Author Archives:
PETERS: What qualities do you want to see in our next mayor?
WE HAVE A COUPLE OF OPTIONS out there, so let's talk about it: who do we want to be the next mayor of Kamloops? By October when this term ends, Ken Christian will have served a term-and-a-quarter in t...
Mar 4, 2022
WOLFPACK WRAP-UP: Men's basketball bounced, men's volleyball looks to bounce back
KAMLOOPS - The Thompson Rivers University men's basketball team has been bounced from the Canada West tournament in Lethbridge, following an 80-75 loss to the Mount Royal Cougars on Thursday evening (...
Mar 4, 2022
Who's in, who's out, and who else might join the Conservative party leadership race
OTTAWA - With Sept.10 picked as the date for when the Conservative Party of Canada will have a new leader, time is ticking for prospective candidates and their teams to get into place. Those running h...
Mar 4, 2022
Suicide bombing kills 56 at Shiite mosque in Pakistan
PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) - A suicide bomber struck inside a Shiite Muslim mosque in Pakistan's northwestern city of Peshawar during Friday prayers, killing at least 56 worshippers and wounding 194 peop...
Mar 4, 2022
Canada's foreign minister meets counterparts at NATO to ramp up pressure Moscow
OTTAWA - Canada's foreign affairs minister is meeting counterparts at NATO headquarters in Brussels today to co-ordinate continuing efforts to impose costs on Russia for its invasion of Ukraine.Mlanie...
Mar 4, 2022
As war rages, Paralympics open in Beijing without Russia
BEIJING (AP) - The Winter Paralympics opened Friday in Beijing with the Russian athletes sent home, the Ukrainian team escaping a war zone to get to China and an impassioned call for peace.Andrew Pars...
Mar 4, 2022
Fraud, breach of trust case against former B.C. legislature clerk rests with judge
VANCOUVER - Defence lawyers for British Columbia's former clerk of the legislature say the Crown has failed to prove beyond a reasonable doubt that their client committed any crimes related to fraud o...
Mar 4, 2022
Canada must do more to control plastic waste exports: Environment Minister Guilbeault
OTTAWA - In the year since new rules to slow global exports of plastic waste took effect, Canada's shipments rose by more than 13 per cent, and most of it is going to the United States with no knowled...
Mar 4, 2022
'Disheartening': Alberta government promise to track domestic violence offenders lags
CALGARY - The Alberta government is lagging on a promise to fund electronic monitoring of domestic violence offenders even as other provinces push forward with programs believed to have saved lives.Th...
Mar 4, 2022
Canucks score twice early in third, rally past Islanders 4-3
NEW YORK (AP) - Nils Hoglander and rookie Vasily Podkolzin scored 45 seconds apart midway through the third period and Thatcher Demko made 24 saves as the Vancouver Canucks edged the New York Islander...
Mar 4, 2022
