Author Archives: James Peters
Man charged in 2019 Williams Lake murder
WILLIAMS LAKE, B.C. - A man already charged in a 2019 Williams Lake homicide has now been charged in another homicide three days earlier.According to a news release from Insp. Lorne Wood, head of RCMP...
May 27, 2020
Traffic stops help Kamloops RCMP net weapons, drugs, thousands of dollars in cash
KAMLOOPS - RCMP officers seized a wide array of contraband items after a busy night on the streets of Kamloops.According to a news release from Sergeant Jeff Bingley, it began with a downtown traffic ...
May 27, 2020
NHL unveils return-to-play format in the event season can resume
NEW YORK - NHL commissioner Gary Bettman says the league and the NHL Players' Association have agreed on a return-to-play format in the event the 2019-20 season can resume. The 24-team plan would see ...
May 26, 2020
Kamloops distillery selling hand sanitizer across Canada as need grows
KAMLOOPS - When the COVID-19 pandemic hit, Forager Vodka, a local Kamloops company, put its distilling expertise to work. It started making hand sanitizer and delivered to non-profit organizations lik...
May 26, 2020
Do your summer vacation plans include camping?
May 25, 2020
Province reports 12 new COVID-19 cases since Saturday
VICTORIA - Provincial health officials say B.C. has registered only 12 new positive cases of COVID-19 over the past two days. In her regular briefing Monday (May 25), Provincial Health Officer Dr. Bon...
May 25, 2020
GINTA: If you love green spaces, please do it right
IT'S NOT EVERY DAY that you see someone in a municipal park hacking away at Saskatoon bushes with a chainsaw. You think you saw everything until you see that. On any given Saturday morning people come...
May 25, 2020
B.C. Parks website inundated with thousands of campsite reservation requests Monday
VICTORIA - The province says the B.C. Parks website is slowly recovering after it was overwhelmed by a huge number of reservation requests Monday morning.Reservations opened for camping Monday after t...
May 25, 2020
Snowbird pilots to depart Halifax for Moose Jaw
KAMLOOPS - The Canadian Forces Snowbirds will remain grounded at Kamloops Airport after a tragic crash took the life of a team member just over a week ago, but their pilots are heading home.According ...
May 25, 2020
Trudeau seeks 10 days of paid sick leave for workers in bid for NDP support
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says he'll push the provinces to give workers 10 days of paid sick leave a year as the country deals with the COVID-19 pandemic.That appears to meet a key demand...
May 25, 2020
