Category Archives: British Columbia
Vernon RCMP investigating violent break and enter, shooting death
VERNON, B.C. - UPDATE: Vernon-North Okanagan RCMP have provided an update on the events in Vernon and surrounding area overnight. WATCH: (Video Credit / Beach Radio Vernon) EARLIER: A man is dead afte...
Feb 08, 2019
Avalanche warning for much of BC Interior
KAMLOOPS - A special public avalanche warning has been issued for backcountry users in the BC Interior. Avalanche Canada says the warning is effective immediately until the end of Sunday, Feb. 10. The...
Feb 07, 2019
Cause of Vernon house fire determined
VERNON, B.C. - Fire officials have wrapped up their investigation into a blaze that destroyed a home on Kalamalka Lake Road in Coldstream Monday. Fire chief Dave Sturgeon says it started in the chimne...
Feb 07, 2019
CP mainline reopened after derailment near Field
FIELD - Canadian Pacific Railway says it has reopened the mainline through Field, B-C, where 99 grain cars and two locomotives jumped the tracks in a deadly derailment Monday. Three Calgary-based crew...
Feb 07, 2019
Highway 97 near Summerland re-opening delayed after new crack found
SUMMERLAND, B.C. - Highway 97 in the Okanagan will remain closed for the immediate future after work crews discovered another crack in the slope that caused last weekend's rockslide. On Wednesday, the...
Feb 06, 2019
Police in Shuswap, Okanagan looking for armed robbery suspect
SALMON ARM, B.C. - Police across the Shuswap and the North Okanagan are asking for the public’s help in locating an armed robbery suspect. Vernon-North Okanagan RCMP say in a news release that p...
Feb 06, 2019
Hydro usage up as cold snap hits the province
VANCOUVER - Electricity demand spiked across the province as the first cold snap of 2019 hit. BC Hydro says in a news release that the demand increased by an average of 13 per cent on February 3 and 4...
Feb 05, 2019
Sagmoen pleads guilty to assault charge- still facing more charges
VERNON - A man who faces a number of charges including alleged assaults of escorts has pleaded guilty to assault in an unrelated incident involving a sex worker in Maple Ridge in 2013. Curtis Wayne Sa...
Feb 05, 2019
VIDEO: Twisted wreckage lies beside Trans Canada Highway after fatal derailment
FIELD, B.C. - Video from the scene of a fatal CP train derailment Monday morning shows dozens of cars and at least one engine in a twisted pile of wreckage beside the Trans Canada Highway. The video, ...
Feb 04, 2019
Coquihalla maintenance contract to change hands later this year
MERRITT, B.C. - The longtime maintenance contractor for the majority of the Coquihalla Highway system has lost that contract. On Friday, February 1, the province’s Ministry of Transportation and...
Feb 04, 2019
