Author Archives: James Peters

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...

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...

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...

OTTAWA - The Supreme Court of Canada has shut down British Columbia's move to regulate what can flow through an expanded Trans Mountain pipeline from Alberta. B.C. was appealing to the country's highe...

I SYMPATHIZE WITH Swedish teen Greta Thunberg for her outrage at the mess that my generation has left the world in. We just wanted to create a culture with every convenience that minimized effort and ...

SALMON ARM , B.C. - A judge says the father of two boys has the right to ensure his children receive necessary immunizations and dental treatments, despite objections from the children's mother. ...

WASHINGTON - The Trump administration is announcing new sanctions on Iran following this week's missile strikes by the Islamic Republic on U.S. bases in Iraq. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and Treasu...

ALANA JAMES WAS CONVINCED that she found serious wrongdoings. James, a relatively new B.C. health ministry employee in 2012, was sure that contract researchers hired by the ministry had broken the law...

TAPPEN, B.C. - A man has died after being shot by RCMP in Tappen Tuesday night (Jan. 7). According to a news release from B.C. RCMP Communications Director Dawn Roberts, Salmon Arm RCMP were called to...