Author Archives: James Peters
Man found dead in vehicle just east of Kamloops
KAMLOOPS - RCMP say they are investigating a sudden death discovered just outside Kamloops Friday morning (Apr. 24). According to a news release from RCMP Southeast District media spokesman Cpl. Jesse...
Apr 24, 2020 File Photo (Image Credit: CFJC Today)
UPDATE: RCMP have given the all-clear after investigating reports of shots fired in two Halifax suburbs
HALIFAX - UPDATE: RCMP have given the all-clear after investigating reports of shots fired in two Halifax suburbs. The police say an extensive searched of the area found no evidence of gunfire. RCMP s...
Apr 24, 2020 File Photo (Image Credit: CFJC Today)
Trudeau unveils rent relief for small businesses hurt by COVID-19
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is announcing significant rent relief for businesses that can't afford to pay their landlords at a time when their operations are shut down due to...
Apr 24, 2020
Organizers cancel Ribfest due to COVID-19 pandemic
KAMLOOPS - One of the most popular summer events in Kamloops is the latest casuality of the COVID-19 pandemic. Ribfest has been cancelled by the Rotary Club of Kamloops Daybreak.In making the announce...
Apr 24, 2020 File Photo (Image Credit: CFJC Today)
After Wednesday spike, new COVID-19 cases in B.C. back down
VICTORIA - After a spike in new cases of COVID-19 on Wednesday, provincial health officials say the number of new cases was back down Thursday. In her daily briefing, Provincial Health Officer Dr. Bon...
Apr 23, 2020 Image Credit: Facebook / Government of BC
CHARBONNEAU: Ventilator treatment for COVID-19 leads to questions of end-of-life
NOW IS THE TIME TO TALK to your friends and family about your prospects of survival should you become deathly ill. But if you're like me, you'd rather not start the conversation.If you are unfortunate...
Apr 23, 2020 Image Credit: Global News File
UPDATE: East Kamloops power outage ends
KAMLOOPS - UPDATE (1:55 p.m.): BC Hydro's website no longer lists this outage, though it is not listed as restored. EARLIER (11:50 a.m.): The power is out for thousands of Kamloops-area residents. Acc...
Apr 23, 2020 Image Credit: BC Hydro
Feds pour $1.1B into COVID-19 vaccine development, tracking of cases
OTTAWA - The federal government will spend more than $1 billion to help develop, test and manufacture a COVID-19 vaccine, as well as to determine how widely the virus has spread through Canada, Prime ...
Apr 23, 2020
COVID-19 cases remain static in Interior Health, 25 new cases in B.C. Tuesday
VICTORIA - "We will find our new normal in the coming weeks, but is not yet the time to lessen our guard." Those are the words of B.C. Provincial Health Officer Dr. Bonnie Henry as she provided the la...
Apr 21, 2020
A look at some of the lives lost in Nova Scotia mass shooting
PORTAPIQUE, N.S. - The victims in one of Canada's worst mass killings include an RCMP officer, a teacher, two nurses, neighbours of the shooter and two correctional officers killed in their home. Here...
Apr 21, 2020
