Category Archives: British Columbia
Cold front to bring first taste of winter conditions on mountain passes
KAMLOOPS - Drivers heading through higher elevation areas this morning will get their first taste of winter conditions. Environment Canada has issued a special weather statement as a cold front is exp...
Sep 18, 2017
Last of the evacuation orders downgraded in the TNRD
KAMLOOPS - The remaining properties in the TNRD that had been on evacuation order have now been downgraded to an evacuation alert. This means that no properties in our Regional District remain on Evac...
Sep 17, 2017
B.C.’s only support group for HIV-positive women closes after funding cuts
VANCOUVER - Valerie Nicholson believes she might be dead if not for Positive Women's Network. She was addicted to drugs and sleeping in decrepit hotels in Vancouver's Downtown Eastside when she was di...
Sep 17, 2017
Former New Zealand councillor found guilty of first-degree murder in B.C.
KAMLOOPS, B.C. - A jury in Kelowna, B.C., has found a former city councillor from New Zealand guilty of killing his wife. Peter Beckett had pleaded not-guilty to first-degree murder in the death of hi...
Sep 17, 2017
Chief calls to end moose hunt in B.C. following wildfires, habitat loss
WILLIAMS LAKE, B.C. - A First Nations chief is calling on the British Columbia government to halt the moose hunt this year, arguing the historic wildfire season has caused enough trauma to the species...
Sep 17, 2017
Evacuation orders lifted as wildfire season winds down
KAMLOOPS - More evacuation orders will be lifted Saturday as the wildfire season winds down. While the Elephant Hill wildfire remains just 60 per cent contained, it hasn’t experienced any signif...
Sep 15, 2017
Forests minister says thanks to 'everyone involved in fighting' wildfires
KAMLOOPS - With the provincial state of emergency set to be lifted at midnight, B.C. Forests Minister Doug Donaldson is thanking everyone involved in battling the worst fire season in provincial histo...
Sep 15, 2017
Seized dogs stolen from shelter
REVELSTOKE - Three dogs seized by animal control in Revelstoke last spring have been stolen from an animal shelter. Revelstoke R-C-M-P say someone cut a chain link fence at the shelter on Monday and t...
Sep 15, 2017
Minimum wage goes up Friday
VICTORIA - Today the minimum wage in B.C. will climb 50 cents to $11.35 an hour. The new NDP government announced in August that they would carry through with the wage increase promised by the previou...
Sep 15, 2017
Justice ministers push feds for answers on support for pot legalization
VANCOUVER - Canada's justice ministers are asking for clarity and support as they scramble to organize and police an entirely new marijuana industry in fewer than 10 months. British Columbia Solicitor...
Sep 15, 2017
