Category Archives: British Columbia

100-year-old runner from India inspires at Americas Masters Games in Vancouver
VANCOUVER - It took 100-year-old Indian runner Man Kaur almost a minute and a half to complete the 100-metre race, but she never broke her stride. And when she finally crossed the finish line at the A...
Kayla Derkach Aug 29, 2016

Expanded jurisdiction, more files for police complaints office: annual report
VICTORIA - British Columbia's police complaint commissioner says 2015-16 was the busiest year ever for the body that provides impartial civilian oversight of complaints by the public involving municip...
Kayla Derkach Aug 29, 2016

Passenger train collision kills man in Spences Bridge
SPENCES BRIDGE, B.C. - The BC Coroners Service has identified a man who was hit and killed by a passenger train in Spences Bridge over the weekend. He was 40 year old Jonathon Christopher Harris of Ke...
Kayla Derkach Aug 29, 2016

Fishing closure on Merritt waterways
MERRITT, B.C. - Rising water temperatures have led the government to shut down fishing on several Merritt-area waterways. Effective immediately, there will be no angling on the Nicola River, Coldwater...
Kayla Derkach Aug 29, 2016

Military bomb found at wildfire site near Vernon
VERNON, B.C. - Mop up duties on the wildfire site near Predator Ridge had to be suspended Sunday after an unexploded ordnance was found in the area. Vernon Fire Rescue Chief Keith Green says the prope...
Kayla Derkach Aug 29, 2016

Maze Runner to resume production following Cache Creek accident
KAMLOOPS - Hollywood-watchers say production of the latest Maze Runner movie will restart in February. Production of The Maze Runner: The Death Cure has been halted since star Dylan O’Brien was ...
Kayla Derkach Aug 29, 2016

New Fraser Health poster campaign raises awareness of opioid overdoses
SURREY, B.C. - Fraser Health has launched a poster ad campaign bolstering its ongoing drive to raise awareness of what it says is the overdose crisis in British Columbia. The posters will be displayed...
Kayla Derkach Aug 29, 2016

Arrival of second influx of Syrians will be smoother: immigration groups
VANCOUVER - Most immigrant support groups say this fall's expected surge in Syrian refugee families will be far more manageable than the impromptu turmoil that characterized the first wave of arrivals...
Kayla Derkach Aug 29, 2016

Fire near Princeton 75% contained
PRINCETON - A fire that temporarily shut down Highway 3 about 16 kilometres southwest of Princeton is now 75 per cent contained. Reports of the Wolfe Creek fire started coming late Saturday afternoon....
Kayla Derkach Aug 28, 2016

Standoff in Surrey leads to arrest
SURREY- Surrey RCMP remain on scene at a North Surrey house after a standoff in a residential neighbourhood. Police said they responded to reports of an assault in 14200-block of Melrose Drive around ...
Kayla Derkach Aug 28, 2016

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