Author Archives: James Peters
Interior Health has lowest rate of overdose deaths in the province: BC Coroners Service
KAMLOOPS - It's been more than three years since a public health emergency was declared in B.C. over a spike in opioid-related overdose deaths - and numbers appear to be trending downward.According to...
Oct 16, 2019 Image Credit: File photo
Six years later, Tk'emlups RCMP still searching for Dean Morrison
KAMLOOPS - Police say the disappearance of a man from the Stump Lake area in October 2013 is still a priority case.In a news release, Cpl. Mike Mucha with Tk'emlups RCMP says officers are continuing t...
Oct 16, 2019 Image Credit: RCMP Handout
2019 Federal Election Issues: Climate
KAMLOOPS - It's a well-known fact that our climate is changing. To what extent is still a bit of an unknown. But 97 per cent of climate scientists around the world believe warming trends over the last...
Oct 15, 2019
Green Party leader pays visit to Kamloops one week before election day
KAMLOOPS - Green leader Elizabeth May and her husband John Kidder, a Green candidate, arrived in Kamloops to much fanfare. The two jumped over to Kamloops after Thanksgiving dinner in Ashcroft. May fe...
Oct 15, 2019 Image Credit: CFJC Today
Kamloops woman who set her two children on fire, killing one, granted full parole
KAMLOOPS - A Kamloops woman who set her two children on fire 22 years ago, killing one of them, has been granted full parole.However, the Parole Board of Canada says Donna Hysop is still not admitting...
Oct 15, 2019 Image Credit: CFJC Today
Which option have you chosen for voting in this year's federal election?
Oct 15, 2019
Roughly 4.7 million Canadians voted in advance polls: Elections Canada
GATINEAU, Q.C. - Millions of Canadians took advantage of the opportunity to vote in advance polls for the 2019 federal election.Chief Electoral Officer Stphane Perrault says roughly 4.7 million electo...
Oct 15, 2019 Image Credit: CFJC Today
Spilled logs lead to Yellowhead blockage at Heffley Creek
KAMLOOPS - A logging truck lost part of its load Tuesday morning (Oct. 15), leading to a highway blockage near Heffley Creek.According to reports on social media, both southbound lanes of the Yellowhe...
Oct 15, 2019 Image Credit: Twitter / Jen Schwab Nickel
Two fatal crashes on provincial highways over Thanksgiving long weekend
SALMON ARM, B.C. - Two people were killed on BC highways over the Thanksgiving long weekend, but police say that's fewer than the provincial average for this time of year. BC RCMP Cpl. Mike Halskov sa...
Oct 15, 2019 Image Credit: CFJC Today
Alberta joining class-action lawsuit against opioid manufacturers, distributors
CALGARY - The Alberta government says it's joining a class-action lawsuit to recoup health-care costs related to the opioid crisis. Health Minister Tyler Shandro says there were almost 800 fatal overd...
Oct 15, 2019
