Author Archives: James Peters
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Oct 23, 2020
Thousands lose power in Chase, Shuswap areas
CHASE, B.C. - UPDATE (10:45 a.m.): B.C. Hydro says the power has been restored to the majority of customers. EARLIER: As snow falls on the southern Interior, thousands are without power east of Kamloo...
Oct 23, 2020
Snowfall making for headaches on Kamloops area roads
KAMLOOPS - UPDATE: The Coquihalla is now closed in both directions between Merritt and Hope, and a travel advisory has been put in place for the highway between Kamloops and Merritt.UPDATE - #BCHwy5 #...
Oct 23, 2020
B.C. political leaders campaign for votes on last day before voting begins
VANCOUVER - The B.C. election campaign is in its last day with the main opponents to the NDP sounding a familiar refrain in their final pitch for votes. Both the B.C. Liberals and the Greens criticize...
Oct 23, 2020
Kamloops business owner rattled after brazen early morning theft
KAMLOOPS - On Wednesday morning, a pair of thieves broke into a pair of downtown businesses, making off with nearly $50,000 worth of goods. RC Nation, a shop located on West Victoria Street was the se...
Oct 22, 2020
