Author Archives: James Peters

MERRITT, B.C. - Hundreds of properties in the Lower Nicola region now have long-term certainty with structural fire protection. The Thompson-Nicola Regional District (TNRD) announced Wednesday (June 1...

WILLIAMS LAKE, B.C. - The strike at Gibraltar Mine has ended. This after members of Unifor Local 3018 ratified a three-year collective agreement Tuesday night (June 18) following a tentative deal reac...

TK'EMLUPS TE SECWEPEMC - Friday's (June 21) National Indigenous Peoples Day celebration will include an aerial light show billed as one of the first of its kind outside the Lower Mainland.Tourism Kaml...

VANCOUVER - Taseko Mines Ltd. says it has reached a tentative agreement with striking employees at its Gibraltar Mine in central British Columbia. The deal is subject to ratification by the workers, w...

MALAKWA, B.C. - Fire crews in the Shuswap are continuing to investigate what caused a massive fire at a mobile home park earlier this week. The fire broke out Monday night at Green Acres Park around 8...

SORRENTO, B.C. - The Columbia Shuswap Regional District says a swim advisory is in place for a Shuswap beach after E.coli bacteria was found in the water. A swim advisory sent out by the regional dist...

KAMLOOPS - City of Kamloops staff say four complaints under council's Code of Conduct have been withdrawn because the people who brought them forward feared the subject would retaliate.On Thursday (Ju...

VANCOUVER - A cool and wet spring in parts of British Columbia has helped suppress fire activity, but an expected turn in the weather will likely renew wildfire risk this summer. BC Wildfire Service l...

OTTAWA - The wildfire season has been less dire so far this year than 2023, but the risk is high across most of the country for new fires to erupt this summer. The Canadian Interagency Forest Fire Cen...