Author Archives: James Peters
Kamloops MLA concerned for the future after $9.4-billion deficit projection
KAMLOOPS - Kamloops Centre MLA and opposition finance critic, Peter Milobar, has expressed significant concerns about British Columbia's latest fiscal update, which projects a $9.4-billion deficit."We...
Dec 17, 2024
B.C.'s projected deficit grows again to $9.4 billion in latest fiscal update
British Columbia's forecasted record deficit for this fiscal year has grown by another $429 million, reaching $9.4 billion. The province unveiled the latest quarterly update, the first under new Finan...
Dec 17, 2024
Four-stage water restriction plan coming to CSRD residents
SALMON ARM, B.C. - The Columbia Shuswap Regional District (CSRD) will roll out a new four-stage water restriction plan in the spring. While initial details are scarce, the CSRD board approved the plan...
Dec 17, 2024
Have you done more in-person holiday shopping as opposed to online purchases this year?
Dec 16, 2024 File Photo (Image Credit: CFJC Today)
Kamloops Search and Rescue assisting RCMP in search for missing skier at Sun Peaks
SUN PEAKS, B.C. - (UPDATE 09:10 a.m.) - Kamloops RCMP are looking for a missing 68-year-old skier who was last seen on Tuesday (Dec. 10). In a statement, Sun Peaks Resort says Tomasz Jaholkowski was l...
Dec 12, 2024
B.C. falls behind in meeting needs of seniors as population grows, says advocate
VICTORIA - British Columbia's seniors advocate says the province is falling behind in meeting the basic needs of its older residents. Seniors Advocate Dan Levitt says in a report that despite some inv...
Dec 11, 2024
Fifteen fisheries charges laid a decade after Mount Polley dam breached in B.C.
VICTORIA - Fifteen charges under the federal Fisheries Act have been laid against Imperial Metals Corp. more than a decade after a tailings pond collapsed the Mount Polley mine, spilling more than 20 ...
Dec 10, 2024
Should Mayor Reid Hamer-Jackson apologize or resign after it was found he breached a section of council's code of conduct for allowing false or misleading information to be communicated?
Dec 09, 2024 File Photo (Image Credit: CFJC Today)
RCMP searching three North Kamloops homes as part of drug trafficking investigation
KAMLOOPS - NOTE: This story has been updated here. EARLIER: Residents are asked to stay away from two areas in Brocklehurst and one on the North Shore Thursday (Dec. 5) morning. Kamloops RCMP say offi...
Dec 05, 2024
State memorial planned for former B.C. premier John Horgan
VICTORIA - A provincial state memorial service for former British Columbia premier John Horgan will be held later this month in Colwood, west of Victoria. Horgan, who died in November after his third ...
Dec 03, 2024
