Category Archives: British Columbia
Province announces review of wildfire and flood seasons
KAMLOOPS - The provincial government has announced an independent review of this year’s unparalleled wildfire and flood seasons. “2017 was the worst fire season in recent memory,” sa...
Dec 04, 2017
King Tide set to hit Vancouver
VANCOUVER - Metro Vancouver municipalities are preparing for flooding ahead of a King Tide this week. The seasonal King Tide — that occurs when the moon is closest to the earth — can be ab...
Dec 04, 2017
NDP ready to take on Liberals in Kelowna West byelection
KELOWNA - The B-C New Democrats have acclaimed Shelley Cook — who leads a chapter of the John Howard Society — to run in the Kelowna West byelection. The riding became vacant when former p...
Dec 04, 2017
Funeral held for Syrian refugee, 9, struck and killed by bus in Abbotsford, B.C.
ABBOTSFORD, B.C. - The Abbotsford Islamic Centre says a nine-year-old Syrian refugee who was struck and killed by a bus on Friday was laid to rest on Saturday. The girl, identified by the Abbotsford I...
Dec 03, 2017
BC Coroners Service condemns funeral chain's campaign to show dangers of fentanyl
KAMLOOPS - The BC Coroners Service says it does not support using fear-based initiatives to try and slow down the opioid epidemic in B.C The message comes after a Langley funeral home chain announced ...
Dec 02, 2017
Funeral chain creates program to underscore the dangers of fentanyl
LANGLEY, B.C. - A funeral services chain in British Columbia is developing a program it hopes will cut the number of drug deaths related to fentanyl among children and young adults. Alternatives Funer...
Dec 02, 2017
RCMP: Fatal Barriere trailer park fire not suspicious
KAMLOOPS - Police say yesterday’s fatal trailer park fire which claimed the life of a senior citizen in Barriere wasn’t suspicious. The blaze broke out Thursday afternoon in a trailer in t...
Dec 01, 2017
Unemployment rate drops in Canada and B.C.
OTTAWA - Statistics Canada says the unemployment rate in this country dropped to 5.9 per cent last month — down four-tenths of a point from its October setting — to reach its lowest level ...
Dec 01, 2017
Structure fire claims a life in Barriere
KAMLOOPS - A structure fire claimed the life of a senior citizen in Barriere Thursday afternoon. According to local newspaper the NorthThompson Star/Journal, the Barriere Volunteer Fire Department att...
Nov 30, 2017
Vernon armed robbery suspect at large
VERNON, B.C. - RCMP are looking for a suspect after a armed robbery at a Vernon business. A man entered the Shell Gas Station on Okanagan Landing Road Tuesday night around 8:30 and demanded money from...
Nov 30, 2017
