Author Archives: James Peters

KAMLOOPS - A new scholarship will help memorialize a Valleyview Secondary student whose life was cut short in a vehicle collision earlier this week. Eighteen-year-old Jakob Gottfriedson was killed Sat...

KAMLOOPS - The mayor of Kamloops is no longer the city's official spokesperson. In a news release distributed to media Wednesday (May 29), Kamloops councillor Kelly Hall - the deputy mayor for the mon...

BURNABY - The British Columbia government says a new online "hub" will speed up building permit processes across jurisdictions. Premier David Eby says "slow and complicated" building permit processes ...

OTTAWA - Immigration Minister Marc Miller is increasing the number of applications that will be processed under a much-criticized program to reunite Palestinians with Canadian relatives. The move come...

KAMLOOPS - Vehicle break-ins and stolen cars are a common problem in cities across Canada, and Kamloops is no exception. And the problem is not limited to certain neighbourhoods. Andrew Hebden is amon...

CHASE, B.C. - Chase residents and Highway 1 commuters are in for another six months of blasting.In a notice posted to its website, the Village of Chase says blasting on the south side of the Trans Can...

VICTORIA - The leader of British Columbia's official Opposition says the BC Conservatives have rejected a proposal to avoid vote-splitting in the provincial election this fall. BC United Leader Kevin ...

KAMLOOPS - UPDATE (May 27): RCMP say the missing person has been found and is safe.

SUN PEAKS, B.C. - The mayor of Sun Peaks says he's accepted his fate and will continue to oversee initiatives in the mountain resort municipality before it's time for him to step down. In an open lett...