Author Archives: James Peters
US announces new sanctions on Iran after missile strikes
WASHINGTON - The Trump administration is announcing new sanctions on Iran following this week's missile strikes by the Islamic Republic on U.S. bases in Iraq. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and Treasu...
Jan 10, 2020
CHARBONNEAU: The whistleblower who got it wrong
ALANA JAMES WAS CONVINCED that she found serious wrongdoings. James, a relatively new B.C. health ministry employee in 2012, was sure that contract researchers hired by the ministry had broken the law...
Jan 09, 2020 Former auditor general John Doyle (Image Credit: Contributed)
Man shot and killed by RCMP in Tappen; IIO takes over investigation
TAPPEN, B.C. - A man has died after being shot by RCMP in Tappen Tuesday night (Jan. 7). According to a news release from B.C. RCMP Communications Director Dawn Roberts, Salmon Arm RCMP were called to...
Jan 08, 2020 Image Credit: The Canadian Press
Do you believe the assassination of Iranian general Qassem Soleimani will lead to a world war?
Jan 07, 2020
Traffic snarls for morning commuters in Kamloops
KAMLOOPS - Snowy and slippery streets brought a series of headaches for Kamloops commuters Tuesday morning (Jan. 7). A pair of city buses became stuck along Columbia Street, leading to big lineups beh...
Jan 07, 2020 Image Credit: City of Kamloops
UN racism committee calls for halt to Site C, Trans Mountain and LNG pipeline
VANCOUVER - A United Nations committee working to end racism is urging Canada to immediately stop the construction of three major resource projects until it obtains approval from affect...
Jan 06, 2020
Chairwoman named to improve cancer outcomes for Indigenous Peoples in B.C.
VANCOUVER - Dr. Nadine Caron says she hears difficult stories every day from some of her Indigenous patients in rural British Columbia facing a diagnosis of cancer. They tell her why they di...
Jan 06, 2020
Missing Quesnel senior found dead in Kamloops
KAMLOOPS - A Quesnel senior reported missing last week has been found dead. Ninety-year-old Malcolm McLaughlin was reported missing January 1 but was found deceased in his vehicle on Tranquille Road i...
Jan 06, 2020
UPDATE: Missing Kamloops teen located
KAMLOOPS - UPDATE: The teenager that had been missing since Jan. 3 has been located.All personal information has been removed from this article.EARLIER: Police in Kamloops are asking for the public's ...
Jan 05, 2020 Image Credit: CFJC Today
Former Blazers Balcers, Ingram chosen as AHL all-stars
SPRINGFIELD, MA - A pair of former Blazers have made the 2020 American Hockey League (AHL) All-Star Game. Goaltender Connor Ingram of the Milwaukee Admirals was selected to represent the Central Divis...
Jan 03, 2020 Rudolfs Balcers (l) and Connor Ingram (Image Credit: American Hockey League)
