Author Archives: James Peters
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
Balance of Power: Kamloops-Thompson-Cariboo NDP candidate Gina Myhill-Jones and Kamloops-South Thompson MLA Todd Stone
Host James Peters introduces Gina Myhill-Jones, who has won the NDP nomination for Kamloops-Thompson-Cariboo in the upcoming election. Next, James catches up with Kamloops-South Thompson MLA Todd Ston...
Jun 07, 2019
People's Party taps Lac La Hache rancher to run in Kamloops-Thompson-Cariboo
KAMLOOPS - The People's Party of Canada (PPC) has its Kamloops-Thompson-Cariboo candidate in place for the October election. Lac La Hache rancher Ken Finlayson will carry the banner for Maxime Bernier...
Jun 07, 2019 Ken Finlayson (r) with PPC Leader Maxime Bernier (Image Credit: Facebook / Ken Finlayson)
Trudeau says carbon tax can help deal with extreme weather, Alberta fires
VANCOUVER - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says the federal carbon tax will help deal with weather disasters such as fires in northern Alberta. Speaking in Vancouver, Trudeau said Canadians are seeing ...
Jun 06, 2019
