Author Archives: James Peters

KAMLOOPS - Phaedra Idzan is the first NDP candidate for the riding of Kamloops-Shuswap-Central Rockies, which was established after the 2021 federal election. She plans to focus her campaign on unaffo...

KAMLOOPS - A fundraising campaign to help protect a large parcel of grasslands near Juniper Ridge has reached its goal.Launched in February by the BC Parks Foundation, the effort aimed to save 517 acr...

KAMLOOPS - At a Committee of the Whole meeting Tuesday afternoon (April 1), Kamloops council voted to defer parts of the municipal budget until 2026. The proposed tax increase will be lower for than p...

KAMLOOPS - The thunderstorm activity Kamloops and area experienced at the end of March is expected to persist throughout the spring.According to Environment Canada, 16.5 millimetres of precipitation w...

KAMLOOPS - A local non-profit group is asking Kamloops Council to maintain funding for the city's Climate Action Levy. During Tuesday afternoon's (April 1) special Committee of the Whole meeting, City...

KAMLOOPS - Thompson Rivers University (TRU) received nearly $1.7 million in federal funding to train up to 260 wildland firefighters over a three-year period. Along with the individual training, TRU s...

LILLOOET, B.C. - It's not an April Fools' joke. For the 10th time in the last 30 days, the emergency department at Lillooet Hospital and Health Centre will temporarily close. Interior Health says emer...

100 MILE HOUSE, B.C. - Residents of the 100 Mile House area in need of emergency medical care will need to look elsewhere Saturday night (March 29). Interior Health says the emergency department at 10...

SALMON ARM, B.C. - The federal NDP have named a Salmon Arm resident as its candidate for Kamloops-Shuswap-Central Rockies. In her bio, the party describes Phaedra Idzan as born and raised in the Shusw...