Author Archives: James Peters
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 5, 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 5, 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 5, 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 5, 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 5, 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 4, 2020
Nine new cases of COVID-19, no new deaths reported in B.C. Thursday
VICTORIA - B.C. health officials are reporting nine new cases of COVID-19 Thursday (June 4). In her briefing Thursday, Provincial Health Officer Dr. Bonnie Henry says she will now divide new cases rep...
Jun 4, 2020
VIDEO: Protesters march through downtown Kamloops denouncing racism
KAMLOOPS - Kamloops residents lent their voices to the Black Lives Matter movement on Thursday. More than 500 people showed up to the rally, which was initially cancelled in the morning by organizers ...
Jun 4, 2020
Organizers say Thursday protest in downtown Kamloops cancelled
KAMLOOPS - The group organizing a protest in downtown Kamloops in support of George Floyd says the event has been cancelled.On its Instagram account, the group - now called kamloops.bipoc.support - sa...
Jun 4, 2020
Trudeau says new modelling shows COVID-19 in decline but fight must continue
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says new federal data shows that COVID-19 is in decline across Canada but the country is not out of the woods. Trudeau says a new modelling report will be r...
Jun 4, 2020
