Category Archives: British Columbia

Environment Canada issues storm watches for B.C. Interior
KAMLOOPS -There’s a risk of severe thunderstorms developing in much of the B.C. Interior today, Aug 7. Environment Canada meteorologist, David Jones says watches are in place across the Cariboo,...
Kayla Derkach Aug 07, 2016

Naked man crashes vehicle into Vernon business
VERNON, B.C. - It was a bizarre Friday afternoon in downtown Vernon as RCMP had to deal with a naked man who had rammed his vehicle right into a downtown business. The suspect was easy to apprehend as...
Kayla Derkach Aug 06, 2016

B.C. judge tosses search warrant for suspected marijuana grow operation
CAMPBELL RIVER, Canada - A Vancouver Island judge has tossed out a search warrant for a suspected marijuana grow operation, deriding the police information used to obtain the warrant as “thin gr...
Kayla Derkach Aug 06, 2016

California family rushes through home purchase before B.C.’s foreign tax
VANCOUVER - The Pate family was terrified their offer on the Vancouver condominium would be accepted. Just hours after riding rented bicycles to a bank and transferring enough U.S. dollars for the 50 ...
Kayla Derkach Aug 05, 2016

Police arrest man on sex assault charges after months long investigation
KELOWNA, B.C. - A suspect has been arrested this week in British Columbia on charges of assault, sexual assault and forcing a person to have sexual intercourse. RCMP say Simon Rypiak, also known as Si...
Kayla Derkach Aug 05, 2016

Chivalry could rule in Kimberley, B.C., as organizers mull medieval contest
KIMBERLEY, B.C. - A southeastern British Columbia city could soon begin brushing up on heraldry, the chivalric code and everything medieval as it mulls a knightly proposal. Two Alberta groups whose me...
Kayla Derkach Aug 05, 2016

Major crash on the Coquihalla highway between Merritt and Hope
KAMLOOPS -The Coquihalla Highway has reopened in both directions now that emergency officials have cleared the crash scene near Box Canyon. BC Ambulance Service says there were seven patients involved...
Kayla Derkach Aug 05, 2016

Asian businessman Zhang purchases Cowichan Capitals junior A franchise
DUNCAN, B.C. - Ray Zhang isn't wasting any time establishing roots in his new home. The businessman from Beijing has become the majority owner of the Cowichan Valley Capitals, a junior A franchise in ...
Kayla Derkach Aug 05, 2016

Mounties looking for souped-up Jeep after Cache Creek theft
CACHE CREEK - Mounties hope someone in BC can help them find a stolen pickup truck that was towing a car trailer loaded with a unique, modified jeep. The truck, trailer and jeep vanished from outside ...
Kayla Derkach Aug 05, 2016

Protestors claim member injured at Mount Polley mine site
VICTORIA - The second anniversary of a mining disaster in British Columbia's central Interior was marked with a First Nations protest and a pledge from the company that the situation has improved at t...
Kayla Derkach Aug 05, 2016

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