Category Archives: British Columbia
B.C. Inflation rate now third-highest in Canada
VICTORIA - The national inflation rate dipped slightly in April to 2.2 per cent — down one-tenth of a point — but the rate in B-C moved in the opposite direction, edging up to 2.7 per cent...
May 18, 2018
RAW VIDEO: Watch rare footage of the raging Thompson River during the flood of 1972
LYTTON, B.C. - CFJC Today reader Michael Glynn has sent us some rare and spectacular video. The 8mm footage shows the raging Thompson River during the great flood of 1972, from a location about 15 kil...
May 17, 2018
Tunkwa Lake fire grows to 145ha
LOGAN LAKE - The Tunkwa Lake Road fire near Logan Lake has grown in size. According to the BC Wildfire Service, it has grown from 140 hectares Wednesday to 145 hectares today and remains listed as out...
May 17, 2018
ICBC planning high-risk driving blitz this long weekend
KAMLOOPS - ICBC and police will be cracking down on high-risk driving behaviours this Victoria Day long weekend. The provinice-wide initiative is part of a month-long campaign and will focus on such b...
May 17, 2018
All flood-related evacuation orders lifted in TNRD
MERRITT, B.C. - Good news for residents away from home due to the threat of flooding in the Lower Nicola and Cherry Creek areas: you can go home. The Thompson-Nicola Regional District is lifting the t...
May 17, 2018
Chase RCMP seek break and enter suspects
CHASE - Mounties in Chase are seeking the public’s help in locating suspects involved in a break-and-enter. Cpl. Scott Linklater says it occurred just before 1:00 a.m. Wednesday at a residence o...
May 17, 2018
Opposition leader calls for relief from B.C. gas prices
VICTORIA - B-C’s official Opposition leader Andrew Wilkinson is calling on the N-D-P government to provide temporary relief at the pumps for British Columbians, as gas prices soar. Wilkinson say...
May 17, 2018
Cache Creek braces for more flooding
CACHE CREEK, B.C. - The flood waters of Cache Creek have receded, but the village of the same name is bracing itself for more high water. At the end of April, Cache Creek breached its banks and floode...
May 16, 2018
Construction to begin soon on new water treatment plant in Ashcroft
ASHCROFT, B.C. - By this time next year the Village of Ashcroft may have a new water treatment facility. Ashcroft councillors voted to award a contract for the nearly $10 million project. According to...
May 16, 2018
No charges in 2015 Salmon Arm police shooting
VICTORIA - Nearly three years after the fact, the BC Prosecution Serivce (BCPS) has finally announced that no charges have been approved against members of the Salmon Arm RCMP involved in a non-fatal ...
May 16, 2018
