LATEST

PETERS – Safe return home of missing man gives us reason to keep hoping

Posted on June 22, 2019 in Local Voices, Page One, Peters // 0 Comments

(Image: Hamer-Jackson family)

IF NEWS IS SUPPOSED TO BE stories that are unexpected or out of the ordinary, then the biggest news story of the week wasn’t the approval of the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion.

That was hardly unexpected. The federal government had telegraphed it for months.

And the biggest news wasn’t the continuation of the forest crisis that is costing many hundreds of BC families their jobs. That has also been coming for a long time.

No, the biggest story was a Kamloops man walking up his front yard into the loving arms of his family.

Read More >>

James Peters is the radio anchor at CFJC, coming to Kamloops in 2006. He anchors the afternoon news on B-100 and 98.3 CIFM, and contributes weekly editorials to the CFJC Evening News. He tweets regularly @Jamloops.

Mel Rothenburger's avatar
About Mel Rothenburger (11739 Articles)
ArmchairMayor.ca is a forum about Kamloops and the world. It has more than one million views. Mel Rothenburger is the former Editor of The Daily News in Kamloops, B.C. (retiring in 2012), and past mayor of Kamloops (1999-2005). At ArmchairMayor.ca he is the publisher, editor, news editor, city editor, reporter, webmaster, and just about anything else you can think of. He is grateful for the contributions of several local columnists. This blog doesn't require a subscription but gratefully accepts donations to help defray costs.

Leave a comment

Copyright © 2026 Create a website or blog at WordPress.com