Author Archives: James Peters
Heavy police presence results in Clearwater takedown
BLUE RIVER, B.C. - A mischief call in Blue River Tuesday (June 18) led police to a man with outstanding warrants. RCMP Spokesperson Cpl. Madonna Saunderson says when officers stopped a vehicle associa...
Jun 19, 2019
After desperate community-wide search, Lorne Hamer-Jackson found safe
KAMLOOPS - After nearly three days of searching, hoping and praying, a Kamloops family is able to shed tears of relief. 58-year-old Lorne Hamer-Jackson, missing since Saturday night, has been found sa...
Jun 18, 2019
Kamloops pipeline proponents eager to see work begin on Trans Mountain expansion
KAMLOOPS - The Trans Mountain Pipeline expansion has been approved for a second time. Proponents of the project are thrilled with its approval. Kamloops-North Thompson MLA Peter Milobar says it's good...
Jun 18, 2019 Image Credit: CFJC Today / Kent Simmonds
Kamloops Green Party candidate drawn to politics by environmental issues
KAMLOOPS - Former Crown prosecutor Iain Currie is taking a run at federal politics, representing the Green Party for the Kamloops-Thompson-Cariboo riding in October's election. Currie was born and rai...
Jun 18, 2019 Image Credit: CFJC Today / Kent Simmonds
Land application remains on the table for long term disposal of Kamloops biosolids
KAMLOOPS - City of Kamloops staff will include land application among the options it will study as it seeks a long term solution for the biosolids produced by the city's sewage treatment facility. Eve...
Jun 18, 2019
Do you agree with the federal government's approval of the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion project?
Jun 18, 2019
Crown appeals six-month sentence of Kamloops man who admitted to luring teenager
KAMLOOPS - Crown counsel in Kamloops has appealed the six-month jail sentence of a man who admitted to luring a child over the internet. Earlier this year, Justin McGowan was given the sentence after ...
Jun 18, 2019
Kamloops council to keep holding its meetings during the light of day
KAMLOOPS - Kamloops council has shut down a move to alter the times it holds its regular public meetings and hearings. At a Committee of the Whole meeting Tuesday morning (June 18), staff told council...
Jun 18, 2019
Trans Mountain pipeline expansion gets second green light from Ottawa
OTTAWA - The federal Liberal government is giving the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion a second lease on life. Tuesday's long-awaited decision to reapprove the contentious project comes nine months a...
Jun 18, 2019
Nesika Elementary in Williams Lake locked down due to agitated parent
WILLIAMS LAKE, B.C. - Nesika Elementary School in Williams Lake was temporarily locked down Tuesday morning (June 18) after an incident with an unruly parent. According to a news release from Williams...
Jun 18, 2019
