Category Archives: British Columbia

UPDATE: Coquihalla Highway closed southbound
KAMLOOPS - A vehicle incident is being blamed for the closure of the Coquihalla Highway Tuesday afternoon. The closure is in effect south of the Okanagan Connector, between Hope and Merritt. The serio...
Kayla Derkach Feb 12, 2019

Prince George RCMP seeking missing man
PRINCE GEORGE, B.C. - Police in Prince George are seeking the public’s help in locating a missing man. Cpl. Craig Douglass says 32-year-old Yadwinder Singh was last seen at the Guru Nanak Darbar...
Kayla Derkach Feb 12, 2019

Cold snap leads to record-setting hydro usage
VANCOUVER - BC Hydro has set a record for the highest February peak hourly demand, when the demand for electricity soared to more than 10,000 megawatts on Monday evening. The previous February record ...
Kayla Derkach Feb 12, 2019

UPDATE: Highway 1 reopens west of Revelstoke after early morning crash
REVELSTOKE, B.C. - UPDATE: Highway 1 is now open to single-lane alternating traffic after a vehicle incident earlier this morning. Drive BC is warning motorists to expect congestion and delays. EARLIE...
Kayla Derkach Feb 12, 2019

British Columbia legislature resumes with throne speech, budget next week
VICTORIA - Members of the British Columbia legislature return to the house today for a throne speech that sets the political agenda for the coming months as allegations from a spending scandal have al...
Kayla Derkach Feb 12, 2019

Alberta man killed in avalanche near Blue River
BLUE RIVER, B.C. - An avalanche has claimed a life near Blue River. North District RCMP media relations officer Cpl. Madonna Saunderson confirms one person was killed Saturday afternoon at about 3:00 ...
Kayla Derkach Feb 11, 2019

Lake Country teen killed in car accident remembered as kind, driven young man
KELOWNA - Cheerful, humble, amazing, inspiring. Those are some of the descriptions that mourners are posting to social media for the young man who died in the Highway 97 collision near UBCO in Kelowna...
Kayla Derkach Feb 11, 2019

Cannabis growers looking to agricultural business models
VANCOUVER – Some craft cannabis producers say the process for entering the legal market is too costly and complex, but others are looking to a familiar model from the agricultural world as a sol...
Kayla Derkach Feb 10, 2019

Carbon relief grants now open for greenhouse growers
VICTORIA – In a release today (Feb. 9), B.C’s Ministry of Agriculture has announced the applications for 2019 carbon tax relief grants are now open for eligible commercial greenhouse opera...
Kayla Derkach Feb 09, 2019

Community members hope to rebuild Merritt's Murray United Church
MERRITT, B.C. - It’s been almost a month since a fire destroyed the Murray United Church - the oldest building in the Nicola Valley. Now community members have turned their attention to fundrais...
Kayla Derkach Feb 08, 2019

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