Category Archives: British Columbia
CN Rail workers issue 72-hour strike notice
KAMLOOPS, B.C. - CN workers have filed a 72-hour strike notice. In an email, the Teamsters Canadian Rail Conference that represents approximately three-thousand conductors, train and yard workers acro...
May 28, 2017
Body of missing Cache Creek fire chief found
CACHE CREEK, B.C. - The body of missing Cache Creek fire chief Clayton Cassidy has been found. Ashcroft RCMP confirmed Cassidy’s body was discovered in Cache Creek late Saturday night. The Ashcr...
May 28, 2017
Police warn of deadly, unknown drug circulating in New Westminster, B.C.
NEW WESTMINSTER, B.C. - Police are warning the public about a deadly strain of drug circulating in New Westminster, B.C. Police say one person has died from the unknown drug and another person is in c...
May 27, 2017
Williams Lake hosts first United Nations discussion in the Interior
WILLIAMS LAKE, B.C. - It’s being called a historic event. In a press release, The United Nations Working Group on Business and Human Rights announced it’s holding a discussion meeting at T...
May 27, 2017
European addiction experts urge expansion of medical heroin program in Canada
VANCOUVER - Addiction experts from five European countries say their experience with prescription heroin programs have provided overwhelming evidence to suggest Canada should expand its one clinic in ...
May 27, 2017
Yukon families feel hope, anxiety ahead of first MMIW inquiry hearings
VANCOUVER - Diane Lilley waited nearly two decades for a suspect to be arrested in her sister's murder, only to sit through a trial where she says her beloved sibling Tina Washpan was often referred t...
May 27, 2017
B.C. political parties very close to reaching deal, Green leader says
VICTORIA - Green Leader Andrew Weaver says he's very close to making a deal with either the Liberals and the New Democrats on forming a new minority government in British Columbia. He said negotiation...
May 27, 2017
North Shuswap residents keeping an eye on lake level
SCOTCH CREEK, BC - As summer approaches and the weather continues to heat up, the possibility of flooding remains a possibility for many residents who live near the water. For residents in the North S...
May 26, 2017
Boating ban lifted, but TNRD asks lake users to take it slow
KAMLOOPS - Just in time for what is expected to be a summer-like weekend, the Thompson-Nicola Regional District has lifted a power boating restriction on Nicola Lake and Stump Lake. Emergency Operatio...
May 26, 2017
Okanagan Lake hits 1948 record level
VERNON, B.C. - Okanagan Lake is hitting a record high. The lake rose above the 343 metre mark set in 1948 late yesterday afternoon. Officials monitoring the lake say it's been fluctuating just a drip ...
May 26, 2017
