Category Archives: British Columbia
More good news on wildfire front
KAMLOOPS - More good news on the wildfire front. Evacuation orders for Pressy Lake, Little Pressy Lake, Hihium Lake and Young Lake will be rescinded as of 2:00 PM Saturday afternoon. The TNRD’s ...
Sep 15, 2017
B.C.'s new independent police investigator ran Nova Scotia's incident squad
VICTORIA - A lawyer from Nova Scotia with experience investigating the actions of police is the new head of British Columbia’s police watchdog agency. Ron MacDonald was named as the chief civili...
Sep 14, 2017
Communities cleaning up destruction left by Elephant Hill fire
CACHE CREEK, B.C. - Communities once ravaged by the Elephant Hill Wildfire are beginning their cleanup efforts. Just two months ago residents of the communities of Cache Creek, Boston Flats, and the A...
Sep 14, 2017
Crown won't appeal Schoenborn "High Risk Accused" ruling
KAMLOOPS - The BC Prosecution Service won’t be appealing a decision by the BC Supreme Court last month dismissing the Crown’s application to have Allan Schoenborn designated a high risk of...
Sep 14, 2017
Province doles out $400k in fire recovery grants for BC tourism sector
VICTORIA - The province says it recognizes the major impact this year’s wildfire crisis has had on the tourism sector in the BC Interior. As such, the government will give two BC tourism associa...
Sep 14, 2017
Family of Highway 3 crash victim says she was left to die.
HOPE - We have an update this morning on that crash on the Hope Princeton Highway that killed a woman a couple of days ago. RCMP now say that the woman and the man believed to be driving, are suspects...
Sep 14, 2017
Appeal filed in B.C. child-bride case by member of polygamous sect
CRANBROOK, B.C. - A British Columbia woman wants her conviction overturned after she was sentenced to seven months in jail for taking a 13-year-old girl to the United States to marry the leader of a p...
Sep 14, 2017
Pot expected to dominate as justice ministers meet amid rushed timeline concerns
VANCOUVER - Marijuana legalization will be at the top of the agenda when Justice Minister Jody Wilson-Raybould sits down with her provincial and territorial counterparts in Vancouver today. British Co...
Sep 14, 2017
Tourism operators struggle to bounce back after Wells Gray Park closures
CLEARWATER, B.C. - Wells Gray Provincial Park is one of the most popular tourist destinations in the province, attracting tourists from far and near, and Clearwater reaps the benefits. “Tourism ...
Sep 13, 2017
Chief privacy czar ‘pleased’ with how B.C. auto insurer protects driver privacy
VANCOUVER - British Columbia's public auto insurer is "for the most part" fulfilling its duty to protect drivers' personal information, but there is still room for improvement, the province's privacy ...
Sep 13, 2017
