Category Archives: British Columbia
Small earthquake shakes up Salmon Arm
SALMON ARM, B.C - Residents living in Salmon Arm and the surrounding area last night were startled by what appears to have been a small earthquake. Reports began flowing in last night around 8:40 pm a...
Mar 03, 2019
Falkland church, with a one-of-a-kind history, needs community support for much-needed renovations
FALKLAND, B.C. - The community church in Falkland has a unique history. Officials believe it to be the only church in the world to have been collaboratively built by five different denominations - a t...
Mar 01, 2019
Grain cars leave the track near Banff in CP derailment
BANFF - The Transportation Safety Board of Canada says 20 cars left the tracks when a Canadian Pacific Railway freight train derailed west of Banff, Alta. The board says 10 of the cars were carrying g...
Mar 01, 2019
Fire at Maple Ridge homeless camp raises concerns
MAPLE RIDGE - For the third time in a week, flames have broken out at a tent encampment in Maple Ridge, British Columbia. First responders were called early Friday morning to the Anita Place homeless ...
Mar 01, 2019
Vehicles collide as snow falls on Coquihalla Highway
LOGAN LAKE, B.C. - UPDATE: Traffic on the Coquihalla Highway was slowed to one lane this afternoon while first responders attended to a collision between a semi-truck and an SUV. RCMP, paramedics, and...
Feb 28, 2019
RCMP seek dashcam footage to help find Merritt-area cowboy
MERRITT, B.C. - Southeast District RCMP are appealing to the public for more help as they continue searching for Merritt-area cowboy Ben Tyner. Tyner, the ranch manager at Nicola Ranch, was reported m...
Feb 28, 2019
Lheidli T'enneh suing Enbridge over pipeline explosion
PRINCE GEORGE - The Lheidli T’enneh First Nation is taking legal action in response to the Enbridge pipeline explosion near Shelley last fall. The First Nation has filed an injunction to have th...
Feb 27, 2019
Environment Canada issues snowfall warning for Nicola region, Fraser Canyon
MERRITT, B.C. - Environment Canada has issued a snowfall warning for the southern edges of the province, but forecaster Matt MacDonald says the heavy snowfall could reach up into the Merritt area. ...
Feb 27, 2019
Inflation rate decelerates
OTTAWA - The country’s annual inflation rate decelerated last month to 1.4 per cent in January in large part because of lower prices at the pump, Statistics Canada said Wednesday said in a new r...
Feb 27, 2019
B.C. Premier says affordable housing is a stumbling block to economic growth
VICTORIA - Premier John Horgan says B-C boasts Canada’s strongest economy and lowest jobless rate, but growth is threatened by a shortage of affordable housing for workers and their families. Ho...
Feb 27, 2019
