Category Archives: British Columbia
ICBC & police launch high-risk driving campaign
KAMLOOPS - Motorists beware. ICBC and police launched a month-long, high-risk driving campaign today. High-risk driving behaviours under the microscope will include speeding, failing to yield right of...
May 01, 2018
ATV crash claims life of 12 year old girl near 100 Mile House
100 MILE HOUSE, B.C. - Update: A GoFundMe page has identified the deceased girl as 12 year old Zoe Daigle. According to the GoFundMe page, Zoe was a popular and well-loved student at 108 Mile Elementa...
Apr 30, 2018
Pedestrian killed north of Revelstoke
REVELSTOKE - One man is dead after he was struck by a flat deck truck on Highway 23 North, about 90 kilometres north of Revelstoke over the weekend. Revelstoke RCMP Staff Sgt. Kurt Grabinsky says it h...
Apr 30, 2018
CRD issues evacuation order for areas of Nazko Valley
QUESNEL, B.C. - As the water level rises in the Nazko River west of Quesnel, some areas of the Nazko Valley are being ordered evacuated. The Cariboo Regional District declared a state of local emergen...
Apr 29, 2018
Cache Creek prepares for more high water next week
CACHE CREEK, BC - The water came hard and fast on Friday night – with both Cache Creek and the Bonaparte River spilling their banks around 6:45 pm, prompting the Village of Cache Creek to declar...
Apr 28, 2018
Evacuation Alert issued for Joeyaska Reserve east of Merritt
MERRITT, B.C. - Residents of the Joeyaska Reserve just east of Merritt have been asked to prepare for evacuations. The Lower Nicola Indian Band issued an evacuation alert Friday night prompted by the ...
Apr 28, 2018
Merritt mayor confident in city's flood preparations
MERRITT, B.C. - The City of Merritt is bracing for potential flooding as one of several Interior communities under a flood watch. Mayor Neil Menard says he personally checked water levels at the Nicol...
Apr 28, 2018
Village of Cache Creek declares state of local emergency as flood waters rise
KAMLOOPS - The Village of Cache Creek has declared a state of local emergency as spring flooding pours into the streets. Mayor John Ranta signed the state of local emergency last night after the creek...
Apr 28, 2018
Spring flooding shuts down highways in B.C. Interior
UPDATE - Highway 1 at Savona and Spences Bridge, and Highway 97 at the junction with Highway 1 have all re-opened. Highway 8 remains closed 24 km west of Merritt. EARLIER: Spring flooding and washouts...
Apr 28, 2018
Flood Watch issued for Cache Creek, Merritt, Williams Lake
VICTORIA - The BC River Forecast Centre has issued a Flood Watch for several communities in the BC Interior, including Cache Creek, Merritt and Williams Lake. A High Streamflow Advisory remains in pla...
Apr 27, 2018
