Author Archives: James Peters
Balance of Power: Whispering Pines/Clinton Chief Michael LeBourdais and former Kamloops councillor Tina Lange
Host James Peters speaks to Whispering Pines/Clinton Indian Band Chief Michael LeBourdais about efforts to acquire an equity stake in the Trans Mountain pipeline, which runs directly through his band'...
May 10, 2019
SOUND OFF: Rothenburger wrong on history, wrong on Begbie
ON A RECENT ARMCHAIR MAYOR presentation on CFJC TV (Character assassination of famous BC judge must stop, May 8, 2019), Mel Rothenburger stated that New Westminster was wrong to recently remove their ...
May 09, 2019 Judge Matthew Begbie (Image Credit: B.C. Provincial Archives)
Trade dispute with US a political challenge for China's Xi
BEIJING - The tariff war between Washington and Beijing poses one of the biggest challenges yet for Chinese President Xi Jinping, potentially exposing his political vulnerabilities at a time when the ...
May 09, 2019
ROTHENBURGER: No need for police to be defensive about investigations
THE KAMLOOPS RCMP DETACHMENT has been having some embarrassing moments.The tragic drowning death of a 23-year-old international student in the North Thompson River last weekend was marked by initial m...
May 08, 2019 Image Credit: CFJC Today / Kent Simmonds
Kamloops hospice seeks to bust myths during Palliative Care Week
KAMLOOPS - It is National Palliative Care Week across Canada, a week that is focused on improving the quality of life for patients near the end of their lives. Wendy Marlow, the executive director of ...
May 08, 2019 Image Credit: CFJC Today
IIO report into 2018 Rose Hill shootout determines officers acted appropriately
KAMLOOPS - The Independent Investigation Office of B.C has now released its report into an officer-involved shooting in a rural area of Kamloops last year. Officers responded to an area about three ki...
May 08, 2019 Image Credit: CFJC Today
ROTHENBURGER: Character assassination of famous B.C. judge must stop
KAMLOOPS - THE CAMPAIGN TO DEMONIZE the most prominent jurist in British Columbia's history continues.Monday night, New Westminster City council voted to remove the statue of Chief Justice Matthew Bai...
May 07, 2019 Image Credit: B.C. Provincial Archives
B.C. premier asks utilities commission to probe the high price of gasoline
VICTORIA - Premier John Horgan has asked the British Columbia Utilities Commission to investigate why gasoline in Metro Vancouver and Vancouver Island is so much more expensive than the rest of the co...
May 07, 2019
ROTHENBURGER: Let’s wish the newest royal baby all the best — he’ll need it
KAMLOOPS - THE FIRST QUESTION asked after every royal birth is, what will the baby be named?And the second is, do you care? A lot, apparently, don't. I'm ambivalent.I have nothing against babies -most...
May 06, 2019 Image Credit: BBC
Increase in car windows being smashed in Kamloops
KAMLOOPS - There's been an increase in the number of car windows being smashed in the city. Kamloops RCMP spokesperson Cpl. Jodi Shelkie says although the numbers of thefts from vehicles have stayed r...
May 06, 2019 Image Credit: CFJC Today
