Author Archives: James Peters
Local MLAs press Eby to assure community that new BCLC execs will be based in Kamloops
KAMLOOPS - The two BC Liberal MLAs for Kamloops have sent a letter to Attorney General David Eby, asking for his word that newly-hired BC Lottery Corporation executives will be based at the Crown corp...
Aug 21, 2019 Image Credit: CFJC Today
Have you ever stayed in a national park?
Aug 19, 2019
Mediated bargaining starts Monday for B.C. teachers
VANCOUVER - Mediated bargaining resumes today for thousands of unionized teachers across B-C, as eight days of mediation are booked with the bargaining team for the B-C Public School Employers' Associ...
Aug 19, 2019 Image Credit: CFJC Today
PETERS: Politics as usual from Trudeau may keep undecided voters away from the polls
AUGUST 14 WAS CHRISTMAS MORNING for Andrew Scheer and the federal Conservatives - and Ethics Commissioner Mario Dion was playing the part of Santa. Two months ahead of the federal election, Scheer got...
Aug 16, 2019
Rate of overdose deaths in Interior Health region lowest in province
KAMLOOPS - The number of fatal overdoses in B.C. is steadily declining. A new report by the BC Coroners Service shows there were 73 suspected fatal overdoses in June, which represents a 35 per cent de...
Aug 16, 2019 Image Credit: CFJC Today
Liberal candidate Lake says PM does not need to apologize after ethics report
KAMLOOPS - The Liberal candidate for Kamloops-Thompson-Cariboo in the upcoming federal election says he doesn't believe Canadians deserve an apology from the prime minister. In a report from Ethics Co...
Aug 15, 2019 Image Credit: CFJC Today
Kamloops MP says Prime Minister has broken trust of Canadians following release of ethics commissioner's report
KAMLOOPS - Local Conservative MP Cathy McLeod says the Prime Minister has betrayed the trust of Canadians. McLeod, commenting on the new report by ethics commissioner Mario Dion, says Canadians will j...
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NewsAlert: Trudeau breached Conflict of Interest Act, says ethics commissioner
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau violated the Conflict of Interest Act by improperly pressuring former attorney general Jody Wilson-Raybould to halt the criminal prosecution of SNC-Lavalin, Cana...
Aug 14, 2019
Should the People's Party of Canada be included in televised federal election debates this October?
Aug 12, 2019
'Politics as usual': Green Party candidate weighs in on Lake, McLeod spat
KAMLOOPS - The Kamloops-Thompson-Cariboo Green Party candidate says politics as usual won't solve healthcare issues in the country. Iain Currie is criticizing the back-and-forth between Conservative M...
Aug 08, 2019 Image Credit: CFJC Today
