Author Archives: James Peters
India to withdraw High Commissioner from Canada as he's named 'person of interest'
OTTAWA - India announced it will withdraw its High Commissioner from Canada after receiving official word that he is a person of interest in a Canadian violent criminal investigation. In a statement, ...
Oct 14, 2024
NDP frustrations with B.C. Conservative campaign promises prompts McRib parody post
VANCOUVER - British Columbia's New Democratic Party says it is responsible for a parody social media post that has B.C. Conservative Leader John Rustad promising to bring back McDonald's McRib sandwic...
Oct 14, 2024
B.C. Conservatives release education policy plans ahead of election day
VANCOUVER - The B.C. Conservatives have unveiled their education policy plans about six days before the Oct. 19 voting day. The plan includes reinstating provincial exams for Grade 10 and 12 students,...
Oct 13, 2024
Eby makes plea to Green voters to support NDP to help keep Conservatives from office
SQUAMISH, B.C. - New Democrat Leader David Eby is asking potential Green voters in British Columbia's Oct. 19 election to support his party instead to help keep John Rustad's B.C. Conservatives out of...
Oct 13, 2024
Familiar faces and angry voters: Will B.C. elect an Independent MLA?
Vicki Huntington says two things are critical to be elected as an Independent member of the legislature in British Columbia - trusted name recognition and an angry constituency. She would know. In 200...
Oct 13, 2024
Report says at least 55 children died or disappeared at B.C. residential school
A British Columbia First Nation says at least 55 children died or disappeared while attending a residential school near Williams Lake, more than triple the number recorded for the institution in the N...
Oct 11, 2024
Senate passes Liberal, NDP bill to cover diabetes and birth control medication
OTTAWA - The pharmacare bill that was central to a political pact between the Liberals and NDP is now set to become law after the Senate passed the bill without making any changes. The legislation wil...
Oct 10, 2024
Man arrested, accused of assaulting woman with a rock in downtown Kamloops
KAMLOOPS - A Kamloops man was arrested in Kamloops Wednesday (Oct. 9), accused of assaulting a woman with a rock. Kamloops RCMP say officers were called to a business on the 600-block of Seymour Stree...
Oct 10, 2024
CORRECTION: Mayor Hamer-Jackson says asset liquidation meant to pay current lawyer
KAMLOOPS - Kamloops mayor Reid Hamer-Jackson says he plans to liquidate some of his assets, including his Westmount home, his commercial property on Victoria Street West and his boat, to cover his leg...
Oct 09, 2024
BC Coroners Service says no record of fatal overdose where Rustad says he saw man die
VANCOUVER - The BC Coroners Service says it has no record of any recent drug toxicity death at a Vancouver intersection where B.C. Conservative Leader John Rustad said he saw a man die on his way to a...
Oct 09, 2024
