Category Archives: British Columbia

Kamloops, Merritt Mounties issue dozens of tickets in distracted driving blitz
KAMLOOPS, B.C. -Mounties issued 27 tickets for distracted driving (cell phones) and another 51 for failing to wear a seatbelt during a two-day combined operation this week in Kamloops and Merritt. In ...
Kayla Derkach Sep 27, 2017

CRD lifts more area restrictions
KAMLOOPS - More signs B.C’s wildfire season is nearing its end. As of noon Wednesday, the only area restriction in place is the one around the Elephant Hill wildfire. The Cariboo Fire Centre say...
Kayla Derkach Sep 27, 2017

Former Olympic rower Harold Backer pleads not guilty to fraud in securities case
VICTORIA - An investment dealer and former Olympic rower who went missing for nearly 18 months has pleaded not guilty to two fraud charges. Harold Backer was not in B.C. provincial court during a hear...
Kayla Derkach Sep 27, 2017

Winter work stoppage at Site C megaproject prompts layoffs: BC Hydro
VANCOUVER - BC Hydro confirms about 200 workers at the Site C dam construction project in northeastern British Columbia have been laid off by the consortium that holds the main civil works contract. A...
Kayla Derkach Sep 27, 2017

Court tells Ottawa to reconsider pipeline approval on B.C. reserve
VANCOUVER - The Federal Court of Appeal has set aside a decision by the minister of Indian affairs that allowed the expansion of the Trans Mountain oil pipeline through the Coldwater Indian Reserve ne...
Kayla Derkach Sep 27, 2017

Man acquitted of child porn charges
VERNON, B.C. - A Vernon man has been acquitted of child pornography charges, due to a technicality. 56 year old William Munton was facing two charges of making child porn, and one of possessing it. Ho...
Kayla Derkach Sep 27, 2017

B.C. Forests Minister says extra staff brought on to process overdue wildfire bills
KAMLOOPS - Forests Minister Doug Donaldson says British Columbia is working quickly to reimburse contractors and businesses that contributed goods or services during this summer's severe fire season. ...
Kayla Derkach Sep 27, 2017

Youth homelessness advocate completes cross-country walk pushing a shopping cart
VANCOUVER - A man who lived on the streets of Vancouver as a teenager will push a shopping cart through the city's rough-and-tumble Downtown Eastside once again on Friday, but this time will mark the ...
Kayla Derkach Sep 27, 2017

Missing, murdered women inquiry hears stories of loss at first B.C. hearing
SMITHERS, B.C. - Mary Jane Hill wasn't there to witness the birth of her grandchildren or to see them graduate from high school. She won't be there when her daughter needs her most, when she's in pain...
Kayla Derkach Sep 27, 2017

Pilot narrowly avoids crash with glider on Vancouver-to-Chicago flight
VANCOUVER - A passenger aboard a flight from Vancouver to Chicago says there were some tense moments as the pilot swerved to avoid crashing into a smaller aircraft. Callum Snape was flying on a United...
Kayla Derkach Sep 27, 2017

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