Category Archives: British Columbia
Sledders rescued near Celista
VERNON., B.C. - Vernon Search and Rescue was called out Saturday morning to assist in the rescue of two overdue snowmobilers near Celista. Search Manager Leigh Pearson says he got the call for mutual ...
Jan 23, 2016
Variable speed signs to be activated soon on the Coquihalla
KAMLOOPS - Variable speed limit signs are set to be up and running on the Coquihalla Highway by this March. Some signs are installed, but others have yet to be put up. Transportation Minister Todd Sto...
Jan 23, 2016
Moving Metis toddler to Ontario would cause psychological harm: B.C. foster mom
VANCOUVER - A British Columbia foster mother fighting to adopt a two-year-old Metis girl says she fears the toddler will suffer lasting psychological harm if moved to Ontario to live with her older si...
Jan 22, 2016
Yellowhead highway accident victim identified
KAMLOOPS - The B.C. Coroners service has identified the man killed in a motor vehicle incident near Mclure Sunday January 17. 48 year old Antonino George Cuthbert of Clearwater was killed when his car...
Jan 22, 2016
Vancouver Island First Nation mulls tourism potential around Bamfield
BAMFIELD, B.C. - A west coast Vancouver Island First Nation is taking preliminary steps toward creating a tourist centre around the isolate community of Bamfield, almost 200 kilometres northwest of Vi...
Jan 22, 2016
Weak snow layer raises risk of avalanche, prompts warning in B.C.
VANCOUVER - Backcountry hikers, skiers and snomobilers across British Columbia are being warned to take extreme care this weekend. Avalanche Canada has issued a special public warning that begins toda...
Jan 22, 2016
B.C. government mulling more electric car incentives, says energy minister
VICTORIA - Energy Minister Bill Bennett says the government is considering a second expansion of British Columbia's incentive programs for electric car buyers. The $10.6 million Clean Energy Vehicle P...
Jan 21, 2016
BC Hydro seeks injunction against Site C dam protesters in province’s north
VANCOUVER - A months-long dispute is heating up between BC Hydro and a small group of First Nations and landowners who are protesting the construction of the $9-billion Site C dam. The power utility h...
Jan 21, 2016
Search ends happily for two backcountry skiers overdue in north Okanagan
VERNON, B.C. - Two backcountry skiers are safe after being reported overdue in B.C.'s north Okanagan. Vernon Search and Rescue manager Leigh Pearson says the two are from the Lumby area, east of Verno...
Jan 21, 2016
B.C.’s first coastal cable ferry to begin carrying passengers, cars, on Friday
VANCOUVER - BC Ferries says its new cable ferry is officially ready for service, linking Denman Island, one of the northern Gulf Islands, with Buckley Bay on Vancouver Island. So-called soft sailings ...
Jan 21, 2016
