Author Archives: James Peters
GINTA: Celebrate spring with simple but essential offerings — food, smiles and no judgment
ON SATURDAY, our neighbourhood was speckled with yellow all over: bags of food donations for the food bank. To say that the Kamloops community gave generously would be an understatement: 70,000 pounds...
Apr 20, 2020 File Photo (Image Credit: CFJC Today)
Third man arrested in 2019 Williams Lake murder
WILLIAMS LAKE, B.C. - A third man has been arrested and charged in an August, 2019 Williams Lake murder. According to an RCMP news release, Merritt frontline members and the Kamloops-based canine serv...
Apr 20, 2020
Flood watch in place for Bonaparte at Cache Creek, much of Cariboo and Chilcotin
VICTORIA - The Province of B.C. is keeping flood watches in place for a large portion of the B.C. Interior, and has instituted warnings further north. According to an update issued at 9:00 a.m. on Mon...
Apr 20, 2020 Flood warnings are in red, watches in yellow (Image Credit: BC River Forecast Centre)
'We cannot afford a resurgence': B.C. announces 43 new COVID-19 cases
VICTORIA - Provincial health officials say there have been 43 new cases of COVID-19 in B.C., bringing cases in the province past the 1,600 mark.In a joint news release, Health Minister Adrian Dix and ...
Apr 17, 2020 Image Credit: Flickr / BC Government
Provincial health officer updates modelling on COVID-19 in B.C.
VICTORIA - The latest modelling numbers provided by B.C.'s top doctor shows the province is starting to bend the COVID-19 curve. Dr. Bonnie Henry gave a presentation on Friday (Apr. 17) which details ...
Apr 17, 2020 Image Credit: BC Government
BC CDC reports two new COVID-19 deaths; cases rise by 14
VICTORIA - The B.C. Centre for Disease Control is reporting two additional COVID-19 deaths in the province in the past 24 hours. According to today's numbers - which were updated on the BCCDC website ...
Apr 16, 2020 Image Credit: BCCDC
Fire that destroyed two homes in Cache Creek deemed suspicious
CACHE CREEK, B.C. - RCMP are looking into a fire in Cache Creek that destroyed a pair of homes. According to a news release from Southeast District RCMP spokesperson Cpl. Jesse O'Donaghey, Ashcroft RC...
Apr 16, 2020 Image Credit: GoFundMe
UPDATE: RCMP say missing teen has been found
KAMLOOPS - UPDATE: RCMP say the teen reported missing earlier Thursday (Apr. 16) has been found
Apr 16, 2020
ZZ Top Kamloops show pushed forward one year
KAMLOOPS - A high-profile rock show scheduled to take place in Kamloops later this spring has been postponed.ZZ Top and Cheap Trick were scheduled to play Sandman Centre in May. The tour has now been ...
Apr 15, 2020 Image Credit / ZZ Top
Three new COVID-19 deaths in B.C.; five new cases in Interior Health
VICTORIA - The B.C. government has announced three new COVID-19 deaths in the past 24 hours, along with 27 new test-positive cases. Provincial Health Officer Dr. Bonnie Henry said in her daily news co...
Apr 14, 2020 Image Credit: BC Government
