Author Archives: James Peters
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
UPDATE: Missing woman found
KAMLOOPS - UPDATE: Kamloops RCMP say this person has been found.
Nov 19, 2020 File Photo (Image Credit: CFJC Today)
More pandemic protection needed for B.C. seniors as second COVID-19 wave hits: report
BURNABY, B.C. - An organization representing seniors-care providers in British Columbia has released new recommendations as a second wave of COVID-19 descends on the province. The BC Care Providers As...
Nov 19, 2020
Yet another daily record set with 762 new COVID-19 cases in B.C.; 10 more deaths
VICTORIA - In what has become a regular occurrence, B.C. has set another daily record for its COVID-19 case count. In a news release, Provincial Health Officer Dr. Bonnie Henry reports 762 new cases o...
Nov 18, 2020
