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James Peters is our News Director, promoted to the position in November 2023. He got the journalism bug as a youth and hasn’t been able to shake it since, working in radio newsrooms in Manitoba and Alberta before settling at CFJC in 2006. James anchors the afternoon news on B-100 and 98.3 CIFM, and his newscasts have been honoured multiple times as the best small market newscasts in both BC and Canada. When he’s not working, James enjoys spending time with his wife Jennie, his daughter Eden, and his son Jovan.
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PETERS: Term limits for prime ministers? Seems like a good idea now
THERE IS SPECULATION from south of the border that one of the first things Donald Trump will do when he takes office is try to repeal the 22nd Amendment to the United States constitution.That's the constitutional amendment that prevents presidents from serving more than two terms.It's easy to see why Trump might want t...
Dec 20, 2024
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PETERS: Whether building up or tearing down, Kamloops is what you make it
THIS YEAR HAS BEEN another tough one for Kamloops.CFJC will air a 'Top 10 News Stories of 2024' special later this month that will really underline that point.Some of the biggest stories of the year involved fires and fights, despair, destruction and disorder.But those events and the feelings they elicited don't define...
Dec 13, 2024
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PETERS: Sanction Bill Sarai? Sure. Remove him from office? Ridiculous.
BILL SARAI MADE A MISTAKE. Actually, he made a few mistakes.Mistake #1: He shouldn't have secretly recorded a one-on-one conversation with Mayor Reid Hamer-Jackson.The temptation for the mayor's critics to do so is definitely alluring. After all, you might find your smoking gun. But it was still not the right move.Mist...
Dec 06, 2024
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PETERS: Approving the access hub shelter on the North Shore helped the helpers
I HAD A DREAM THIS WEEK that I was being taken to the hospital in an ambulance. On our way, we stopped at a downtown alley.There were several ambulances already parked there, with paramedics tending to the dozen-or-so people strung out on the ground. It was impossible to tell whether the people lying there were asleep,...
Nov 29, 2024
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PETERS: Eby could learn something from Horgan, who bridged the ideological divide between urban and rural B.C.
YOU'VE HEARD IT SAID dozens of times in the past week - the NDP could use another John Horgan.It's not that Horgan was the second coming or the perfect politician. He surely had his faults and his legacy is peppered with both successes and failures.The tightrope he walked, though, is what helped the BC NDP to some of i...
Nov 22, 2024
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PETERS: Business owners shouldn't be held responsible for nuisance calls
IF A PERSON IN KAMLOOPS CALLS 9-1-1 because they feel like they're having a heart attack, but it turns out to be a bad case of indigestion, they are not penalized.It could be argued that it's a waste of our emergency responders' time but that's kind of built into our system.Likewise, if someone smells smoke coming from...
Nov 15, 2024
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PETERS: Access hub approach gives North Shore the best opportunity for success
A PROPOSED ACCESS HUB SHELTER on the Kamloops North Shore is a positive for all involved.The idea is this won't be just a straight shelter - it will provide a whole suite of services that will hopefully help folks break the cycles that have resulted in them ending up in shelter.It's good for the neighbourhood - its res...
Nov 08, 2024
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PETERS: Conservatism used to be about lower taxes and smaller government, not conspiracy theories and racism
IN THE YEAR 2024, there seem to be two types of small 'c' conservatives.One hand, there are the classically defined conservatives.They want lower taxes. They want smaller governments that spend less money and don't intrude in their lives. They want governments that are friendly to businesses and unfriendly to crime.It'...
Nov 01, 2024
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PETERS: Facing caucus revolt, Justin Trudeau could learn from Joe Biden
JUSTIN TRUDEAU could learn from the lesson of Joe Biden. You'll remember Biden was adamant he was going to run for re-election for the Democratic Party this year. As his slowdown became more and more apparent, the calls came for him to step aside - those spooky calls from inside the house. Eventually, he did - and just...
Oct 25, 2024
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PETERS: We know who to vote against - now who do we vote for?
WHAT A STRANGE AND UNINSPIRING provincial election campaign we just endured.It started off with a complete reshaping of the political landscape in B.C.A list of factors led to the collapse of the once-mighty B.C. United, leaving candidates and supporters scattering in all directions.Their choices?On one side of the led...
Oct 18, 2024
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PETERS: Working in local government may pay well, but it sure doesn't seem like a lot of fun
WORKING IN LOCAL GOVERNMENT is not all it's cracked up to be. We dwell on the perks - the pay and the pension and the benefits - but lately, we've been hearing a lot about the drawbacks, too. In city hall, employees are on long term leave because of the stress of dealing with certain elected officials. Others have file...
Oct 11, 2024
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PETERS: Four dogs will die and the owners responsible will get away with it
THE JUDGMENT ON THREE PIT BULLS who teamed up to kill a beloved 12-year-old collie on the North Shore last month has come down: guilty. The sentence? Death. And now anyone who gives a lick about animal welfare should be outraged. The revelation this week that the dogs had cocaine and meth in their systems doesn't reall...
Oct 04, 2024
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PETERS: Studies in accountability - or a lack thereof
A COUPLE OF STUDIES IN ACCOUNTABILITY in local politics this week.First, to Kamloops city hall.Ever since the COVID lockdown, Kamloops council has opened up the public inquiries section of its regular meetings to people on Zoom.This week, some scoundrel, some dastardly reprobate decided to trick council by playing a cl...
Sep 27, 2024
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PETERS: Destruction of the Red Bridge clears the way for something much, much better
I WILL NOT BE SHEDDING ANY TEARS at the destruction of the Red Bridge this week.There will be some environmental damage from the fire and the resulting material that splashed into the river below and some business owners in the Mount Paul Industrial Park will have good reason for concern.Otherwise, no one was hurt, so ...
Sep 20, 2024
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PETERS: Selling out carbon tax principles still carries risk for Eby's NDP
ALMOST EVERYONE hates the carbon tax.Most of us despise all taxes, but the public really hates the carbon tax, which has been criticized as everything from ineffective to needlessly punitive ever since it was introduced.The reason it has survived so long is because progressive governments saw it as a principled way to ...
Sep 13, 2024
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PETERS: With the collapse of BC United, there will be a lot of nose-holding at the ballot box this fall
THE DOLLAR STORES IN BC are about to sell out of clothespins.The buyers? All those people who will need to plug their noses when they cast their ballots in the upcoming provincial election.On one hand, it will be tough for many to cast a ballot for the governing NDP.While the Eby government has thrown billions of dolla...
Sep 06, 2024
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PETERS: Bonded in grief, Kamloops embraces the Snowbirds with 'May She Soar'
MAY 17, 2020 was a Sunday.I was at home with my family when I received a phone call from the station.It was a young weekend employee telling me that he wasn't sure, but it appeared one of the Canadian Forces Snowbirds had crashed in Brocklehurst.As you can understand, we receive a lot of reports from people who believe...
Aug 30, 2024
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PETERS: Don't forget about that Build Kamloops alternative approval process
TWO THINGS CAN BE TRUE at the same time. For example, the borrowing initiative to kickstart the Build Kamloops program is good for the city. The projects included in the program will help bring Kamloops up to date with the size of city it has already become and set the stage for the future. Short of receiving hundreds ...
Aug 23, 2024
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