Author Archives: James Peters
UPDATE: Snowfall warning for 100 Mile area lifted
KAMLOOPS - UPDATE (2:05 p.m.): Environment Canada has lifted the snowfall warning. EARLIER: Environment Canada has issued a snowfall warning for a small and specific slice of the province. The forecas...
Mar 31, 2020 Image Credit: Environment Canada
UPDATE: Major Kamloops power outage comes to an end
KAMLOOPS - UPDATE: As of mid-afternoon Tuesday, power had been restored. EARLIER: The power is out for a large portion of east Kamloops. According to BC Hydro's website, the outage covers a large area...
Mar 31, 2020 Image Credit: BC Hydro
New Gold closes $300M deal with Ontario Teachers' fund for interest in New Afton mine
KAMLOOPS - A proposed deal between New Gold and the Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan (OTPP) has now closed, resulting in a big cash infusion for the New Afton mine west of Kamloops. In February, New Gol...
Mar 31, 2020
VIDEO: Kamloops hockey team stays connected with toilet paper trickery
KAMLOOPS - Social isolation brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic is hard on everyone, but can be especially hard on children who are taken away from daily contact with friends and classmates.In the fac...
Mar 31, 2020 Image Credit: 2010 Kamloops Cowboys hockey club
Goodale appointed special adviser to Canada on Ukraine airliner crash in Iran
OTTAWA - Former Liberal cabinet minister Ralph Goodale has been named a special adviser to the Trudeau government into Iran's downing of a commercial airliner in January. The appointment on Tuesday fo...
Mar 31, 2020
Have you been laid off and/or had your hours or wages reduced because of COVID-19?
Mar 30, 2020
CRIME STOPPERS: Crimes of the Week — March 30, 2020
KAMLOOPS - Here are the Kamloops Crime Stoppers crimes of the week for March 30, 2020. Crime of the week #1 Kamloops Crime Stoppers would like your help tracking down the three people who stole suitca...
Mar 30, 2020 Image Credit: CFJC Today
Total of 970 COVID-19 cases in B.C.; 48 per cent of patients now recovered
VICTORIA - Two more people have died in B.C. due to COVID-19, but nearly half of all patients have recovered. That was the latest information provided by Provincial Health Officer Dr. Bonnie Henry in ...
Mar 30, 2020 Image Credit: Flickr / BC Government
Contract breakthrough for B.C. teachers as union announces tentative deal
VANCOUVER - After nearly a year of gruelling negotiations, the BC Teachers' Federation (BCTF) says it has reached a tentative agreement with the province. The BCTF says it is recommending the deal, wh...
Mar 27, 2020 File Photo (Image Credit: CFJC Today)
UPDATE: Missing woman found
KAMLOOPS - UPDATE: RCMP say the woman reported missing March 26 has been found.
Mar 26, 2020
