Author Archives: James Peters
Candidate profile: Communist Party candidate Peter Kerek
KAMLOOPS - In just over three weeks, Canadians will go to the polls to elect our next government. Here in Kamloops, our slate of candidates includes several running for smaller parties who may not hav...
Sep 30, 2019 Image Credit: CFJC Today
Orange Shirt Day — An inside look at Kamloops's former residential school
KAMLOOPS - Since 2013, Orange Shirt Day has served as a reminder of the horrific treatment of Indigenous children forced to leave their family and enroll in residential schools.These schools stripped ...
Sep 30, 2019 Image Credit: CFJC Today
Do you use winter tires or M+S tires for winter driving?
Sep 30, 2019
GINTA: We can save ourselves from being buried in our own waste
IT'S AN UNFORTUNATE HUMAN-SPECIFIC ATTRIBUTE that many of us do not adopt change unless some catastrophic events ensue. It is good times we are living in, defined by abundance and shall we say, excess...
Sep 30, 2019
Jessie Simpson meets his hip hop idol
KAMLOOPS - Jessie Simpson had been looking forward to meeting his idol, rapper Snak The Ripper, for weeks. He was invited to be backstage at his concert in Kamloops on Friday night. However, Simpson w...
Sep 30, 2019
Man charged in Kamloops cold case makes court appearance
KAMLOOPS - A man accused of murdering his pregnant girlfriend nearly 20 years ago made an appearance in the Kamloops Law Courts today. Trent Larsen appeared by video, while his lawyer Tony Lagemaat ap...
Sep 30, 2019
Kamloops local government watchdog group to restart, refocus next month
KAMLOOPS - A local government watchdog group says it is reawakening after a period of rest. Spokesman Randy Sunderman says the Kamloops Voters Society (KVS) has formed an interim board of directors, a...
Sep 30, 2019
RCMP ID remains found in Wells Grey Park as 1987 crash victims
CLEARWATER, B.C. - RCMP and the B.C. Coroners Service have confirmed the identities of the human remains found at a historical plane crash site in Wells Gray Park last fall.According to a news release...
Sep 30, 2019 Ernie Whitehead (l), Len Dykhuizen (Image Credit: RCMP Handout)
Trucking industry looking towards greener pastures, with fuel efficient technology in its future
KAMLOOPS - Alongside a growing number of electric and non-gas dependent vehicles on the market, BC's trucking industry is taking steps toward implementing greener, more fuel efficient technology. Whil...
Sep 29, 2019 (Image Credit: File photo- CFJC Today)
ROTHENBURGER: The argument for giving 16-year-olds the vote gets more convincing
THE DAY MIGHT NOT BE far off when 16-year-old Canadian kids will be trekking to the voting booth - or voting online - to have their say in elections.What was considered a hair-brained idea up to a cou...
Sep 28, 2019 (Image Credit: CFJC Today)
