Category Archives: British Columbia
No threat following derailment near Pemberton
PEMBERTON - The Squamish-Lillooet Regional District says there is no threat to public safety following a five-car train derailment near Birken, about 30 kilometres northeast of Pemberton. The cars wer...
Sep 05, 2017
B.C. NDP can’t afford to break key election promise on fundraising: experts
VANCOUVER - British Columbia's New Democrats are expected to use this week's throne speech to broadly outline how they intend to follow through on their key election promise to get big money out of po...
Sep 04, 2017
Cattle death toll from wildfires remains unknown, industry prepares for the worst
CARIBOO, B.C. - The B.C. Cattlemen’s Association says it won’t know how many cattle have been killed in the province’s wildfires until the wildfire season is over. “We can̵...
Sep 03, 2017
Wind, dry conditions fuel fast-moving wildfire near Kelowna, B.C.
KELOWNA, B.C. - Dozens of people living in southern British Columbia have been forced to leave their homes as winds fan a wildfire nearby. The Regional District of Okanagan-Similkameen issued an evacu...
Sep 03, 2017
Trans Canada Highway reopened following closure due to fire
UPDATE: The Trans Canada Highway has reopened west of Salmon Arm. Crews continue to tend to the wildfire near Kault Hill. EARLIER: SALMON ARM, B.C. - The Trans Canada Highway is closed in both directi...
Sep 03, 2017
Regional District of East Kootenay implements full evacuation order for the Moyie Lake area
CASTLEGAR – In the interest of public safety, the Regional District of East Kootenay has implemented a full evacuation order for the Moyie Lake area. Also, the Regional District of East Kootenay...
Sep 03, 2017
Drug users say methadone formula switch contributed to B.C.’s opioid crisis
VANCOUVER - Drug users trying to quit heroin are gathered for a meeting in Vancouver with one mission in mind: to support each other through the struggles of a reformulated treatment drug they say has...
Sep 03, 2017
Wildfires in southeast B.C. forces evacuation of hundreds of properties
CRANBROOK, B.C. - More people are being forced from their homes in a community in southeastern B.C. this weekend due to out-of-control wildfires. The BC Wildfire Service says the blaze, which started ...
Sep 03, 2017
Elephant Hill fire slowly creeps towards Highway 24
CARIBOO, B.C. - Heavy winds could push the Elephant Hill wildfire closer to Highway 24. Fire Information Officer Claire Allen says southwest winds are expected to kick up to 40 kilometres an hour this...
Sep 02, 2017
Vancouver library goes graphic, picking cartoonist as writer-in-residence
VANCOUVER - A library in British Columbia is colouring outside the lines with its writer-in-residence program and showing people that literature can be more than words on a page. Cartoonist Miriam Lib...
Sep 02, 2017
