Author Archives: James Peters
Federal COVID-19 wage subsidy to last through summer
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says a federal wage subsidy for employees in businesses hit hard by COVID-19 will last at least until the end of August. The subsidy was set to expire in the fir...
May 15, 2020
SOUND OFF: Child abuse reporting on the decline
AS THE COVID-19 HEALTH PANDEMIC has swept across the world, every community in our province has been faced with making radical changes to ensure health and safety for all. This has resulted in many ch...
May 14, 2020
Pandemic reduces ICBC's claim costs, but crashes investments, says Eby
VICTORIA - The COVID-19 pandemic has sideswiped British Columbia's public vehicle insurer, but the attorney general says it's too soon to assess the potential damage.David Eby, who is also the ministe...
May 14, 2020
B.C. Coroners Service confirms woman was killed in Highway 5 crash Wednesday
KAMLOOPS - The B.C. Coroners Service has confirmed that a crash on the Tk'emlups Reserve Wednesday (May 13) was fatal.Just before 4:00 p.m., first responders were dispatched to the intersection of Hal...
May 14, 2020
NewsAlert: National parks, historic sites partly reopening June 1
OTTAWA - Environment Minister Jonathan Wilkinson has announced that national parks will gradually reopen starting June, signalling the federal government's first halting steps to bringing Canada out o...
May 14, 2020
Premier says B.C. WHL rinks could help NHL finish its season
VICTORIA - Could we see NHL hockey at Sandman Centre before long? That seemingly absurd notion is not out of the question, according to Premier John Horgan.During his media availability Wednesday (May...
May 13, 2020
B.C. COVID-19 state of emergency extended
VICTORIA - B.C.'s state of emergency over COVID-19 has been extended by two weeks for the fourth time.Premier John Horgan announced the extension at his regular weekly briefing Wednesday (May 13).The ...
May 13, 2020
Shuswap officials ask tourists to consider staying home this long weekend
SALMON ARM, B.C. - Anyone planning to spend the long weekend with a road trip to Shuswap Lake or other areas in the Columbia Shuswap, is being encouraged to stay home.Columbia Shuswap Regional Distric...
May 13, 2020
Only seven new cases of COVID-19 in B.C.; 78 per cent of all cases now recovered
VICTORIA - Provincial health officials have reported the lowest number of new COVID-19 cases in exactly two months. In her daily briefing, Provincial Health Officer Dr. Bonnie Henry reported seven new...
May 12, 2020
100 Mile House mayor confident tree-planters will follow strict pandemic-related rules
100 MILE HOUSE, B.C. - Millions of trees are planted in the B.C. Interior every year, but the business model has never been built to be pandemic-friendly.Private companies contracted by the B.C. Minis...
May 12, 2020
