Author Archives: James Peters

Significant transit changes afoot in Kamloops pending council vote
KAMLOOPS - Kamloops city council will vote on Tuesday (Aug. 27) during its regular meeting on whether to sign a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with BC Transit to expand transit service over the nex...
James Peters Aug 25, 2024

Wind storm wreaks havoc in Kamloops Friday
KAMLOOPS - UPDATE (7:35 p.m.): Kamloops Airport says its operations are continuing as normal on backup power. While there is a local power outage, @KamloopsAirport operations continue as normal. All o...
James Peters Aug 23, 2024

Do you believe there should be more regulations around the use of e-bikes on streets and sidewalks?
James Peters Aug 19, 2024 Image Credit: Boarding1now / Dreamstime.com

COLLINS: Sometimes bureaucrats make decisions that puzzle us all
I'VE ALWAYS BEEN A SUPPORTER OF TRU, dating back to 1970. Shortly after I came to Kamloops, I was tasked to attend the official opening ceremonies of Cariboo College. Premier W.A.C Bennett was in atte...
James Peters Aug 15, 2024

Former B.C. Liberal leadership candidate runs for Rustad's Conservatives in Kelowna
KELOWNA, B.C. - A former leadership rival to BC United Leader Kevin Falcon is joining John Rustad's British Columbia Conservatives to run in Kelowna in the fall election. Gavin Dew was a candidate in ...
James Peters Aug 14, 2024

Opposition BC United party looks to add former Liberal party name to election ballot
VICTORIA - British Columbia's Opposition BC United says it wants to include the party's previous Liberal name on the fall election ballot after internal polling shows up to 30 per cent of people didn'...
James Peters Jul 31, 2024

BC MLA Teresa Wat says quitting BC United and joining B.C. Conservatives to beat NDP
RICHMOND, BRITISH COLUMBIA, CANADA - Teresa Wat says quitting the Opposition BC United Party to join John Rustad's British Columbia Conservatives is the only path available for a free-enterprise coali...
James Peters Jul 30, 2024

Third BC United MLA set to go to B.C.'s Conservatives
RICHMOND, B.C. - BC United Leader Kevin Falcon is losing a third member of the legislature to the Conservative Party of British Columbia. BC United's director of communications Adam Wilson says in a s...
James Peters Jul 29, 2024

Kamloops had the highest crime rate in the country last year: Statistics Canada
KAMLOOPS - New numbers released by Statistics Canada Thursday (July 25) show Kamloops had the highest crime rate of any city in Canada last year.Police reported 13,116 crimes per 100,000 population in...
James Peters Jul 25, 2024

Man charged with throwing rocks at children playing in downtown Kamloops park
KAMLOOPS - Charges have been laid in a case of a man reported to be yelling and throwing rocks at children playing in a downtown Kamloops park.In a news release, Kamloops RCMP spokesperson Cpl. Crysta...
James Peters Jul 25, 2024

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