Category Archives: British Columbia

Partial closure of Highway 97 following vehicle incident near Vernon
VERNON - A vehicle incident outside of Vernon has closed the southbound lanes of Highway 97. According to Drive BC, the incident occurred between Clerke Road and Birnie Road (about 2 km south of Colds...
Kayla Derkach Jan 06, 2019

Updated: Winter storm warning no longer in effect for Coquihalla Highway
MERRITT - A winter storm warning previously put in place by Environment Canada is no longer in effect for the Coquihalla Highway section from Hope to Merritt. However, some snowfall is expected throug...
Kayla Derkach Jan 06, 2019

UPDATE: No water advisory after semi-truck crash near Avola
AVOLA, B.C. - A vehicle crash involving a transport truck along Highway 5 on Jan. 5 has had no impact on residents who draw water from the North Thompson River. TNRD Emergency Operations Centre Inform...
Kayla Derkach Jan 05, 2019

Vancouver's first two licensed marijuana retailers open for business
VANCOUVER -Vancouver’s first legal pot shops are open for business, more than two months after marijuana was legalized in Canada. City Cannabis Co.’s Fraser Street location and Evergreen C...
Kayla Derkach Jan 05, 2019

Mudslide cuts off Vancouver to Seattle Amtrak route
VANCOUVER- A mudslide near White Rock, B-C, has cut off Amtrak’s passenger train service between Vancouver and Seattle. It will be out until at least tomorrow. The company issued a service alert...
Kayla Derkach Jan 05, 2019

New chairlift highlights busiest day ever at Sun Peaks Resort
SUN PEAKS, B.C. - A new chairlift, and a new busiest day ever has Sun Peaks Resort looking forward to the rest of the 2019 ski season. Chief Marketing Officer Aidan Kelly says the warm weather in near...
Kayla Derkach Jan 04, 2019

Interior Health gives Vavenby water system the all clear
VAVENBY, B.C. - Vavenby residents have been given the all clear to use domestic water again. In a news release, the Thompson-Nicola Regional District says the ‘Do Not Use’ notice put in pl...
Kayla Derkach Jan 04, 2019

Coquihalla likely to be slippery and slushy this weekend
KAMLOOPS - It’s been a mixed bag of weather to start off 2019, with temperatures becoming more mild after some heavy snowfall. That could impact traffic on Southern Interior highways this weeken...
Kayla Derkach Jan 04, 2019

Avalanche danger on the rise in some areas this weekend
VANCOUVER - Avalanche Canada is warning of extreme danger in the mountains of B-C’s south coast, the Sea to Sky region and Alberta’s Jasper National Park. The warning says that storms yest...
Kayla Derkach Jan 04, 2019

Transportation Safety Board investigating derailment near Field
FIELD - Clean-up work is under way at the scene of a Canadian Pacific Railway train derailment just east of Field, B.C., near the Alberta boundary. CP Rail says in a statement that there were no injur...
Kayla Derkach Jan 04, 2019

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