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'In my blood to fight': Shuswap, B.C., residents tell why they defy fire evacuation
North Shuswap resident Kyle Boppre offers a simple explanation when asked why he defied an evacuation order issued as a wildfire bore down on his neighbourhood. "It's just, I guess, in my blood to fig...
Aug 23, 2023

'In my blood to fight': Shuswap, B.C., residents tell why they defy fire evacuation
North Shuswap resident Kyle Boppre offers a simple explanation when asked why he defied an evacuation order issued as a wildfire bore down on his neighbourhood. "It's just, I guess, in my blood to fig...
Aug 23, 2023

Explosion investigation continues as businesses get back to work
PRINCE GEORGE - The investigation continues at Fourth and Dominion, and so does business along Fourth, where businesses suffered the greatest damages from the explosion that occurred. Windows are boar...
Aug 23, 2023

Helicopter airdrop of granola bars for Poomba the pig, after surviving B.C. wildfire
Nourished by a helicopter airdrop of granola bars, Poomba the pig has survived the wildfire devastation that surrounds her on what remains of the Broken Rail Ranch in West Kelowna. The ranch was engul...
Aug 23, 2023

Helicopter airdrop of granola bars for Poomba the pig, after surviving B.C. wildfire
Nourished by a helicopter airdrop of granola bars, Poomba the pig has survived the wildfire devastation that surrounds her on what remains of the Broken Rail Ranch in West Kelowna. The ranch was engul...
Aug 23, 2023

Canada's Pospisil advances in US Open qualifying, Diallo eliminated
NEW YORK - Canadian tennis player Vasek Pospisil has advanced to the second round of qualifying for the U.S. Open. The 33-year-old from Vernon, B.C., advanced with a 7-6 (7), 6-7 (3), 6-4 win over Spa...
Aug 23, 2023

West Fraser Road reopens after 2018 washout
QUESNEL - People in the Quesnel area can now travel a recently completed new section of West Fraser Road after the old road washed out in 2018.Along with a new two-lane bridge over Narcosli Creek, the...
Aug 23, 2023

LeBlanc to update Trudeau on government's response to Emergencies Act report
OTTAWA - Public Safety Minister Dominic LeBlanc says the prime minister will soon receive his report outlining the response to recommendations from a public inquiry into the use of the Emergencies Act...
Aug 23, 2023

CP NewsAlert: Chinese mother of teen found dead in B.C. tearfully testifies at trial
VANCOUVER - The Chinese mother of a 13-year-old girl who was found dead in a Burnaby, B.C., park six years ago has taken the witness stand at the murder trial of her accused killer. The mother, who ca...
Aug 23, 2023

CP NewsAlert: Chinese mother of teen found dead in B.C. tearfully testifies at trial
VANCOUVER - The Chinese mother of a 13-year-old girl who was found dead in a Burnaby, B.C., park six years ago has taken the witness stand at the murder trial of her accused killer. The mother, who ca...
Aug 23, 2023