Author Archives: James Peters
Conservation Officer service to investigate death of Brocklehurst badger
KAMLOOPS - The B.C. Conservation Officer service is not letting the death of Sam the Brocklehurst badger go uninvestigated.In a Facebook post made Thursday morning (May 7), the service says it will co...
May 7, 2020 Image Credit: Facebook / Cherie Bitz
B.C. says clearing surgery backlog will take at least 17 months
VICTORIA - The B.C. government is announcing what it describes as an "ambitious plan" to rescheduled thousands of cancelled surgeries and increase capacity in the health-care system. The governme...
May 7, 2020
Feds to partly cover 'top ups' for front-line workers on minimum wage
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says the federal government, provinces and territories will spend $4 billion to increase the wages of essential workers in the COVID-19 pandemic. He says th...
May 7, 2020
VIDEO: Kamloops firefighters scramble to North Shore house fire
KAMLOOPS - Firefighters are attacking a house fire on the North Shore.At about 4:10 p.m. Wednesday (May 6), Kamloops Fire Rescue personnel were called to a fire at a home in the 600-block of Carson Cr...
May 6, 2020 Image Credit: Ryan Armand
Twenty-three new positive COVID-19 cases Wednesday; three more deaths
VICTORIA - The province is reporting 23 new positive cases of COVID-19 today. Provincial Health Officer Dr. Bonnie Henry gave the update ahead of a technical briefing into B.C.'s plans to begin loosen...
May 6, 2020 Image Credit: Flickr / Government of BC
Sam the Brocklehurst badger has died
KAMLOOPS - A sad end to an odd tale in Brocklehurst. Yesterday, Cherie Bitz told CFJC Today about a badger that popped up in her garden. Badgers are endangered in B.C., and experts from the B.C. Wildl...
May 6, 2020
Man with weapon arrested on Tk'emlups reserve Wednesday; chief concerned about increase in crime
KAMLOOPS - The Tk'emlups te Secwepemc are informing their membership that a man with a weapon was arrested on the Tk'emlups reserve Tuesday night (May 5).In a news release issued Wednesday, Chief Rosa...
May 6, 2020 File Photo (Image Credit: CFJC Today)
Major Crime Unit investigating missing Quesnel man
QUESNEL, B.C. - RCMP are requesting immediate assistance in finding a missing man and two vehicles of interest.Louis Korkowski was last seen in west Quesnel on May 4, after 6 p.m. Quesnel RCMP say tha...
May 6, 2020 Image Credit: Quesnel RCMP
New digital registration ensures faster, safer assistance for B.C. evacuees
VICTORIA - British Columbia is unveiling a digital registration system for evacuees as the province prepares for the upcoming wildfire season while coping with physical distancing restrictions to prev...
May 5, 2020
Federal scientists predict high wildfire risk across Western Canada
EDMONTON - Federal scientists are predicting a higher than average wildfire hazard for almost the entire country this summer. Their annual forecast says the risk will be highest in early summer i...
May 5, 2020
