Author Archives: James Peters
Another illegal dispensary in Kamloops to shut its doors
KAMLOOPS - Another illegal cannabis dispensary in Kamloops is expected to shut its doors today. City of Kamloops business licence inspector Dave Jones says Boomer's Buds, formerly the Phyven Herbal Di...
James Peters May 15, 2019 Image Credit: CFJC Today
ROTHENBURGER: City council needs wisdom of Solomon on tax ratios
KAMLOOPS - THE ANNUAL DANCE between Domtar and the City is underway.For the past eight or nine years, the pulp mill has been demanding a better deal on the taxes it and other heavy industries pay to t...
James Peters May 14, 2019 Image Credit: CFJC Today
Wanted man aides in his own arrest after disclosing his location to CFJC Today
KAMLOOPS - A man has been transported back to Kamloops after his B.C. warrant was extended to Alberta. Kamloops RCMP say this came after police released Jessie Dean Kowalchuk's photo to local media as...
James Peters May 14, 2019 Image Credit: RCMP Handout
Kamloops Transit monthly fare rates to drop, transfers gone, new rate created for low income riders
KAMLOOPS - For the first time since 2015, Kamloops council is moving forward with fare changes for rides on conventional Kamloops Transit. Included in the changes is the elimination of transfers, some...
James Peters May 14, 2019 Image Credit: CFJC Today
Buse Creek fire east of Kamloops now being held; Richter Creek fire near Osoyoos still out of control
KAMLOOPS - A wildfire that sparked east of Kamloops over the weekend is now under control. B.C. Wildfire Information Officer Hannah Swift says the Buse Creek fire remains at 19 hectares, and a hand gu...
James Peters May 14, 2019 Image Credit: BC Wildfire Service
Comedian Tim Conway of 'The Carol Burnett Show' dies at 85
NEW YORK - Tim Conway, the impish second banana to Carol Burnett who won four Emmy Awards on her TV variety show, starred aboard "McHale's Navy" and later voiced the role of Barnacle Boy for "Spongebo...
James Peters May 14, 2019
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James Peters May 14, 2019
CP NewsAlert: Canadian among those killed in floatplane crash in Alaska
VANCOUVER - Global Affairs Canada has confirmed one Canadian is among the dead in a midair crash between sightseeing planes in Alaska. The department says the name or hometown of the victim is not bei...
James Peters May 14, 2019
ROTHENBURGER: Canada’s athletes should refuse to compete against China
I CAUGHT A FEW ENDS of curling on TV last weekend. It was an international competition called the Curling World Cup Grand Final.I thought, "What the hell?" This event was being held in Beijing. There ...
James Peters May 13, 2019 Image Credit: The Canadian Press
GINTA: Judgment prevents us from remembering that everyone carries a story
A FEW DAYS AGO, I read an opinion piece about Mother's Day. The author, a teacher by profession, argued that less emphasis on the joy of Mother's Day in the school environment would spare some kids th...
James Peters May 13, 2019 Image Credit: Pojoslaw / Dreamstime.com
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