Author Archives: James Peters
Fire scorches North Shore deck
KAMLOOPS - Kamloops Fire Rescue personnel quickly doused a fire on the North Shore Wednesday afternoon (June 10), but not before it charred a home's back deck.Firefighters were called to a home at 13t...
Jun 10, 2020
Dozy trucker crashes along Trans Canada east of Chase
CHASE, B.C. - RCMP say the driver of a semi that rolled Wednesday (June 10) east of Chase may have fallen asleep.According to a news release from B.C. RCMP Traffic Services spokesman Cpl. Mike Halskov...
Jun 10, 2020
B.C. government extends record-breaking provincial state of emergency
VICTORIA - The B.C. government has extended the provincial state of emergency until June 23.The province first declared a state of emergency in connection with the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic on March 1...
Jun 10, 2020
Freeland says police must acknowledge racism after senior RCMP officer's denial
OTTAWA - Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland says all federal agencies, including the police, must understand that systemic racism is a problem in Canada. Freeland made the comments at a media bri...
Jun 10, 2020
Kamloops Y to reopen downtown fitness facility next Monday
KAMLOOPS - The Kamloops YM-YWCA says it will partially reopen next Monday (June 15).In an email to members, the Y says the downtown facility's dryland fitness amenities, including cardio equipment and...
Jun 10, 2020
Lucky 13 days without a new COVID-19 case in Interior Health
VICTORIA - Provincial health officials are reporting ten new cases of COVID-19 Tuesday (June 9). Nine of those were from positive tests, while one was epidemiologically linked to another COVID-19-posi...
Jun 09, 2020
'Almost complete loss' of early salmon runs at Fraser River slide last year: DFO
OTTAWA - Early runs of Stuart and Chinook salmon were devastated last year because they couldn't make it past a massive landslide on British Columbia's Fraser River. Officials with the Department of F...
Jun 09, 2020
VIDEO: Drone film lets you see Kamloops region with new eyes
KAMLOOPS - A new video posted to social media shows our beautiful region from a new perspective. The video, posted Sunday (June 7) and produced by Sky Dancing Films, is comprised completely of footage...
Jun 09, 2020
Reopenings and protests have Americans bracing for second wave of COVID-19
WASHINGTON - A new poll suggests Americans are more convinced than Canadians are that a second, more powerful wave of COVID-19 is on its way. The online poll by Leger and the Association of Canadian S...
Jun 09, 2020
Residents lend KFR a hand in Valleyview accident
KAMLOOPS - Residents in Valleyview did most of the work this morning cleaning up after a single vehicle accident. Kamloops Fire Platoon Captain Wade Lindoff says they were called out at 6:00 AM to a r...
Jun 09, 2020
