Author Archives: James Peters
Westsyde Pool to close for six weeks during Phase Two of retrofit
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...
Feb 13, 2020 (Image Credit: CFJC Today)
WCT hopes for liquor license approval before busy season
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...
Feb 12, 2020 Image Credit: CFJC Today / Jill Sperling
Curtis Sagmoen found guilty of running into woman on ATV
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...
Feb 11, 2020 Curtis Sagmoen (Image Credit: Facebook)
NDP throne speech in B.C. highlights accomplishments at midway point of mandate
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...
Feb 11, 2020
Bridges, buildings, railways, streets focus of anti-pipeline protests
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...
Feb 11, 2020
NewsAlert: CN Rail threatens to close network over blockades
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...
Feb 11, 2020
Entrances to B.C. legislature blocked as pipeline protests flare across Canada
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...
Feb 11, 2020
Do you agree with changes announced for ICBC, including the introduction of no-fault insurance and a reduction in premiums?
Feb 10, 2020
Interior Health rolls out take-home strips to test opioids for fentanyl content
KAMLOOPS - Interior Health (IH) says its latest tool for keeping drug users safe offers an answer to the stigma users still face. The health authority now offers test strips for users to take home. It...
Feb 10, 2020 Image Credit: Interior Health
Protesters in support of First Nations members in northern B.C. cause traffic disturbances in Kamloops
KAMLOOPS - The impact of protests by Wet'suwet'en First Nation members in northern B.C. have resonated with Indigenous peoples in the Thompson region. On Friday, a group from Thompson Rivers Universit...
Feb 7, 2020 Protestors at the intersection of Summit Drive and McGill Road were met with angry drivers, who were held up for minutes due to blockades on Friday during the lunch hour (Image Credit: Derek Rodgers / DigitalRearranged Photography)
