Category Archives: British Columbia
Vancouver braces for heat wave, poor air quality from wildfire smoke
VANCOUVER - Southern British Columbia is bracing for a troubling combination of a heat wave and poor air quality from wildfire smoke, prompting officials to take a number of extraordinary measures to ...
Aug 02, 2017
Transit, housing, opioid crisis on agenda as Trudeau meets with Vancouver mayor
VANCOUVER - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says he's looking forward to working with Vancouver Mayor Gregor Robertson on expanding transit infrastructure, improving housing affordability and tackling t...
Aug 01, 2017
Indigenous advocate wants Trudeau to write Rolling Stone to express ‘regret’
VANCOUVER - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says he "regrets" comments he made about Sen. Patrick Brazeau in Rolling Stone, but an Indigenous advocate wants him to express his remorse in a letter to the...
Aug 01, 2017
Police set up tip line to find cause of Elephant Mountain fire
KAMLOOPS - As the Elephant Hill wildfire continues to spread, RCMP have increased their efforts to find out who or what is responsible for starting it. With millions of dollars in damage caused by the...
Aug 01, 2017
New fire ignites near Monte Lake, closes highway-UPDATE
MONTE LAKE, B.C. - UPDATE - Highway 97 is open again near Monte Lake after being closed yesterday afternoon because of a new wildfire at the south end of the lake. Officials had just finished signing ...
Jul 31, 2017
Air support on its way to new fire at Monte Lake
KAMLOOPS - The good news on the Monte Lake wildfire situation didn’t last very long. After giving the all clear to residents impacted by the Martin Mountain wildfire earlier today, a new fire ha...
Jul 31, 2017
Martin Mountain fire fully contained, evacuation orders rescinded
MONTE LAKE, B.C. - Monte Lake residents are free to go home as wildfire crews have managed to contain the nearby Martin Mountain fire. According to the BC Wildfire Service the fire, which ignited last...
Jul 31, 2017
Elephant Hill evacuees get update at meeting tonight
KAMLOOPS - Wildfire evacuees put out of their homes by the Elephant Hill wildfire between Ashcroft and Clinton will get an update from emergency officials tonight. The TNRD says the meeting will provi...
Jul 31, 2017
Christy Clark says it was "time to go"
VANCOUVER - Former B-C premier Christy Clark says she is stepping away from politics to allow the provincial Liberal party to renew itself. She says her decision to resign as head of the B-C Liberals ...
Jul 31, 2017
PM thanks volunteers for "stepping up"
WILLIAMS LAKE - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau thanked those on the front lines of British Columbia’s firefighting efforts as he stopped in Williams Lake today. Trudeau addressed about 250 people...
Jul 31, 2017
