Author Archives: James Peters

KAMLOOPS - New Gold, the international mining company that runs the New Afton copper-gold mine just west of Kamloops, has firmed up plans to extend the mine's life to 2030. In a webcast Thursday (Feb....

KAMLOOPS - Western Canada Theatre is working toward a more accessible theatre-going experience at the Sagebrush Theatre. Since the roof repair of the theatre was completed in October, WCT has taken on...

KAMLOOPS - The City of Kamloops will be moving forward with the next phase of renovations at Westsyde Pool this spring.   The original retrofit project began in 2016, and City contractors will so...

KAMLOOPS - Western Canada Theatre hopes to be fully licensed to serve alcohol at the Sagebrush Theatre by April. WCT's application for a liquor license went before City Council on Tuesday (Feb. 11) an...

VERNON, B.C. - A B.C. Supreme Court judge in Vernon has found Curtis Sagmoen guilty of injuring a woman. Justice Gary Weatherill convicted Sagmoen of assault causing bodily harm Tuesday (Feb. 11) afte...

VICTORIA - British Columbia's NDP government is promising new funding supplements for children and youth in care, and the expansion of commuter service into the Fraser Valley in a throne speech on Tue...

VICTORIA - Fourteen people arrested at pipeline protest sites are due in provincial court Monday in Smithers, B.C., a Wet'suwet'en Nation spokeswoman said as a movement opposing the pipeline continued...

MONTREAL - Canadian National Railway Co. says it will be forced to close "significant" parts of its Canadian network unless blockades impeding its rail lines are removed.   More to come. Companie...

VICTORIA - Hundreds of protesters blocked the entrances to the British Columbia legislature on Tuesday as demonstrations in support of Indigenous hereditary chiefs who oppose a pipeline project contin...