Author Archives: James Peters

RAW VIDEO: Bobcat meanders down North Shore street
KAMLOOPS - Is it a bobcat? Is it a lynx? It's hard to tell from the video, but we know it's certainly a rare sight on the Kamloops North Shore. Erin Henderson posted a video of the cat strolling throu...
James Peters Oct 26, 2020

PM says budget update won't have fiscal anchor, suggests one coming after crisis over
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says the government's promised update on the health of its finances won't have a specific anchor to keep spending from spiralling out of control.He says official...
James Peters Oct 26, 2020

UPDATE: Trans Canada reopened after incident east of Salmon Arm
KAMLOOPS - UPDATE: The highway has re-opened, according to Drive BC. EARLIER: The Trans Canada highway has been closed in both directions east of Salmon Arm. According to Drive BC, emergency officials...
James Peters Oct 26, 2020

BC Election 2020: Interactive Results Tracker
NOTE about mail-in ballots: Due to the anticipated number of mail-in ballots, the election night vote count will not be complete. We will continue to publish updated riding results as available until ...
James Peters Oct 24, 2020

B.C. sees 223 new COVID-19 cases; outbreak at Kelowna school grows
VICTORIA - B.C. has eclipsed 200 COVID-19 for the third consecutive day. In a news release, Provincial Health Officer Dr. Bonnie Henry says there have been 223 new cases of COVID-19 recorded Friday (O...
James Peters Oct 23, 2020

Leaders makes last-day pitch for votes in British Columbia
NEW WESTMINSTER, B.C. - NDP Leader John Horgan made a final push for votes Friday in a British Columbia election he called critically important and unprecedented.Horgan was in New Westminster appealin...
James Peters Oct 23, 2020

B.C. snap election coloured by pandemic recovery, candidate gaffes
VANCOUVER - Voters go to the polls Saturday to determine who will lead British Columbia through the COVID-19 pandemic and recovery, marking the end of a campaign unlike any in the province's recent hi...
James Peters Oct 23, 2020

Elections BC aiming for Nov. 16 to return final results
VICTORIA - Officials with Elections BC say they hope to deliver the final results of Saturday's election by Nov. 16, but the date is not set in stone since it's unclear how much extra time it will tak...
James Peters Oct 23, 2020

Assumed-to-be-dead bald eagle resurrects in back seat of Cariboo driver's car
100 MILE HOUSE, B.C. - A Cariboo good Samaritan may just have helped save the life of an eagle on Wednesday (Oct.21).A driver was heading north on Highway 97 near 100 Mile House when he came across wh...
James Peters Oct 23, 2020

1.1 million British Columbians have already voted: Elections B.C.
VICTORIA - Elections B.C. says it is already in possession of more than 1.1 million votes ahead of Saturday's (Oct. 24) provincial election.The latest figures show the agency has received about 478,90...
James Peters Oct 23, 2020

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