Category Archives: British Columbia
Provincial crews fighting smouldering ground fire West Kelowna, B.C.
WEST KELOWNA, B.C. - Wildfire crews have been called in to help fight a smouldering ground fire near West Kelowna, B.C. Fire information officer Melissa Klassen says the BC Wildfire Service received r...
Jun 17, 2016
Extension granted for investigations into suspended Victoria police chief
ICTORIA - Investigators looking into allegations of misconduct by Victoria's embattled police chief have been given more time to complete their work. The Office of the Police Complaint Commissioner ha...
Jun 17, 2016
Lillooet among finalists for BCAA Play Here contest
LILLOOET, B.C. -There’s a bit of a David and Goliath battle going on in a contest for a new public park. The small town of Lillooet is up against some giants as a finalist in the BCAA Play Here ...
Jun 17, 2016
Investigators say Cariboo crash happened after aborted landing
GREEN LAKE, B.C. -The BC Coroners Service has identified the man killed in a plane crash in the Cariboo yesterday (June 16). He was 42 year old Jonathan Lindsay Blair of Edmonton. Blair was a passenge...
Jun 17, 2016
Trudeau warns housing solution in Vancouver could hurt markets elsewhere
VANCOUVER - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says his government is concerned about the ballooning cost of housing in Vancouver but must ensure that any action it takes doesn't harm markets elsewhere in ...
Jun 17, 2016
Replica biplanes unveiled to mark 100th anniversary of Vimy battle
LANGLEY, B.C. - When air cadet Richard Knopp was helping to build a replica World War One biplane with other volunteers, he imagined what it was like to sit in the pilot's seat 100 years ago. Knopp le...
Jun 17, 2016
Missing boy located, slept over at friend's house
CHASE, B.C. - Missing Chase boy, Brooklyn has been located safe and sound. After a 6 hour search Kamloops Search and Rescue Volunteer Manager Alan Hobler confirmed the boy had been located shortly bef...
Jun 17, 2016
Search called off for missing Avola teen
KAMLOOPS - Search and Rescue volunteers from Kamloops were called to the North Thompson valley to help colleagues from Wells Gray SAR search for a missing teen last night. This morning, June 17, Volun...
Jun 16, 2016
Squamish Nation files court case to overturn NEB approval of Trans Mountain
VANCOUVER - A British Columbia First Nation has launched a court challenge to overturn the National Energy Board's recommendation that the federal cabinet approve the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion...
Jun 16, 2016
One confirmed dead following plane crash near Green Lake, B.C.
70 MILE HOUSE, B.C. - One person has been confirmed dead after a plane crash in the South Cariboo. Bill Yearwood of the Transportation Safety Board says the light aircraft crashed upon landing at an a...
Jun 16, 2016
