Category Archives: British Columbia
Rock slide north of Summerland causing some traffic chaos
SUMMERLAND - RCMP were kept busy dealing with travellers getting stranded on unplowed back roads while trying to get around the rockslide that still has the highway shut down north of Summerland. Moun...
Feb 04, 2019
Transportation Safety Board to investigate derailment near Field
FIELD - The Transportation Safety Board of Canada (TSB) is sending a team of investigators to B.C. to investigate a train derailment near Field. Few other details about the crash are known. The TSB sa...
Feb 04, 2019
Distracted driving isn't the only problem
SURREY - Distracted walking may have played a part in an incident in Surrey, B.C., that sent a pedestrian to hospital with head injuries. RCMP say the 22-year-old Surrey woman was viewing her cellphon...
Feb 04, 2019
First ever mental health conference held for B.C first responders
VANCOUVER - Police officers, firefighters, dispatchers, and paramedics came from around the province for the inaugural B.C First Responders’ Mental Health Committee & Conference in Vancouver...
Feb 03, 2019
Hot air balloon hits power lines near Armstrong, seven on board uninjured
ARMSTRONG, B.C. - The Transportation Safety Board will be investigating after a hot air balloon with seven people on board, collided with power lines south of Armstrong. The balloon was in the air as ...
Feb 01, 2019
Missing Armstrong man found deceased
VERNON, B.C. - An Armstrong man who had been missing for a month, has been found deceased in the Vernon area. 41-year-old Brian Kyme Franklin had not been seen since Jan. 3. Sources tell Beach Radio N...
Feb 01, 2019
Shuswap man found not criminally responsible in fatal 2016 hit and run
KAMLOOPS - A man who admitted to running over a motorcyclist in the Shuswap nearly three years ago will face no prison time. Raymond Edward Swann, 58, pleaded not guilty to a charge of criminal neglig...
Feb 01, 2019
Teck advises shareholders to brace themselves for fourth-quarter profit reports
VANCOUVER - Vancouver-based Teck Resources is advising shareholders to expect lower-than-expected fourth-quarter profits. The mining company says issues at its smelter in Trail, a tumble in commodity ...
Feb 01, 2019
Political science expert predicts NDP byelection win will mean more assertive Greens
NANAIMO, B.C. - The NDP have kept their hold on the Nanaimo riding, after candidate Shiela Malcolmson won last night’s byelection with more than 49 per cent of the vote. Watching the results com...
Jan 31, 2019
Volunteers determined to keep searching for missing Merritt-area cowboy
MERRITT - The search for the missing Merritt-area cowboy has entered its fourth day. There are more than 50 search and rescue members looking for 32-year-old Benjamin Tyner. A helicopter is being used...
Jan 31, 2019
