Category Archives: British Columbia
B.C. forests minister says campers can expect more camp fire bans this summer
VICTORIA - Forests Minister Steve Thomson says he's preparing to take swift action this summer when it comes to issuing camp fire bans, with this long weekend being one of the few holidays where the f...
May 18, 2016
New details released into Anglemont murder-suicide
ANGLEMONT, B.C. - A coroner’s report into a Shuswap murder-suicide three years ago says there were no clues predicting the acts of violence. On April 30th, 2013, 15 year old Christian Tallick us...
May 18, 2016
Mock oil spill planned along Trans Mountain pipeline in Merritt
MERRITT, B.C. - Emergency responders and Kinder Morgan officials will be out in force near the Merritt Airport tomorrow, conducting an emergency exercise. Kinder Morgan’s Senior Director of Mari...
May 18, 2016
Immunization clinics held in Whistler, B.C., as confirmed mumps cases reach 11
VANCOUVER - Health officials in Whistler, B.C., have been holding immunization clinics almost daily since an outbreak of mumps was pinpointed in the resort community last week. Dr. Paul Martiquet, med...
May 18, 2016
Energy board to release ruling on Kinder Morgan pipeline expansion Thursday
VANCOUVER - The National Energy Board will issue its report on Kinder Morgan's Trans Mountain pipeline expansion project on Thursday. The report will reveal whether the board supports plans to triple ...
May 18, 2016
Bear attack in Prince George
PRINCE GEORGE, B.C. - A Prince George man has an incredible story of survival. Yesterday afternoon (May 18) around 4:30, Reid Roberts was attacked by a bear in Forests for the World. The 46-year-old t...
May 17, 2016
Mentally ill adults need more services in and out of hospital: B.C. audit
VICTORIA - British Columbia's auditor general says mentally ill adults with a long history of hospitalization and substance abuse issues need more access to services. Carol Bellringer said there's a l...
May 17, 2016
66 gun, drug charges laid, two people charged after Abbotsford, B.C., bust
ABBOTSFORD, B.C. - Police in Abbotsford, B.C., say they have disrupted the drug trade in a bust that has taken narcotics and guns off the streets of that Fraser Valley city. Const. Ian MacDonald says ...
May 17, 2016
Board ruling looms for expanded Trans Mountain pipeline as Ottawa appoints panel
VANCOUVER - As a key decision looms this week on a project that will have an impact on the future of Canada's oil economy, the federal government announced details Tuesday of an additional review on t...
May 17, 2016
Sawmill fire North of Vernon
VERNON - Fire crews had to deal with an industrial fire on the Okanagan Indian Band Reserve Tuesday afternoon. A sawmill located at 2202 Highway 97, about 20 kilometres north of Vernon, caught fire ar...
May 17, 2016
