Category Archives: British Columbia
Weather could help crews begin to win the war on Elephant Hill wildfire
GREEN LAKE, B.C. - Mother Nature is giving firefighters a chance to begin to stomp out the Elephant Hill wildfire. Cooler temperatures and sporatic rain is forecast throughout the Cariboo region this ...
Sep 09, 2017
Crews struggle with southeastern B.C. wildfires as conditions ease elsewhere
CRANBROOK, B.C. - The unprecedented, aggressive behaviour of three blazes in southeastern British Columbia has forced firefighting crews to withdraw from the area, the BC Wildfire Service said on Frid...
Sep 09, 2017
Some background on the new Speaker of the B.C. legislature
VICTORIA - Political observers were surprised Friday when Opposition Liberal member Darryl Plecas accepted the role of Speaker, despite earlier reassurances he'd given that he would not consider the p...
Sep 09, 2017
More charges against man accused of failing to reveal his HIV- positive status
MISSION, B.C. - RCMP in the Fraser Valley say a Vancouver-area man has been charged with nine additional counts for allegedly having unprotected sex without disclosing his HIV status. Mission RCMP iss...
Sep 09, 2017
Union at University of B.C.’s Vancouver campus votes strongly for job action
VANCOUVER - Unionized maintenance workers at the University of British Columbia's main Vancouver campus are threatening to walk off the job if a contract dispute is not resolved. The International Uni...
Sep 09, 2017
PM balances welcoming message to newcomers with emphasis on immigration rules
KELOWNA, B.C. - Justin Trudeau says there's nothing inconsistent about touting Canada as a welcoming country that embraces immigrants and refugees while simultaneously trying to head off another wave ...
Sep 09, 2017
B.C.’s minority NDP to table governing blueprint after 16 years in opposition
VICTORIA - British Columbia's minority NDP government is set to table a throne speech outlining its political blueprint after months of tension, upheaval and backroom machinations following a spring e...
Sep 09, 2017
PM says no to decriminalizing drugs while B.C. addictions minister open to idea
VANCOUVER - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has closed the door on decriminalizing illicit drugs to combat a national overdose crisis but British Columbia's addictions minister says unprecedented deaths...
Sep 09, 2017
Douglas Lake case re-opened for short time with new evidence
KAMLOOPS - A battle over two public lakes in the Nicola Valley resumed on Friday at B.C. Supreme Court, more than three months after the Nicola Valley Fish and Game Club toured the Douglas Lake area w...
Sep 08, 2017
Deadly two-vehicle crash closes Highway 97
KAMLOOPS - Tragedy on Highway 97 today. Global News Okanagan is reporting a serious crash has claimed the lives of two people near Falkland. BC RCMP Traffic Services Cst. Melissa Wutke says it’s...
Sep 08, 2017
