Category Archives: British Columbia
Two new blazes started near Penticton, B.C., appear human-caused: BC Wildfire
Two new wildfires sparked to life in British Columbia’s southern Interior near Penticton on Friday. Nicole Bonnett with the BC Wildfire Service confirmed Saturday the larger of the two fires, bu...
Sep 01, 2018

Smokey Skies Bulletin Update
Northern BC – There has been increased fire activity as of Friday in the Nechako, Fraser Lake and Tweedsmuir complexes due to gusty conditions in the central north-west of BC. Winds combined wit...
Sep 01, 2018

Kamloops Woman Found
DAWSON CREEK – The Dawson Creek RCMP are pleased to confirm that the 71-year-old female, Bonnie Beattie that was reported missing on Friday has been located, and she is safe and sound. RCMP woul...
Sep 01, 2018

RCMP Search For Missing Kamloops Woman
DAWSON CREEK – The Dawson Creek RCMP are requesting the public's assistance in locating a missing Kamloops woman. 71 year old, Bonnie BEATTIE, was reported missing on August 31st. She went for a...
Sep 01, 2018
Trans Mountain expansion could be delayed for years by court decision: experts
VANCOUVER - The Federal Court of Appeal’s decision to quash Ottawa’s approval of the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion is likely to delay the project for years, legal and political observe...
Aug 31, 2018

Ottawa loses key Trans Mountain court case, but pushes ahead with pipeline
VANCOUVER - A court has overturned Ottawa’s approval of the contentious Trans Mountain pipeline expansion, halting construction on the project and sending the government back to the review phase...
Aug 30, 2018

More land burned but fewer affected than last year: B.C. Wildfire Service
The B.C. government says although wildfires have broken last year’s record for the area of land burned, the human impacts have been much lower. Fire information officer Kevin Skrepnek of the B.C...
Aug 30, 2018
Purdue Pharma says it followed all regulations after B.C. lawsuit
VANCOUVER - Purdue Pharma says it has followed all of Health Canada’s regulations, including those governing marketing, after British Columbia filed a lawsuit this week trying to recoup the heal...
Aug 30, 2018

Restored prison cemetery tells social history of B.C.: councillor
Jaimie McEvoy says he stumbled upon a hidden piece of British Columbia history by accident. The New Westminster city councillor spotted a coyote during a walk and followed it over a fence in pursuit o...
Aug 30, 2018

Employers didn't protect workers' safety in fatal ammonia leak: WorkSafeBC
RICHMOND, B.C. - A refrigeration company and a municipality have been cited by WorkSafeBC under health and safety regulations after three workers died last year when they were exposed to ammonia at an...
Aug 29, 2018