Author Archives: James Peters
Cancer patients hopes B.C. government comes through on latest promise for clinic in Kamloops
KAMLOOPS - Holly Dixon is heading back to Kelowna for surgery. The 32-year-old Kamloops resident has cervical cancer and has had her fair share of trips south for cancer treatment, sometimes five days...
Oct 07, 2020
B.C. sees 115 new COVID-19 cases; only one in Interior
VICTORIA - Provincial health officials are reporting 115 new cases of COVID-19 in B.C. Wednesday, though just one of them is within Interior Health. B.C. will likely eclipse the 10,000 case mark Thurs...
Oct 07, 2020
RCMP use Taser to arrest hatchet-wielding suspect after wild pursuit through Kamloops
KAMLOOPS - Kamloops RCMP say a wanted man who wielded a hatchet at officers before being jolted by a Taser early Wednesday morning has been arrested.In a release, Staff Sgt. Mat Van Laer says the even...
Oct 07, 2020
Few to use new sickness benefit for COVID-19 diagnosis, PBO suggests in new report
OTTAWA - Parliament's spending watchdog says relatively little of the government's new sickness benefit will go to people who have tested positive for COVID-19. In a report this morning, the parliamen...
Oct 07, 2020
Straws, stir sticks and bags among first targets of countrywide plastics ban
OTTAWA - Environment Minister Jonathan Wilkinson says six single-use plastic items that aren't easily recycled and already have more environmentally friendly alternatives will be the first to go under...
Oct 07, 2020
KAPA calls for better monitoring of old Ajax mine site after report finds water contamination increase
KAMLOOPS - Several community groups are asking the Ministry of Environment for improved monitoring around the old Ajax mine site with a new report citing contamination in Peterson Creek. The report - ...
Oct 06, 2020
UPDATE: Missing cyclist found in Manitoba
REVELSTOKE, B.C. - UPDATE: RCMP say James Toynton has been found in Manitoba.
Oct 06, 2020
B.C. COVID-19 case count grows by 102; eight more in Interior
VICTORIA - Provincial health officials are reporting 102 new cases of COVID-19 Tuesday (Oct. 6), including eight new cases within Interior Health. The new cases bring the provincial total to 9,841, sp...
Oct 06, 2020
Trans Mountain pipes $200k to City of Kamloops for Kenna Cartwright Park impacts
KAMLOOPS - Trans Mountain has told the City of Kamloops it knows its activities are having a big impact on Kenna Cartwright Park users right now.In an update at Kamloops council Tuesday (Oct. 6), spok...
Oct 06, 2020
Guitar rock god Eddie Van Halen dies of cancer at 65
NEW YORK - Eddie Van Halen, the guitar virtuoso whose blinding speed, control and innovation propelled his band Van Halen into one of hard rock's biggest groups, fueled the unmistakable fiery solo in ...
Oct 06, 2020
