Author Archives: James Peters
B.C. Green leader to unveil election platform in second week of the campaign
VICTORIA - The B.C. Green Party is expected to be the first to roll out its complete election platform today. Leader Sonia Furstenau is scheduled to hold a news conference in Victoria this morning. Th...
Oct 01, 2024
Pete Rose, baseball's banned hits leader, has died at age 83
NEW YORK (AP) - Pete Rose, baseball's career hits leader and fallen idol who undermined his historic achievements and Hall of Fame dreams by gambling on the game he loved and once embodied, has died. ...
Sep 30, 2024
Big NDP names exit before B.C. election. What does that mean for the party?
VANCOUVER - The New Democrats are campaigning for another term in British Columbia's provincial election but without many of the familiar faces that have graced lawn signs of elections past. About a q...
Sep 30, 2024
Survivors call for reversal of Canada's 'cut' to residential school search spending
OTTAWA - Residential school survivors say the federal government is keeping the truth about those institutions in the dark by cutting back on funding for records and ground searches looking for unmark...
Sep 30, 2024
STREAMING: Kamloops All-Candidates Forums
Bookmark this page: All-candidates forums for the two Kamloops ridings will be streamed online at this page on Tuesday, October 1, beginning with Kamloops-North Thompson at 5:00 p.m. followed by Kamlo...
Sep 30, 2024
Joly targets polarization in UN speech, urges liberals to reclaim the word 'freedom'
OTTAWA - Foreign Affairs Minister Mlanie Joly is asking members of the United Nations to counter growing political polarization. Joly is addressing the UN General Assembly on behalf of Canada after th...
Sep 30, 2024
Dikembe Mutombo, a Hall of Fame player and tireless advocate, dies at 58 from brain cancer
Dikembe Mutombo, a Basketball Hall of Famer who was one of the best defensive players in NBA history and a longtime global ambassador for the game, died Monday from brain cancer, the league announced....
Sep 30, 2024
Supplies rushed to communities isolated by Helene as death toll rises to nearly 100
ASHEVILLE, N.C. (AP) - A crisis unfolded in western North Carolina as officials rushed to get more water, food and other supplies to flood-stricken areas without power and cellular service Monday, thr...
Sep 30, 2024
B.C. campaign enters week 2 with full list of candidates, leaders' debate ahead
VICTORIA - British Columbia's election campaign is entering its second week with each party's team of candidates in place and the leaders looking ahead to the upcoming televised debate. The Oct. 9 deb...
Sep 30, 2024
National ceremony in Ottawa will mark Truth and Reconciliation Day
OTTAWA - A National Day for Truth and Reconciliation ceremony is planned in Ottawa this afternoon to honour the survivors of Canada's residential school system and the children who never returned home...
Sep 30, 2024
