Author Archives: James Peters
Federal Seniors Minister says more needs to be done for Canadians over 65
KAMLOOPS - According to the most recent Census data, 2016 was the first year there were more Canadians over the age of 65 than there were citizens under the age of 14. With more Baby Boomers approachi...
Jul 08, 2019 Image Credit: CFJC Today
Do you attend Music in the Park?
Jul 08, 2019
Province announces ride-hailing companies can start applying in the fall
VICTORIA - The province has announced that applications for ride-hailing companies will begin being accepted by this fall. In a news release, the province says new regulations in place will focus on p...
Jul 08, 2019 Image Credit: Canadian Press
As passenger numbers grow, Kamloops Airport encourages people to take advantage of Rouge flight
KAMLOOPS - More people are travelling through Fulton Field this year as compared to 2018. In a news release, Kamloops Airport managing director Ed Ratuski says the numbers reflect growth, with another...
Jul 08, 2019 Image Credit: Submitted / Air Canada
PETERS: With the bottle cap challenge, at least no one ate laundry detergent
KEEPING UP WITH VIRAL PHENOMENA is not exactly my strength, but it was impossible this week to escape videos of the bottle cap challenge.In these videos, celebrities set a bottle in the foreground and...
Jul 05, 2019 Image Credit: Instagram / Jason Statham
Scheer calls for more inspections on Chinese imports, possible tariffs
OTTAWA - Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer is urging Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to step up inspections on all products from China and to consider slapping tariffs on imports from the Asian country....
Jul 05, 2019
Balance of Power: Kamloops Councillor Arjun Singh, Conservative Party of Canada Leader Andrew Scheer and Green Party candidate Iain Currie
This week on Balance of Power, Host James Peters talks to Kamloops Councillor Arjun Singh about efforts to decrease carbon emissions in Kamloops. Next, James speaks one-on-one with Conservative Party ...
Jul 05, 2019
Should people be allowed to own exotic animals?
Jul 02, 2019
ROTHENBURGER: The best thing about Canada Day was the absence of guilt
KAMLOOPS - DO YOU KNOW WHAT I LIKED best about Canada Day yesterday? No guilt, just joy. Sure, there were the usual mandatory references in speeches to how our country must do better - it seems imposs...
Jul 01, 2019 Image Credit: Mel Rothenburger
Balance of Power: Kamloops Mayor Ken Christian and Councillor Kathy Sinclair
On this week's episode, Host James Peters talks to Mayor Ken Christian about a wide variety of City of Kamloops issues, including cannabis revenue, a rainbow sidewalk and the Patient Care Tower at Roy...
Jun 28, 2019
