Author Archives: James Peters
'We're just holding them together with Band-aids': City of Kamloops pothole crews working 24-hours-a-day
KAMLOOPS - The worst season of the year for the City of Kamloops streets department isn't winter or spring, it's the unofficial fifth season in between: potholes. "This is definitely the most challeng...
Jan 23, 2020 File Photo (Image Credit: CFJC Today)
Crash closes northbound Coquihalla south of Kamloops
LOGAN LAKE, B.C. - A multi-vehicle crash along the Coquihalla Highway has closed the route northbound. The crash took place Thursday morning (Jan. 23) just south of the turnoff to Logan Lake at Highwa...
Jan 23, 2020 Image Credit: Twitter / Jose Graham
'The snow was blinding': Rider gives harrowing account of being struck by train during storm
KAMLOOPS - A Kamloops man recently struck by a train in the Rayleigh area is now out of the hospital and recovering at home. Jordan Camille is a contract range rider with Tk'emlps te Secwpemc alongsid...
Jan 22, 2020 Pictured: Jordan Camille, and his wife Candice (Image Credit: CFJC Today / Kent Simmonds)
Two months later, no sign of missing Kamloops man
KAMLOOPS - Richard Jules was last seen at his home on Nov. 23, 2019 - and police are again asking the public for any tips. Kamloops RCMP spokesperson Cpl. Jodi Shelkie says the case will remain open u...
Jan 22, 2020 Image Credit: CFJC Today
Mustard Seed hopeful for strong success rate at reworked recovery program
KAMLOOPS - The Mustard Seed's Men's Recovery Program in Kamloops was closed last summer when the organization decided to rework the program. On January 14, the newly titled Men's Sober Living Centre w...
Jan 21, 2020 Image Credit: Kent Simmonds / CFJC Today
Do you support Canada holding Meng Wanzhou for the United States?
Jan 20, 2020
VIDEO: A huge ice disc has formed on the South Thompson River in Kamloops
KAMLOOPS - For a short time, until the mild weather causes it to melt, Kamloops will be home to an extremely rare natural phenomenon. Local resident Kathleen Bennett noticed it floating in the South T...
Jan 20, 2020 Image Credit: Contributed / Kathleen Bennett
City sweetens the pot for those looking to trade in their wood stoves
KAMLOOPS - The City of Kamloops is giving wood stove owners an extra incentive to replace their older appliances with newer, cleaner ones. The Wood Stove Scrap-It Program offers a $200 rebate to those...
Jan 20, 2020 Image Credit: Landfillgirl / Dreamstime.com
Mustard Seed Kamloops to re-open men's live-in sober support program
KAMLOOPS - The Mustard Seed Kamloops has announced the re-opening of a men's support program. The 17-bed, live-in Men's Sober Living Centre at the agency's West Victoria Street outreach centre provide...
Jan 20, 2020 File Photo (Image Credit: CFJC Today)
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...
Jan 17, 2020 Image Credit: CFJC Today
