Category Archives: British Columbia
Passenger dies in Coquihalla crash
HOPE, B.C. - A crash that closed the Coquihalla near Hope Sunday night resulted in a fatality. In a news release this morning, RCMP E-Division Traffic Services says the driver of a southbound vehicle ...
Jun 04, 2018
Province surveys truckers on safer chain-up rules
KAMLOOPS - The provincial government is engaging commercial truck drivers on proposed chain-up regulations and related fines on B.C. highways. “A majority of commercial vehicle operators use cha...
Jun 04, 2018
Six-vehicle crash results in minor injuries in Enderby
ENDERBY - Mounties responded to a six-vehicle crash in Enderby over the weekend. Vernon North Okanagan RCMP Cst. Kelly Brett says it occurred on Highway 97A and Fenton Road just before 7:00 p.m. Frida...
Jun 04, 2018
Sentencing hearing starts today in Armstrong murder case
VERNON, B.C. - A sentencing hearing is expected to begin today in a Vernon courtroom for Matthew Foerster. He pleaded guilty in March to the second-degree murder of 18-year-old Taylor Van Diest in Arm...
Jun 04, 2018
Coquihalla reopened after vehicle rollover
HOPE, B.C. - The Coquihalla Highway is now fully reopened following an accident 20 kilometers east of Hope yesterday. A vehicle apparently overturned and rolled on the highway around 5:00 PM, creating...
Jun 04, 2018
Searchers locate missing mushroom picker near Loon Lake
KAMLOOPS - As foragers enjoy what is likely to be a huge mushroom picking season, Kamloops Search and Rescue is asking people to let someone know of their whereabouts. On Saturday evening the search t...
Jun 03, 2018
No tsunami or damage expected after small earthquake off B.C. coast
HAIDA GWAII, B.C. - A small earthquake has been detected off of British Columbia’s coast. Earthquakes Canada says the 4.2-magnitude quake struck Saturday afternoon, 94 kilometres west of the vil...
Jun 03, 2018
Kamloops Fire Centre sees average number of spring fires with above average size
KAMLOOPS - The B.C. Wildfire Service says they saw an average number of fire starts in the Kamloops Fire Centre this spring, and an above average amount of hectares burned. According to Fire Informati...
Jun 02, 2018
UPDATE: Chase RCMP identify victim of fatal train collision
UPDATE - Chase RCMP have identified a man struck and killed by a train west of Chase as a 59 year-old from Lee Creek, B.C. They have not released the man’s name. Police are thanking the public f...
Jun 02, 2018
Allie Lake area restriction lifted
SAVONA, B.C. - Yet another sign wildfire crews have gotten a handle on the Allie Lake wildfire north of Savona. Just six days after an area restriction was put in place around the blaze, the restricti...
Jun 01, 2018
