Author Archives: James Peters
Where will B.C.'s election be won? Even identifying the battlegrounds is tough call
VANCOUVER - The calculus of predicting an election and identifying its key battlegrounds is complex enough in any race, but observers of the British Columbia poll this month are facing a pair of unkno...
Oct 06, 2024
Hispanic Society of Kamloops marks National Hispanic Heritage Month
KAMLOOPS - October is National Hispanic Heritage Month, an opportunity to recognize and acknowledge the contributions the Hispanic community has made to Canada. Plenty of events and displays of cultur...
Oct 04, 2024 Image Credit: CFJC Today
Home show shines a light on Kamloops local businesses
KAMLOOPS - Plenty of activities are happening in Kamloops this weekend with one of them being the Kamloops fall home show. On Saturday and Sunday (Oct. 5 & 6), Sandman Centre will welcome thousand...
Oct 04, 2024 Image Credit: CFJC Today
KamCon returns to TRU Campus Activity Centre this weekend
KAMLOOPS - KamCon returns to Kamloops this weekend with the seventh annual convention poised to be the biggest yet. The event opens Friday (Oct. 4) and runs all the way through Sunday at the TRU Campu...
Oct 04, 2024 Image Credit: CFJC Today
Kamloops BC SPCA issues urgent plea for pet food
KAMLOOPS - The Kamloops BCSPCA has put out an urgent call for pet food for it's animal food bank program. "Everyone is really struggling, right now as well as there's obviously been an increase in pri...
Oct 04, 2024 Image Credit: CFJC Today
Dog attacks cyclist near Salmon Arm; CSRD investigating
SILVER CREEK, B.C. - The Columbia Shuswap Regional District (CSRD) says it is investigating a dog attack that occurred Thursday (Oct. 3) in Silver Creek, south of Salmon Arm. In a news release, the CS...
Oct 04, 2024
Wind farm proposed along Coquihalla Highway between Kamloops and Merritt
KAMLOOPS - A wind farm is being pitched for a portion of land that straddles the Coquihalla Highway between Kamloops and Merritt. The 'Mount Mabel Wind Project' is proposed to have a nameplate capacit...
Oct 04, 2024
Weekend for Kamloops RCMP includes fatal collision, impaired driving through Brocklehurst and machete seizure
KAMLOOPS - Kamloops RCMP responded to approximately 372 calls for service from Friday, Sept. 27 to 9:00 a.m. on Monday, Sept. 30, 2024. Below are some incidents police attended. Fatal motorcycle colli...
Oct 04, 2024
What the parties are promising ahead of the British Columbia provincial election
The British Columbia's New Democrats released the party's platform Thursday days after the Greens unveiled a plan for government ahead of the election on Oct. 19. The B.C. Conservative Party has not r...
Oct 03, 2024
B.C. NDP to unveil election platform, Conservatives promise to end insurance monopoly
SURREY, B.C. - B.C. NDP Leader David Eby is set to roll out the party's complete election platform as Conservative Leader John Rustad says his government would end the provincial insurance corporation...
Oct 03, 2024
