Author Archives: James Peters

PETERS: With Out of the Cold needing a space, where are the churches?
CHURCHES IN KAMLOOPS, as in most communities in BC, are eligible to be exempt from paying property taxes. In that way, they are in the same category as property belonging to non-profit organizations a...
James Peters Jan 17, 2020 Image Credit: CFJC Today

Supreme Court rejects B.C. appeal of Trans Mountain pipeline case
OTTAWA - The Supreme Court of Canada has shut down British Columbia's move to regulate what can flow through an expanded Trans Mountain pipeline from Alberta. B.C. was appealing to the country's highe...
James Peters Jan 16, 2020 Image Credit: CFJC Today

CHARBONNEAU: Greta Thunberg gets it wrong
I SYMPATHIZE WITH Swedish teen Greta Thunberg for her outrage at the mess that my generation has left the world in. We just wanted to create a culture with every convenience that minimized effort and ...
James Peters Jan 16, 2020 Image Credit: The Canadian Press

B.C. court rules in favour of dad seeking power to immunize his children
SALMON ARM , B.C. - A judge says the father of two boys has the right to ensure his children receive necessary immunizations and dental treatments, despite objections from the children's mother. ...
James Peters Jan 16, 2020
Do you enjoy winter in Kamloops?
James Peters Jan 13, 2020

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...
James Peters 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...
James Peters 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...
James Peters Jan 08, 2020 Image Credit: The Canadian Press

Do you believe the assassination of Iranian general Qassem Soleimani will lead to a world war?
James Peters 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...
James Peters Jan 07, 2020 Image Credit: City of Kamloops

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