Category Archives: British Columbia
Police renew call for help in locating missing Northern B.C. man last seen two years ago
FRASER LAKE, B.C. - Police are asking for the public's help in finding a man who has been missing for two years.Jerry Keith Krietz was last seen on July 8, 2017 at a motel in downtown Prince George an...
Jul 18, 2019 Image Credit: RCMP Handout
Record-breaking slot machine win claimed by Prince George woman
KAMLOOPS - A Prince George woman is over $2 million richer after simply playing the slots. Marlyne Dumoulin is the winner of the largest ever Powerbucks progressive jackpot, and she claimed her prize ...
Jul 18, 2019 Image Credit: BCLC
Chiefs honour Indigenous leader wrongfully hanged in B.C. 154 years ago today
NEW WESTMINSTER, B.C. - Chiefs have gathered in New Westminster, B.C., to commemorate an Indigenous leader who was wrongfully tried and hanged 154 years ago. Chief Ahan was ha...
Jul 18, 2019
Fort St. James declares financial emergency
FORT ST. JAMES, B.C. - The closure of the Conifex mill in Fort St. James has forced that municipality to take some extraordinary measures.In late June, Conifex announced the sale of its mill in that c...
Jul 18, 2019 Image Credit: District of Fort St. James
B.C. on right road with tougher ride-hailing driver rules, says expert
VICTORIA - The British Columbia government's firm position on tougher driver's licence requirements for ride-hailing is a move in the right direction, given the experiences from other jurisdictio...
Jul 18, 2019
Migration begins: blame toadlets if ground seems to move in Whistler, B.C.
WHISTLER, B.C. - An annual migration involving tens of thousands of creatures is underway in Whistler, B.C., but observers could miss it if they don't look down. Up to 40,000 tiny western to...
Jul 18, 2019
UPDATE: Driver, passenger treated for minor injuries after semi jack-knifes near Revelstoke
REVELSTOKE, B.C. - UPDATE: Police are releasing more information about an early morning crash near Revelstoke. Police say in a news release that just before 5:00 a.m. emergency responders attended the...
Jul 17, 2019
U.S. tug firm to be sentenced for 2016 spill in B.C. First Nation's territory
BELLA BELLA, B.C. - A Texas-based company is scheduled to be sentenced after pleading guilty to a diesel spill from a tug boat that ran aground and sank in a First Nation's fishing terr...
Jul 17, 2019
Dump truck driver dies in crash east of Revelstoke
REVELSTOKE, B.C. - Highway 1 was closed Wednesday near Canyon Hot Springs after a fatal crash.RCMP say in a news release that at roughly 11:30 a.m. Wednesday (July 17), emergency responders attended t...
Jul 17, 2019 Highway 1 30 kilometres east of Revelstoke, looking east. (Image Credit: Drive BC)
Safety work wraps, salmon saving set to start at slide in B.C.'s Fraser River
CLINTON, B.C. - The co-ordinated effort to save hundreds of thousands of salmon hampered by a rockslide in British Columbia's Fraser River is about to get even more technical. Leri Davi...
Jul 17, 2019
