Category Archives: British Columbia
Logging truck spills its load
KAMLOOPS - Traffic had to be detoured on Highway 97 after a logging truck jack-knifed and spilled its load near Old Kamloops Road this afternoon. BX-Swan Lake Fire Chief Bill Wacey says it was a bit o...
Jan 08, 2018
Fraud/theft suspects arrested after pursuit
KAMLOOPS - Police had to use a spike belt to stop a theft suspect who was said to be driving dangerously around Vernon in a U-Haul cube van. Mounties received reports of a man and woman trying to buy ...
Jan 08, 2018
'Violent' hit and run suspect arrested in the Cariboo
WILLIAMS LAKE, B.C. - Two people from Williams Lake are facing multiple charges following a hit and run incident in Clinton. Cst. Andrew Waters of the Williams Lake RCMP says it all started Friday mor...
Jan 08, 2018
Merritt mayor says city doing 'quite well' one year after Tolko mill closure
MERRITT, B.C. - A little over a year after the Tolko sawmill in Merritt closed, mayor Neil Menard says the city is doing ‘quite well.’ “The businesses felt it a little bit at first, ...
Jan 07, 2018
Missing sledders near Revelstoke found alive
REVELSTOKE, B.C. - Two young men have been rescued from a mountain near Revelstoke after they got lost on a snowmobiling trip and were forced to spend a night in the frigid elements. R-C-M-P Corporal ...
Jan 07, 2018
B.C. teen creating app, summer camp to revive First Nations language
VANCOUVER - A 15-year-old high school student in British Columbia is turning to technology to help address a decades-old problem - how to revive an Indigenous language nearly lost to the residential s...
Jan 07, 2018
Woman Shot At Vernon Apartment
VERNON, B.C. - RCMP are investigating the shooting of a woman Saturday morning in Vernon. "Shortly after 1 am, RCMP responded to a report of a shooting at an apartment located on the 3700 block of 24t...
Jan 07, 2018
Two B.C. cities soldier on with decades-old ban on self-serve gas pumps
VANCOUVER - Two western Canadian cities that mandate gas stations employ attendants to pump fuel are outliers in a nation where most citizens are accustomed to do-it-yourself fill ups. Richmond and Co...
Jan 06, 2018
Winter warming trend increasing avalanche risk
KAMLOOPS - A change in the weather is creating some instability at higher elevations. Mike Conlan with Avalanche Canada says there are a few weak layers of snow buried at and below tree-line elevation...
Jan 06, 2018
Merritt mayor frustrated with highway contractor, truckers
KAMLOOPS - After a year of gradual improvements, Merritt Mayor Neil Menard says there’s been a big step backwards recently in regards to the maintenance of the highways near his community. ̶...
Jan 05, 2018
