Category Archives: British Columbia
Some evacuees in 100 Mile House area get to go home
KAMLOOPS - It may be the start of a good thing. Some residents of the 100 Mile House area will get to go home after the Cariboo Regional District downgraded an evacuation order for part of the 100 Mil...
Jul 22, 2017
Government officials work to assure wildfire evacuees
KAMLOOPS - Federal and provincial officials came to Prince George and Kamloops today to get another look at the wildfire situation in the province, and assure evacuees and those on alert that everythi...
Jul 22, 2017
Some wildfire evacuees heading home
KAMLOOPS, B.C. - Some people displaced by wildfires in British Columbia are heading home after evacuation orders were lifted. Officials say several hundred properties near Princeton in the south Okana...
Jul 22, 2017
Man punches bear in the nose in fight for survival during B.C. beachcombing trip
QUALICUM BEACH, B.C. - A British Columbia's man's relaxing beachcombing trip turned into a harrowing fight for survival against a grizzly bear that flailed him around "like a puppet." Randal Warnock, ...
Jul 22, 2017
Transgender inmate in B.C. wins right to move to a federal prison for women
VANCOUVER - A transgender inmate in British Columbia has won a years-long battle to serve the remainder of her sentence for first-degree murder at a women's prison. Fallon Aubee is one of the first fe...
Jul 22, 2017
Bonaparte evacuation order lifted, though some never left
BONAPARTE, B.C. - More evacuees have been able to return home in the Interior. Properties immediately adjacent to Highway 97 from Cache Creek all the way to Highway 24 were allowed to return home Thur...
Jul 21, 2017
One man is dead after shooting in industrial area of Chilliwack, B.C.
CHILLIWACK, B.C. - A shooting in an industrial area of Chilliwack, B.C., has left one man dead. Police say they were called Friday to reports that shots were fired. RCMP say they found a man with life...
Jul 21, 2017
RCMP investigating 'suspicious' B.C. fire that destroyed eight home
LAKE COUNTRY, B.C. - Mounties in Lake Country, B.C., say they are continuing to investigate a "suspicious" fire that destroyed eight homes and have set up a dedicated tip line to encourage anyone with...
Jul 21, 2017
B.C.'s independent police watchdog clears RCMP officer of fatal shooting
SURREY, B.C. - An RCMP officer on Vancouver Island has been cleared of any potential wrongdoing following a fatal shooting two years ago. The Independent Investigations Office has issued its report in...
Jul 21, 2017
Federal Court of Appeal ruling deals setback for Pacific NorthWest LNG project
VANCOUVER - The National Energy Board must reconsider whether a proposed natural gas pipeline critical to the development of the Pacific NorthWest liquefied natural gas project falls within provincial...
Jul 21, 2017
