Author Archives: James Peters
Local business owner grows impatient with provincial approval process for cannabis stores
KAMLOOPS - It's been nearly seven months since recreational cannabis was legalized across Canada. Kamloops was the first community in the province to open up a government owned Cannabis store, and wou...
May 02, 2019 Image Credit: CFJC Today / Chad Klassen
LEGASSIC: Focusing on honesty after losing someone to suicide
SEVEN YEARS AGO TODAY, I was at my school, telling some of my closest friends the hardest thing I've ever had to say out loud. My best friend, Chelsey, was dead. I'll never forget the reactions from m...
May 02, 2019 Image Credit: Justin Lee Photography
ROTHENBURGER: Should students be allowed to strike for climate action? Absolutely
STUDENTS IN DOZENS of Canadian schools and elsewhere in the world will go on strike tomorrow.Some will undoubtedly say, "How dare they? They should be punished."I say they should be commended. They're...
May 01, 2019 File photo: (Image Credit: CFJC Today)
Lynx on verge on being released to natural habitat after tick infestation
KAMLOOPS - It is tick season, but it is not only affecting people who are out in the backcountry. Animals in the Kamloops area are also victims of the blood-sucking creatures. A lynx is recovering at ...
May 01, 2019 Cinnamon the lynx was found by conservation officers on Mar. 21 before being transported to the B.C. Wildlife Park (Image Credit: CFJC Today)
ROTHENBURGER: City council has a lot of explaining to do to Turtle Valley
KAMLOOPS - THE TURTLE VALLEY protest is heating up and it's time for Kamloops City council to wake up and - as concerned residents suggest - smell the biosolids.Unfortunately, it won't have another me...
Apr 30, 2019 Image Credit: CFJC Today
Here's what Netflix has in store for May
It's been a while since I posted one of these Netflix blogs. That's because I've been really busy with my new job! That's right, I'm now a full time permanent employee at the Broadcast Centre, so bett...
Apr 30, 2019 Image Credit: IMDB
ROTHENBURGER: Horgan should just admit he can’t solve gas prices
THE PRICE AT THE PUMP in B.C. has been all over the place for the past couple of weeks. It's up, it's down, it's up again. As of this writing, GasBuddy.com tells us a litre of regular gasoline is sell...
Apr 30, 2019 Image Credit: Canadian Press
Cariboo woman seeks federal NDP nomination
KAMLOOPS - A Cariboo woman has announced her intention to seek the federal NDP nomination for Kamloops-Thompson-Cariboo. Gina Myhill-Jones says in a news release that she believes it's time for a chan...
Apr 30, 2019 Image Credit: Contributed / Gina Myhill-Jones
Turtle Valley residents protest biosolids dumping outside Kamloops City Hall
KAMLOOPS - On Saturday, residents of Turtle Valley gathered outside Kamloops City Hall to protest the transportation and application of City of Kamloops Biosolids to a piece of property near their hom...
Apr 29, 2019 Image Credit: CFJC Today
Cariboo Memorial Hospital low-risk delivery services to resume
WILLIAMS LAKE, B.C. - Interior Health has announced that maternity services at Cariboo Memorial Hospital (CMH) for low-risk deliveries will resume on Tuesday (April 30). Low-risk deliveries are define...
Apr 29, 2019 Image Credit: CFJC Today
