Category Archives: British Columbia
Unique vantage point helps Kitimat RCMP catch drivers endangering students
KITIMAT, B.C. - RCMP officers in Kitimat, B.C., are using creative measures to catch drivers who ignore school bus warning lights. Mounties are riding on the buses in that north coast community to nab...
May 10, 2016
Cleanup underway after pre-dawn spill of hazardous goods closes stretch of Highway 3
CRANBROOK, B.C. - A hazardous materials spill has closed a section of Highway 3 in southeastern British Columbia. Southeast District Traffic Services Sgt. Don Erichsen says a commercial vehicle rolled...
May 10, 2016
B.C. Finance Minister says government to release travel expenses, calendars
VICTORIA - The British Columbia government will soon start pushing out information to the public that is commonly requested in Freedom of Information documents. Finance Minister Mike de Jong announced...
May 09, 2016
B.C. NDP begin year-long election campaign in Merritt
MERRITT, B.C. - The provincial NDP wrapped up a two day regional conference in Merritt Saturday aimed at discussing issues specific to rural B.C. B.C. NDP leader John Horgan said the conference was al...
May 09, 2016
Investigators believe wildfires in B.C.’s Peace region deliberately set
FORT ST. JOHN, B.C. - Investigators say arson is believed to be the cause of at least 10 wildfires in northeastern British Columbia. The Environment Ministry says fire investigators and conservation o...
May 09, 2016
B.C. whale-watching company says capsizing that killed 6 people was ‘act of God’
VANCOUVER - The owner of a whale-watching vessel that capsized on Vancouver Island, killing six people, describes the tragedy as an "act of God" arising from unforeseeable ocean conditions. Court docu...
May 09, 2016
Harsher penalties for distracted driving announced
KAMLOOPS - The province has announced a tough new regime of fines for drivers caught using electronic devices while behind the wheel. Under the new laws, the fine for a first distracted driving offenc...
May 09, 2016
Snowpack diminishing quickly across B.C.
KAMLOOPS - Officials with the BC River Forecast Centre are raising the alarm about potential low river levels come the dog days of summer. The Centre’s Dave Campbell says rivers across the provi...
May 09, 2016
Fatal fall, unprepared hikers, challenge North Shore teams in separate rescues
VANCOUVER - The BC Coroners Service is investigating the death of a hiker on Vancouver's North Shore. Cpl. Richard De Jong confirms the unnamed man did not survive after falling into Norvan Falls and ...
May 09, 2016
Fire evacuees in B.C. allowed to return home, evacuation alert remains in effect
FORT ST. JOHN, B.C. - More than a dozen residents in northeastern British Columbia are being told they can return home after an encroaching wildfire forced them to pack up and leave earlier this week....
May 08, 2016
