Author Archives: James Peters
Gasoline companies to speak at public inquiry into B.C. pump prices Wednesday
VANCOUVER - An industry expert says a public inquiry into British Columbia's record-breaking gasoline prices may increase the public's understanding of a murky market but the provincial...
Jul 13, 2019
PETERS: Plastic bags get a bad rap, but we need better options to deal with them
WHEN IT COMES TO the plastic bags we get at the grocery store, the term 'single-use' may be a misnomer. Most of the time, it's really easy to find a second or third use for those bags - anything from ...
Jul 12, 2019
Balance of Power: Vancouver Sun legislative columnist Rob Shaw and Kamloops-North Thompson MLA Peter Milobar
This week on Balance of Power, host James Peters talks to Rob Shaw of the Vancouver Sun about a series of issues challenging the NDP government, including ride-hailing, retail cannabis and gas prices....
Jul 12, 2019
ROTHENBURGER: Why the old system of snap elections was better
KAMLOOPS - ARE YOU GETTING TIRED of the election campaign yet? I know, the campaign isn't officially underway yet, and it's still more than three months until election day. But unofficially, the campa...
Jul 09, 2019 Image Credit: Kamloops Today
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
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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
