Author Archives: James Peters

BURNABY, B.C. - British Columbia Premier David Eby says there's a "zero per cent chance" the province will implement recommendations by the provincial health officer that alternatives to opioids and o...

OTTAWA - The remnants of Hurricane Beryl have brought flash floods and destruction to parts of the Maritimes, but federal officials say the storm has also reduced the risk of wildfires in parts of Eas...

British Columbia's wildfire service says crews are battling a 10-hectare blaze in a park that protects a portion of what the province calls the "only inland temperate rainforest in the world," with tr...

TK'EMLUPS - Music for the People, an annual free concert, is returning to the local area later this summer. The popular event features music from the Margit Sky Project, Rod 'Little Sky' Bandura, Sage...

KEREMEOS, BRITISH COLUMBIA, CANADA - Police in British Columbia say four people are dead after a highway collision in the southern Interior, part of a spate of multiple-fatality crashes in the provinc...

VICTORIA - A report from B.C.'s provincial health officer recommends the province expand its "safer supply" program to prevent overdoses, including allowing access to alternatives to unregulated drugs...

KAMLOOPS - UPDATE (July 9): RCMP say the man reported missing on July 2 has been located and is safe.

SQUAMISH, BRITISH COLUMBIA - Mounties in Squamish, B.C., say three bodies have been recovered from the area of Garibaldi Provincial Park where three mountaineers went missing last month. In a statemen...

KAMLOOPS - A new wildfire that sprung up Thursday (July 4) north of Kamloops Lake is now being held, according to the B.C. Wildfire Service.The Dewdrop Creek fire only grew to spot size before it was ...