All Aboard the Holiday Train

Hundreds of Kamloops residents braced frigid temperatures downtown at the Interior Savings Centre to view the annual visit by the CP Holiday Train.  A beautifully decorated locomotive along with an...

The cleanest fuel for the dirtiest engines? You decide

Do you own a small engine? Do you know what small engine emissions do to your health and the environment? Do you know why small engines pollute so much? Are you tired of your small engine equipment having starting...

Rocky Mountaineer Rolls On

Vancouver, British Columbia - A cast of colorful characters from around the world, boarded the Rocky Mountaineer luxury train in Vancouver, British Columbia. Together we would ride the rails on the train awarded...

Federal Liberal Michael Ignatieff-Ranching Carbon Sinks-Kamloops

Federal Liberal Leader Michael Ignatieff was in Kamloops, British Columbia for an interactive Town Hall meeting.  Ignatieff demonstrated his thoroughness and preparedness as he was well aware of the BC...

Federal Liberal Leader Michael Ignatieff on Energy Use - Kamloops

Federal Liberal Leader Michael Ignatieff was in Kamloops, British Columbia for a Question & Answer Town Hall meeting on March 26th, 2009.   A crowd of well over 300 people attended the very...

Early morning phone call (very early - 3:30 am) on March 14, 2009

Early morning phone call (very early - 3:30 am) on Saturday, March 14, 2009 At 3:30AM today (March 14, 2009), my phone rang, no one there, rang again-no one. Rang a 3rd time and a man with a strong accent said...

Canadian Gangsters go digital to recruit, intimidate

Barry Artiste Op/Ed Hey!! Vanilla Ice wants his Look Back! " VANCOUVER — The next generation of street thugs is literally at our fingertips. They call themselves gangsters and they’ve got the criminal...

Premier Accused of Pink Shirt Hypocrisy on Anti-Bullying Day

Premier Gordon Campbell and CKNW talk show host Christie Clark, may wish they had left their pink shirts in the closet as their own bullying baggage is dragged out along with the shirts. Campbell has declared Feb....

Canadian Government & Crime Stoppers fight Human Trafficking

I got a call just after 4:00 p.m. today from a reporter with CIFM-FM98 / CFJC Newsroom here in Kamloops about a press release that they had just received (Link: http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/Public-Safety-Canada-938350.html) and he wanted to ask me what I thought of...

Mom thinks missing woman in sex trade

The notorious Mongols outlaw biker gang have been described as a "criminal syndicate on wheels" by agents from the Bureau of Alcohol Tobacco Firearms and Explosives. Well last night John Walsh showed us where they...

Sea to Sky Highway in BC to reopen tonight

BC Transportation Minister Kevin Falcon announced at a press conference about 30 mins ago that the Sea to Sky Highway in BC will reopen by 11pm tonight.That is good news for stranded travellers. See our previous...

Police Taser 82 year old man three times - while lying in a hospital bed

Only days after a major British Columbia public inquiry into Taser use by police (read the story here), another scandal has hit the headlines after an 82-year-old man recovering from heart bypass surgery was...

Could Jessie Foster be Jane Doe? - *Jessie Foster - Missing from North Las Ve...

Could Jessie Foster be Jane Doe?  Could Jessie Foster be Jane Doe?Forensic artist 90% sure it's her; missing woman's mom awaits DNA testThe mother of a missing Kamloops woman is clinging to hope offered...

Thompson Okanagan: let me count the ways!

Thompson Okanagan: let me count the ways! © By Mike Keenan When Elizabeth Barrett Browning penned, "How do I love thee?" she was referring to British Columbia's Thompson Okanagan valley, neatly...

Worlds Oldest Profession: " May go Co-op" in BC.

OpinionBarry Artiste, Now Public ContributorThey say selling oneself for money is the  world's oldest profession. If some in British Columbia have their way, prostitution for those by choice may establish a...

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