Category Archives: British Columbia
Final day of campaigning for party leaders in B.C. election
VANCOUVER - The final day of B-C’s election campaign sees the leaders of the three main political parties hopscotching across the south coast, nailing down any undecided voters. Green party Lead...
May 08, 2017
Evacuation orders and alerts continue as waters remain high
KAMLOOPS - The election was the furthest thing from many peoples’ minds in the Interior over the weekend, as high water created serious problems. Here are some of the updates for Monday morning....
May 08, 2017
Search crews recover human remains off B.C. highway where man disappeared
DEASE LAKE, B.C. - Human remains have been discovered off a British Columbia highway near where a 70-year-old Alaska man went missing last year. RCMP say crews searched over the weekend around where A...
May 08, 2017
Advance turnout spikes 70 per cent in B.C. election as voters flock to polls
VANCOUVER - VANCOUVER - Elections B.C. says the number of people who turned out to vote ahead of election day this year is 70 per cent higher than last time. Between 2013 and 2017, voter turnout jumpe...
May 08, 2017
Several roads remain a problem Monday morning
KAMLOOPS - On the highways this morning, there is single lane alternating traffic on the Trans Canada east of Canoe because of a mud slide. Similarly, at the East boundary of Glacier National Park, si...
May 08, 2017
Search for Cache Creek Fire Chief now a recovery mission
CACHE CREEK, B.C. - The search for Cache Creek Fire Chief Clayton Cassidy is now a recovery mission. Kamloops Search and Rescue’s Alan Hobler confirmed the news Sunday afternoon saying RCMP are ...
May 07, 2017
A QuickSketch profile of B.C. Green Leader Andrew Weaver
VANCOUVER - A sketch of B.C. Green party Leader Andrew Weaver: Age: 55. Born: Victoria. Education: Bachelor of science in mathematics and physics from the University of Victoria in 1983, a masters in ...
May 07, 2017
B.C. NDP Leader John Horgan bets that people-focused campaign will pay off
VANCOUVER - On a recent day on the campaign trail in British Columbia, New Democrat Leader John Horgan chatted with seniors and university students inside a locally owned diner in Kamloops, met laid-o...
May 07, 2017
Clark still smiling about chances as B.C. election enters homeward stretch
PRINCETON, B.C. - Christy Clark appears unruffled by the rebuff of a shy one-year-old outside a cafe in southern British Columbia, who buries his head in his father's shoulder. Unfazed, the B.C. Liber...
May 07, 2017
Lower Nicola cut off from City of Merritt following extreme flooding
UPDATE: BC Hydro says it is estimating the power being restored to the Lower Nicola region by 6:30 p.m. tonight. Access to the City of Merritt remains cut-off. EARLIER: MERRITT, B.C. - The entire vill...
May 07, 2017
