Category Archives: British Columbia
Evacuation order issued for north arm of Quesnel Lake
QUESNEL LAKE - Effective immediately, the Cariboo Regional District has issued an evacuation order for the North Arm of Quesnel Lake. Residents in the area are advised to leave immeidately due to a wi...
Aug 05, 2017
Wells Gray backcountry areas closed to public
WELLS GRAY PROVINCIAL PARK, B.C. - The backcountry areas of Wells Gray Provincial Park are closed until further notice due to the extreme fire danger in the area. The closure came into effect as of 8 ...
Aug 05, 2017
Evacuation alert issued for Tranquille Valley and Hat Creek areas
HAT CREEK, B.C. - The TNRD has issued an evacation alert for properties in the Tranquille Valley and Hat Creek areas. The Elephant Hill fire is measuring over 93-thousand hectares and the TNRD says it...
Aug 05, 2017
Evacuation order issued for more than two dozen properties in Deadman Vidette area
DEADMAN VIDETTE, B.C. - The TNRD has issued an evacuation order for more than a dozen properties in the Deadman Vidette area. Due to the potential danger to life and health, the Thompson-Nicola Region...
Aug 05, 2017
Trudeau paddles kayak on Vancouver Island; meets regional and Indigenous leaders
VICTORIA - Justin Trudeau is scheduled to paddle a kayak today in British Columbia's coastal waters as he mixes a splash of sightseeing with business gatherings with regional and Indigenous leaders on...
Aug 05, 2017
B.C. woman files private charges over Mount Polley tailings spill
VANCOUVER - An Indigenous women has filed private charges in 2014 collapse of the tailings dam at the Mount Polley mine, days after British Columbia's government announced that provincial charges woul...
Aug 05, 2017
B.C. government to bring back human rights commission after 15 years
VANCOUVER - British Columbia's NDP government is bringing back the province's human rights commission, which was scuttled by the previous Liberal regime in 2002 in favour of a complaint-driven tribuna...
Aug 05, 2017
780 overdose deaths have B.C. officials urging people to not use drugs alone
VANCOUVER - British Columbia's health officials are considering plans to offer an overdose reversing drug online and urging drug users not to use alone after an 88 per cent increase in deaths. Chief c...
Aug 05, 2017
B.C. man charged with sexual assault for allegedly not disclosing HIV status
ABBOTSFORD, B.C. - A Vancouver-area man has been charged with three counts of aggravated sexual assault for allegedly having unprotected sex without disclosing his HIV status. RCMP say they received a...
Aug 05, 2017
B.C. wildfire season worst in six decades, still far from over: Official
VANCOUVER - This year's wildfire season has become British Columbia's worst in six decades, and a provincial spokesman says the action is far from over. Kevin Skrepnek of the BC Wildfire Service said ...
Aug 05, 2017
