Author Archives: James Peters
ROTHENBURGER: Pride parade was a truly heart-warming community event
KAMLOOPS - A FEW COMMENTS about yesterday's annual Kamloops Pride Parade.Most importantly, it was a true community event. Corporations, unions, social agencies and a number of politicians were there a...
Aug 25, 2019 Image Credit: Mel Rothenburger
Kamloops transit headed towards an electric future
KAMLOOPS - It'll take some time, but in the future Kamloops buses will go electric, as part of BC Transit's low carbon fleet program. Announced last month, BC Transit says it plans to start buying onl...
Aug 25, 2019 (Image Credit: CFJC Today)
PETERS: Let's stop calling Kamloops Pride a 'special interest group'
WHEN THE IDEA OF FUNDING A RAINBOW CROSSWALK came forward to Kamloops council a couple of weeks back, it was unanimously supported by those around the table. But before they voted yes, several council...
Aug 23, 2019
Big rally in Mackenzie, B.C., draws attention to continuing lumber crisis
MACKENZIE, B.C. - An energetic rally by workers in Mackenzie in north-central British Columbia has highlighted the desperate situation facing many forestry-dependent communities across the province. T...
Aug 23, 2019
Local candidates weigh in on Elections Canada climate change ruling
KAMLOOPS - Earlier this week, there was a public uproar over whether advertisements regarding climate change should be subject to Elections Canada rules. Elections Canada warned environmental groups t...
Aug 22, 2019 Image Credit: Facebook and CFJC Today
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
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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
