Author Archives: James Peters

KAMLOOPS - Talk of the new U.S. administration bringing in tariffs on Canadian goods has ramped up this week. And if those tariffs are implemented, agriculture in this country would be heavily impacte...

VANCOUVER - Premier David Eby says protecting British Columbians from the potential impact of U.S. tariffs will be taken as seriously as the relief response to the COVID-19 pandemic. He says every dec...

VICTORIA - Elections BC says it has suspended its review of a complaint from a Conservative candidate over potential violations in the October election as the B.C. Supreme Court considers a similar cl...

RED DEER, AB. - Red Deer-based Peavey Mart is going under and will close all 90 of its Canadian locations, according to a report by website Retail Insider.'Store closing' signs are up at the Red Deer ...

KAMLOOPS - A Kamloops RCMP officer will not be charged after a collision with a cyclist more than three years ago. In a statement Thursday (Jan. 23), the BC Prosecution Service says the available evid...

KAMLOOPS - The City of Kamloops' provisional tax increase is currently sitting at 7.49 per cent. That represents a half-point decrease from the previous estimate after city council held a Committee of...

The president of the Union of BC Indian Chiefs is apologizing and walking back comments suggesting he supported reviving the Northern Gateway pipeline project, and now says he doesn't support "resusci...

KAMLOOPS - The man who directed several theatrical productions in Kamloops over eight years is no longer with Western Canada Theatre (WCT). WCT announced James MacDonald departed the Kamloops professi...

U.S. President Donald Trump is threatening tariffs starting Feb. 1 on Canada and Mexico because he says both countries are allowing a "vast number" of people and fentanyl to come into the United State...