Ajax site
KAMLOOPS - Kamloops environmental groups are claiming victory after their efforts to increase scrutiny on the Ajax mine site proved fruitful.In a news release, Kamloops Code Blue - which is comprised ...
Dec 21, 2020
Lockdown to begin for all of Ontario on Boxing Day
TORONTO - All of Ontario will go into lockdown on Boxing Day as the province tries to bring soaring COVID-19 cases under control.The lockdown will remain in place for southern Ontario until Jan. 23, b...
Dec 21, 2020
With 153 overdose deaths in November, B.C. on the verge of a record year
VICTORIA - B.C. recorded 153 more deaths by illicit drug overdose in November, making it a certainty 2020 will be the province's deadliest year from drug overdoses on record.There have been 1,548 illi...
Dec 21, 2020
B.C. records 624 new COVID-19 cases Friday, including 60 in Interior
VICTORIA - Public health officials are reporting another 624 cases of COVID-19 in B.C. Friday (Dec. 18), including 60 within Interior Health. The new cases raise the provincial total to 45,400 since t...
Dec 18, 2020
B.C. sees 673 new COVID-19 cases, 21 more deaths, 66 more cases in Interior
VICTORIA - B.C. is reporting 673 new cases of COVID-19, including 66 within Interior Health. In her briefing Thursday (Dec. 17), Provincial Health Officer Dr. Bonnie Henry said that raises the total o...
Dec 17, 2020
Twenty-one new COVID-19 cases found in Kamloops last week, down slightly from previous week
KAMLOOPS - The latest weekly numbers from the B.C. Centre for Disease Control show slightly less spread of COVID-19 in Kamloops. The update to Local Health Area (LHA) spread is for the week of Decembe...
Dec 17, 2020
