Author Archives: James Peters
Province lifts high water advisories for several rivers, including North Thompson, Bonaparte
VICTORIA - It's one of the first indications that the threat of high water is subsiding.The B.C. River Forecast Centre (RFC) has lifted a series of high streamflow advisories, including those in place...
Jun 08, 2020
GINTA: Let’s stop being bystanders to domestic abuse
I WAS PLANNING TO MAKE THIS COLUMN about the often-forgotten pandemic which is the logging of B.C.'s old-growth forests but on Saturday morning I came across a story that made me postpone my topic unt...
Jun 08, 2020
Pandemic results in cancellation of 2020 Kamloops Pride Parade
KAMLOOPS - Kamloops Pride says the annual Pride Parade will not take place this summer.The 2020 event would have been the organization's fourth annual, but will be cancelled thanks to the COVID-19 pan...
Jun 08, 2020
U.S. border rules loosening to allow family reunifications: Trudeau
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says the ban on non-essential crossings of the U.S.-Canada border is being loosened slightly to allow some families to reunite. Rules still require anyone enteri...
Jun 08, 2020
Only one new COVID-19 case in B.C. Friday
VICTORIA - Provincial health officials are reporting dramatically improved COVID-19 numbers Friday (June 5). According to a news release, only one new case has been registered in all of B.C. The total...
Jun 05, 2020
CSRD Chair reinforces kindness, empathy toward tourists
SALMON ARM, B.C. - The Columbia-Shuswap Regional District is encouraging its residents to be kind and demonstrate empathy to tourists this weekend.The B.C. government is only booking provincial campsi...
Jun 05, 2020
Thunderstorms predicted for Kamloops this weekend not expected to be severe
KAMLOOPS - Environment Canada says the Kamloops area should escape the brunt of thundershowers predicted for the weekend - but our rivers' tributaries may not. According to Meteorologist Doug Lundquis...
Jun 05, 2020
PETERS: Organizers of anti-racism protest succeeded in spite of themselves
THURSDAY'S PROTEST AND MARCH through downtown Kamloops may have been one of the most successful cancelled events ever. Just over an hour before the Black Lives Matter protest was to begin, organizers ...
Jun 05, 2020
Trudeau to offer premiers billions to help reopen the economy safely
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is to offer premiers billions in federal funding to help them safely reopen provincial and territorial economies without triggering an explosive second...
Jun 05, 2020
RCMP look to public to identify Shuswap arson suspect
SALMON ARM, B.C. - RCMP would like you take a good look at a surveillance photo in order to help identify a Salmon Arm arson suspect.Early Thursday morning (June 4), a fire engulfed a garage workshop ...
Jun 04, 2020
