Author Archives: James Peters
The Twilight Zone filming in Ashcroft boon to economy during off season
KAMLOOPS - The Village of Ashcroft is gearing up for a busy year of film production. The town of 1,600 people is hosting nearly 200 crew members helping film an episode of the The Twilight Zone, a reb...
Feb 4, 2020 Image Credit: CFJC Today / Chad Klassen
Kamloops RCMP looking for owners of coin collections
KAMLOOPS - Police in Kamloops are asking for the public's help in finding the owners of three separate coin collections. In a news release, Kamloops RCMP spokesperson Cpl. Jodi Shelkie says since Augu...
Feb 4, 2020
Federal Court of Appeal rejects Trans Mountain expansion challenge
OTTAWA - The Federal Court of Appeal says the government's decision to approve the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion a second time is reasonable and will stand. In a unanimous, 3-0 decision today, the...
Feb 4, 2020 Image Credit: CFJC Today
Arts centre society confident it can raise millions needed for proposed facility
KAMLOOPS - The proposed $70-million Kamloops Centre for the Arts does not sound cheap, but the group in charge of fundraising more than a quarter of the price tag, says it can be done. "$22 million, f...
Feb 3, 2020 The proposed $70-million arts centre goes to referendum on Apr. 4 (Image Credit: CHP Architects)
Would you use ride-hailing if it was available in your community?
Feb 3, 2020
Sleepy start to 2020 for Kamloops real estate sector
KAMLOOPS - The Kamloops and District Real Estate Association (KADREA) is reporting a "stable" start to 2020, despite a steep drop in new listings. According to new statistics, 152 homes changed hands ...
Feb 3, 2020 Image Credit: CFJC Today
UPDATE: Kamloops teen spent the night outside after getting lost
SUN PEAKS, B.C. - A Kamloops boy who was at the centre of a massive search effort has been located safely. Fourteen-year-old Carson Hadwin had gone snowboarding at Sun Peaks Sunday, taking the shuttle...
Feb 3, 2020 Image Credit: CFJC Today / Kent Simmonds
Swiss Chalet Kamloops location to close permanently
KAMLOOPS - Another chain restaurant is closing up shop in Kamloops. Swiss Chalet, located at 1395 Hillside Drive, will close at the end of business this Friday (Feb. 7). The restaurant opened seven ye...
Feb 3, 2020 Image Credit: Kevinbrine / Dreamstime.com
Search underway for missing teen at Sun Peaks
KAMLOOPS - Note: This story has been updated here. EARLIER: A search is underway for a missing teenager in the Sun Peaks area. The boy has been identified by family members as 14-year-old Carson Hadwi...
Feb 3, 2020
China locked down 50 million people and has to keep them fed
BEIJING - Carrying permits demanding "fast passage," truck drivers rushed a 560-ton shipment of disinfectant from eastern China to Wuhan, the locked-down city of 11 million people at the centre of a v...
Jan 31, 2020
