Category Archives: British Columbia
Snowfall warnings gone- for now
KAMLOOPS - The snowfall warnings are over for now for the Coquihalla Highway and other interior routes, but that doesn’t mean driving has suddenly improved. Lots of compact snow and slippery sec...
Dec 14, 2015
Missing Snowmobiler At Yanks Peak Found Safe
PRINCE GEORGE - Search and Rescue crews from Williams Lake, Quesnel, 100 Mile House, and Prince George are conducting a search for a lone snowmobiler at Yanks Peak. The snowmobiler went missing Saturd...
Dec 13, 2015
Snowfall warning for Interior highways
KAMLOOPS - UPDATE: Environment Canada still have a Snowfall Warning in place for the Coquihalla highway after 19 centimetres fell overnight Saturday and into Sunday morning. Meteorologist Alyssa Charb...
Dec 12, 2015
Avalanche Canada issues warning
KAMLOOPS - Avalanche Canada has issued a warning for recreationalists in an unusual part of the back country in the B.C. Interior . Forecasters warn of an increased avalanche risk in the Central Colum...
Dec 11, 2015
Missing Alberta snowmobiler found dead near Revelstoke
REVELSTOKE - RCMP have confirmed a body located in rugged terrain in the Boulder Mountain area yesterday ( Thursday) afternoon is that of Travis Brown. The 42-year old snowmobiler from Drayton, Valley...
Dec 11, 2015
Highway contractor concerned about collisions
KAMLOOPS - A spokesman for the contractor who maintains a large stretch of the Coquihalla Highway says too many motorists are hitting his company’s snow-clearing equipment. Bob Gilowski of VSA H...
Dec 11, 2015
Medical Marijuana protest in Vernon
VERNON - Medical marijuana patients in Vernon will stage a peaceful protest today against the potential shutdown of dispensaries by RCMP. Five facilities were warned by police last month they were ope...
Dec 11, 2015
Supreme Court shoots down Law Society over covenant
VANCOUVER -The Law Society of B.C. is deciding whether or not to appeal a B.C. Supreme Court ruling regarding Trinity Western University’s plan to ban students from sex outside of heterosexual m...
Dec 11, 2015
Highway contractor recognized
KAMLOOPS - VSA Highway Maintenance, the company that maintains the Coquihalla Highway between the Logan Lake turnoff and Hope has been named the Contractor of the Year by the provincial Ministry of Tr...
Dec 10, 2015
Cache Creek to feel financial burden from flash flood for years
KAMLOOPS - It could be years until the damage from last May’s flood in Cache Creek is no longer felt by area residents. Clogged culverts, damaged streets and flooded homes are slowly being resto...
Dec 10, 2015
