Author Archives: James Peters
Thursday lightning causes several small fires in Kamloops, Cariboo regions
KAMLOOPS - Lightning cells moving across the region are causing small fire starts in the Kamloops Fire Centre, but so far none of those starts is of particular significance. Fire Information Officer N...
Jun 13, 2019 File Photo (Image Credit: CFJC Today)
Severe thunderstorm watch issued for Kamloops
KAMLOOPS - A severe thunderstorm watch has been issued for parts of the Southern Interior, including Kamloops. The watch applies to the North Thompson, South Thompson and the Shuswap. "Conditions are ...
Jun 13, 2019
Kamloops councillor says she won't apologize for profane tweets
KAMLOOPS - Kamloops Councillor Dale Bass says she has nothing to apologize for after lashing out with profanities in a pair of posts made to Twitter Tuesday night. Bass says she draws a distinct line ...
Jun 12, 2019 Image Credit: CFJC Today
Commons committee urges feds to consider decriminalizing simple drug possession
OTTAWA - The House of Commons health committee is recommending the federal government look at Portugal's decriminalization of simple possession of illicit drugs and examine how the idea could be "posi...
Jun 11, 2019
ROTHENBURGER: Federal plastics ban good news for the environment
KAMLOOPS - IF WE TAKE THE POLITICS out of reaction to Justin Trudeau's announcement that he'll ban single-use plastics by 2021 if he's re-elected, there's much to be excited about.Some critics say it ...
Jun 10, 2019 Image Credit: The Canadian Press
Is the federal government's proposed ban on single-use plastics a step in the right direction?
Jun 10, 2019
ROTHENBURGER: Spotlight needed on runaway Indigenous teens
KAMLOOPS - ANOTHER TEENAGER WENT MISSING on the weekend. Fifteen years old, 5 ft. 5 inches tall, 110 pounds, brown eyes and hair, Indigenous female.The following day, she was found safe and sound.That...
Jun 09, 2019 Image Credit: CFJC Today
ROTHENBURGER: We’re better off not knowing the answers to everything
AS MUCH AS HUMANS constantly pursue the unknown, I'm convinced there's a part of us that doesn't want to find the answers to everything. Certain things are best left as mysteries - otherwise, we'd get...
Jun 07, 2019 Image Credit: Frame from 1967 film by Roger Patterson and Bob Gimlin
CFJC Midday — Introducing the newest Kamloops Extreme Makeover winner!
Jonni Yeomans of Jonni's Styling Studio and Sydney Neadow of Gold's Gym have the latest winner of the Kamloops Extreme Makeover: Kate Potter.
Jun 07, 2019
PETERS: Near-miss video a reminder of how close we come to disaster every day
A CLOSE CALL VIDEO posted to YouTube this week has thousands of people appreciating the value of dashcams. The video shows a car turning left from Highway 97 onto Highway 99, and nearly getting slamme...
Jun 07, 2019 Image Credit: YouTube / Rodney T
