Author Archives: James Peters
CHARBONNEAU: Sometimes it's not easy being a pro-vaxxer
DESPITE THE FACT THAT VACCINES have saved uncountable lives and virtually wiped out smallpox, polio, tetanus and rabies, vaccine risks exist. When those risks result in death, people lose trust in all...
May 23, 2019 Image Credit: Felipe Caparros Cruz / Dreamstime.com
Federal New Democrats to acclaim Kamloops-Thompson-Cariboo candidate this weekend
KAMLOOPS - A South Cariboo woman will be acclaimed this Sunday as the Kamloops-Thompson-Cariboo NDP candidate for the federal election. Nomination meetings will be held on May 26 in 100 Mile House, Cl...
May 23, 2019 Image Credit: CFJC Today
ROTHENBURGER: Media shouldn’t decide their own bailouts
KAMLOOPS - FEDERAL TAX SUBSIDIES to the media no doubt began with the best of intentions but they promise to end badly.Eight news organizations have been invited to sit on a panel to decide which medi...
May 22, 2019 Image Credit: Wikimedia Commons
CFJC Midday - Brewloops! Spring Festival features FireFit Competition
FireFit team competes on home soil at Brewloops downtown block party May 25th & 26th
May 22, 2019
Multi-level government discussions in Kamloops focused on emergency management
KAMLOOPS - While Justin Trudeau was in Kamloops, City Hall played host to the Prime Minister, along with federal and provincial ministers, to discuss emergency management improvements. In particular, ...
May 22, 2019 Image Credit: CFJC Today
Burton Cummings to rock Kamloops this fall
KAMLOOPS - Canadian rock legend Burton Cummings will share the land with Kamloops this fall. The former Guess Who frontman is scheduled to play Sagebrush Theatre on October 21. Cummings achieved fame ...
May 22, 2019 Image Credit: The Canadian Press
Scheer vows criminal crackdown on human trafficking in election pledge
OTTAWA - Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer is promising funding for police, survivor services and public awareness to fight human trafficking. The previous Conservative government created a four-year ...
May 22, 2019
Once a whistleblower, Bernier's new candidate now promotes conspiracy theories
MONTREAL - Ken Pereira, one of the first people to blow the whistle on corruption in Quebec's construction industry, is running as a Quebec City-area candidate in the fall election for Maxime Bernier'...
May 22, 2019
Wind remains on firefighters' side in bout with northern Alberta wildfire
HIGH LEVEL, Alta. - Despite heavy smoke, officials say a lighter wind out of the northeast has allowed for great progress on reining in a wildfire that's forced thousands of people from their homes in...
May 22, 2019
ROTHENBURGER: Abortion debate unlikely to be rekindled in Canada
KAMLOOPS- WILL THE ANTI-ABORTION DEBATE return to a neighbourhood near us?A lot of people seem to be asking that question as the issue suddenly returns to the headlines south of the border, where seve...
May 22, 2019 Image Credit: CFJC Today
