Author Archives: James Peters

'I had to get real with myself': Local peer addictions coach details his journey toward recovery
KAMLOOPS - It's Addictions Awareness Week across Canada, which serves as an opportunity for people to learn more about overdose prevention, harm reduction, treatment and recovery, and discussion solut...
James Peters Nov 25, 2024

Kamloops council to review proposed extended New Year's Day hours for bars and nightclubs
KAMLOOPS - The City of Kamloops is poised to make changes to Zoning Bylaw No. 55 that would allow liquor primary establishments like bars and nightclubs to serve alcohol until 3:00 am on New Year's Da...
James Peters Nov 25, 2024

Do you start decorating for Christmas before December 1?
James Peters Nov 25, 2024 File Photo (Image Credit: CFJC Today)

Shooter in 2019 Brocklehurst murder eligible for parole earlier following re-sentencing
KAMLOOPS - A man responsible for a 2019 Kamloops drug trade murder is eligible for parole earlier after the B.C. Court of Appeal substituted a conviction. Hugh McIntosh was convicted of first degree m...
James Peters Nov 25, 2024

Stolen truck and trailer from the Cariboo damages vehicles and escapes Kamloops: RCMP
KAMLOOPS - RCMP say they're still looking for three suspects who escaped despite a large police presence in downtown Kamloops Friday (Nov. 22) morning.In a news release, RCMP say an officer was patrol...
James Peters Nov 22, 2024

Cariboo Gold Mine project near Wells receives operating permit
WELLS, B.C. - A new underground gold mine in the Cariboo is one step closer to coming to fruition. The B.C. government announced Thursday (Nov. 21) that a provincial statutory decision-maker granted B...
James Peters Nov 21, 2024

Site of massive B.C. river slide remains unstable, effects on salmon not yet clear
A salmon task force examining the impacts of the massive landslide that temporarily dammed British Columbia's Chilcotin River last July says there have been three "significant" slope failures since th...
James Peters Nov 20, 2024

Kamloops MLAs Milobar, Stamer given plum critic posts
VICTORIA - Kamloops MLAs Peter Milobar and Ward Stamer have been handed significant roles in B.C. Conservative Leader John Rustad's shadow cabinet.Rustad named his critics for the upcoming legislative...
James Peters Nov 20, 2024

Kamloops man who killed pregnant girlfriend 24 years ago granted day parole
100 MILE HOUSE, B.C. - A former Kamloops man imprisoned after he admitted to killing his pregnant girlfriend has been granted day parole for six months.Trent Larsen was arrested in September 2019 - ne...
James Peters Nov 20, 2024

SD73 board furthers process of divesting from Parkcrest Park and former Little Fort Elementary School sites
KAMLOOPS - School District 73 (SD73) is seeking approval to hand over two of three properties it deems as no longer being required for educational purposes. During Monday's (Nov. 18) public meeting, t...
James Peters Nov 20, 2024

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