Author Archives: James Peters
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
'Wired' after election debate, NDP's Eby says he'll focus on relaying improvements
RICHMOND, B.C. - British Columbia New Democrat Leader David Eby says he was "wired" and had trouble falling asleep after the televised election debate, adding that he would see his performance as succ...
Oct 09, 2024
One woman dead after crash on Highway 5 north of Kamloops
KAMLOOPS - A woman is dead following a single-vehicle crash on the Yellowhead Highway north of Kamloops. In a news release, BC Highway Patrol says the collision on Highway 5 between Vinsulla and McLur...
Oct 08, 2024
Leaders condemn 'hateful rhetoric' at B.C. pro-Palestinian protest on Oct. 7
VANCOUVER - Political leaders are condemning what they describe as "hateful rhetoric" from a speaker at a pro-Palestinian rally in Vancouver who told the crowd that "we are Hezbollah and we are Hamas....
Oct 08, 2024
Prices continue to drop during cooler September for Kamloops real estate market
KAMLOOPS - The transition from summer to winter started in September but one holdover from the summer is the cooler Kamloops real estate market. New numbers provided by the Association of Interior Rea...
Oct 08, 2024
Party leaders prep for only televised debate of B.C.'s election campaign
VANCOUVER - The leaders of British Columbia's three major political parties are set to debate the key issues of this provincial election campaign to be broadcast tonight on all major TV networks. The ...
Oct 08, 2024
