Category Archives: British Columbia
New Zealand tourist dies following bridge jump in Sicamous
SICAMOUS - Tragedy in Sicamous as a 23 year old tourist from New Zealand died after jumping from a bridge. The Sicamous RCMP were called out at 2 a.m. Wednesday to assist the BC Ambulance Service at t...
Aug 09, 2018
Massive fires in northwest B.C. merge
KAMLOOPS - Hundreds of wildfires continue to rage in B.C. – including the largest blaze in northwest B.C. “The biggest area of concern is the wildfire situation in the Northwest Fire Centr...
Aug 09, 2018
Merritt mayor wants Coquihalla speed limit lowered
MERRITT - The Mayor of Merritt plans to lobby the province to get the speed limit lowered on the Coquihalla highway. Neil Menard says the current limit of 120 kilometres per hour could be the reason f...
Aug 09, 2018
Vernon corn thief turns himself in
VERNON - The pressure from the publicity was too much. Vernon North Okanagan RCMP say a man suspected in the robbery of a Sparkes corn stand on Kalamalka Road Wednesday afternoon has turned himself in...
Aug 09, 2018
Federal NDP Leader Singh to run in Burnaby byelection
BURNABY - Federal New Democrat Leader Jagmeet Singh took aim at the Liberal government’s investment in the Trans Mountain pipeline and its lack of spending on housing and Pharmacare while announ...
Aug 08, 2018
Northwest B.C. wildfires continue to pose challenges
KAMLOOPS - Widespread fire activity is continuing to challenge wildfire crews across BC. BC Wildfire Service spokesperson Kyla Fraser says there are currently 462 fires burning now – including 2...
Aug 08, 2018
56 year old woman drowns in Lac la Hache
100 MILE HOUSE - Tragedy in Lac la Hache as a woman drowned while swimming there over the BC Day long weekend. Police say the incident occurred on Aug. 6, noting it happened while the woman was out on...
Aug 08, 2018
Corn stand robbery in Vernon
VERNON - Vernon North Okanagan RCMP are asking for the public's assistance in locating a vehicle and suspect involved in a robbery from a popular Sparks corn stand. It happened just before 4:00 pm yes...
Aug 08, 2018
Work continues on mudslide-damaged sections of Highway 97
CACHE CREEK - The Ministry of Transportation and Infrastructure say they still haven’t calculated the total costs associated with three mudslides late last week on Highway 97 from just north of ...
Aug 07, 2018
Temperatures soaring across B.C.
KAMLOOPS - Hot air coming up from the Unites States has prompted Environment Canada to issue special weather warnings for several areas of southeastern B.C. The warnings are for the regions of Shuswap...
Aug 07, 2018
