Author Archives: James Peters

Indigenous leaders say B.C. opposition members derailed changes to Land Act
Indigenous leaders say political opposition in British Columbia derailed a plan that would have cleared the way for shared decision-making between the province and First Nations over the use of public...
James Peters Feb 22, 2024

Do you believe children should be immunized for communicable diseases?
James Peters Feb 20, 2024 File Photo (Image Credit: CFJC Today)

B.C. Hydro investigating outage in Clinton Friday
CLINTON, B.C. - UPDATE: The outage has largely been rectified. EARLIER: BC Hydro personnel are responding to an outage affecting the village of Clinton Friday (Feb. 16). According to the power utility...
James Peters Feb 16, 2024

Falcon says BC United's housing plan includes rent-to-own initiative, drops taxes
VICTORIA - British Columbia's Opposition Leader Kevin Falcon is pitching a housing plan that aims to get more first-time buyers into homes, and it comes just days after Premier David Eby promised to b...
James Peters Feb 15, 2024

RCMP form national co-ordination team in response to extortion schemes
SURREY, B.C. - The RCMP says it has established a national team to help co-ordinate investigations and information sharing about extortion schemes targeting South Asian businesses in B.C., Alberta and...
James Peters Feb 15, 2024

8 to 10 people injured after shooting near Chiefs parade, official says
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) - A shooting at the end of the Kansas City Chiefs' Super Bowl parade left at least eight injured while sending terrified fans running for cover. Fire Department Battalion Chief M...
James Peters Feb 14, 2024

Have you ever had your vehicle broken into in Kamloops?
James Peters Feb 12, 2024 File Photo (Image Credit: CFJC Today)

New payment model sees 16.5% jump in B.C. family doctors, but more needed: minister
VANCOUVER - Health Minister Adrian Dix says the number of family doctors in British Columbia is increasing, but there are still almost 900,000 people without a primary care provider. He says the New D...
James Peters Feb 09, 2024

B.C.'s dismal snow season is a glimpse of the future, says ski resort researcher
VANCOUVER - Views of Metro Vancouver's ski hills looming over the city are a sea of green after a winter of record-breaking warmth, sparse snow and torrential rain. Skiers and snowboarders have faced ...
James Peters Feb 07, 2024

Strong start to home sales in 2024 unlikely to delay BoC rate cuts: economists
TORONTO - A surge in home sales across Canada's largest markets to kick off 2024 is unlikely to prompt the Bank of Canada to delay its probable interest rate cuts later this year. The start of the yea...
James Peters Feb 06, 2024

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