Author Archives: Dave Barry
Massive power outage sweeps across Northern BC
PRINCE GEORGE - BC Hydro says approximately 100,000 customers lost power Wednesday night in an outage that stretched from Fort St John in the east to Smithers in the west. The outage occurred around 9...
Dave Barry Sep 11, 2019
Power knocked out for thousands in Kamloops
KAMLOOPS - A major summer electrical storm swept through Kamloops Tuesday night, knocking out hydro to more than 5,100 B.C. Hydro customers. The storm struck around around 6:30pm and produced winds th...
Dave Barry Sep 03, 2019 Image Credit: BC Hydro
Jim Pattison makes offer to take Canfor Corp. private at $16 per share
VANCOUVER - Jim Pattison's Great Pacific Capital Corp. has made an offer to buy the rest of Canfor Corp. it does not already own for $16 per share. Shares in Canfor closed at $8.80 on the Toronto Stoc...
Dave Barry Aug 12, 2019
B.C. murder suspect not a neo-Nazi, is more fascinated by Russia, dad says
PORT ALBERNI, B.C. - A murder suspect who allegedly sent photographs of a swastika armband and a Hitler Youth knife to an online friend was not a Nazi sympathizer, but he did think the memorabilia was...
Dave Barry Jul 27, 2019
B.C. player wins $60 million jackpot in Friday night's Lotto Max draw
TORONTO - A single ticket sold somewhere in British Columbia claimed Friday night's $60 million Lotto Max jackpot. There was no immediate word on where exactly where the ticket was purchased. The draw...
Dave Barry Jul 27, 2019
Roberto Alomar coming to Kamloops
KAMLOOPS --- Four former Toronto Blue Jays will be in Kamloops next month for a Blue Jays Academy Super Camp. Instructors include Blue Jays legend Roberto Alomar, along with Lloyd Moseby, Homer Bush a...
Dave Barry Jun 24, 2019 Image credit: Canadian Baseball Network
Ashcroft Mounties investigating assault on 4-year-old
ASHCROFT - An assault on a 4-year-old boy at a soccer tournament in Ashcroft this weekend is being investigated by RCMP. The child was taken to hospital with serious but non-life-threatening injuries....
Dave Barry Jun 24, 2019 Image Credit: CFJC Today
VIDEO: Lightning-caused Kamloops Lake fires 'out of control' but still small
KAMLOOPS - A series of fires that popped up Thursday on the north side of Kamloops Lake are classified 'out of control' by the B.C. Wildfire Service. However, Fire Information Officer Hannah Swift say...
Dave Barry May 31, 2019 Image Credit: Contributed / Crissy Felker
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