Author Archives: James Peters
Horgan, NDP lead with wide margin one week into campaign, poll suggests
VICTORIA - John Horgan's early election call gamble seems to be paying off, at least for now. A new Ipsos poll conducted for Global News suggests the BC NDP has substantial leads in voter preference a...
Sep 29, 2020
Subject of 2017 shootout, standoff with Kamloops RCMP receives eight-year sentence
KAMLOOPS - A Kamloops man who admitted to triggering a 2017 shootout and standoff with Kamloops RCMP has been sentenced to eight years in prison.Shane William Caron will spend just over 3-and-a-half y...
Sep 28, 2020
Provincial election race takes shape in Kamloops with entrance of two new candidates
KAMLOOPS - Heading into the weekend, only two candidates in the Kamloops ridings were known for the upcoming provincial election - both Liberal incumbents, Todd Stone in the South Thompson and Peter M...
Sep 28, 2020
B.C. reports 267 new cases of COVID-19 over three days, nine new cases in Interior
VICTORIA - British Columbia is reporting 267 new cases of COVID-19 over the past three days - an average of 89 cases per day. The new figures came via a news conference held by Provincial Health Offic...
Sep 28, 2020
Have you ordered a mail-in ballot for the provincial election?
Sep 28, 2020
CFJC Midday - Small Business Month carries a different vibe amid Covid-19
Alana Railton, Valley First Business Banking Advisor discusses the difficulties small business owners have had to face during the pandemic, and provides advice.
Sep 28, 2020
City councillor Hunter to carry NDP banner in Kamloops-North Thompson
KAMLOOPS - As CFJC Today reported Sunday, Kamloops councillor Sadie Hunter will represent the NDP in the Kamloops-North Thompson riding in the Oct. 24 provincial election.The NDP announced Hunter's no...
Sep 28, 2020
Group of prominent people demand immediate halt to Site C over stability concerns
VANCOUVER - A former president of BC Hydro and a former federal fisheries minister are among 18 prominent Canadians urging the provincial government to halt work on a huge hydroelectric project in nor...
Sep 28, 2020
Unsafe tiny house taken off Highway 97 near 100 Mile House
100 MILE HOUSE, B.C. - Mounties in 100 Mile House took what they're calling "an unsafe tiny house off of Highway 97." Cpl. Mike Halskov with the BC RCMP says the 100 Mile House RCMP came across the ti...
Sep 28, 2020
Childhood lessons, fight with cancer helped John Horgan forge political goals
VICTORIA - An Indigenous leader says John Horgan would often use a joke to ease tensions during difficult times in talks over the future of fish farms between groups with different interests in Britis...
Sep 28, 2020
