Category Archives: British Columbia

District gives 'all clear,' rescinds evacuation alert due to Shetland Creek wildfire
An all-clear notice has been given for most residents placed on evacuation alert or forced from their homes in B.C.'s southern Interior due to a wildfire that was sparked more than a month ago. The Th...
Aug 15, 2024

Workplace report blames BC Wildfire Service again in another firefighter's death
A workplace investigation into a firefighter's death in a utility vehicle crash last year in northern British Columbia has blamed a series of failures by the BC Wildfire Service, in the second such re...
Aug 15, 2024

Evacuation order for Chilcotin River landslide area downgraded to alert
WILLIAMS LAKE, B.C. - Residents can return home now that an evacuation order following a landslide that blocked a British Columbia river for days has been downgraded. The Cariboo Regional District in ...
Aug 14, 2024

B.C. Supreme Court certifies class action over herbicide alleged to cause Parkinson's
VANCOUVER - The B.C. Supreme Court has certified a class-action lawsuit against global agriculture firm Syngenta over claims that its herbicide products cause Parkinson's disease. A decision released ...
Aug 14, 2024

B.C. adds $2.65 billion for Fraser Valley Highway 1 improvement initiative
LANGLEY, B.C. - The British Columbia government is providing another $2.65 billion for upgrades to Highway 1 through the Fraser Valley in an effort to relieve traffic congestion and ease daily commute...
Aug 14, 2024

Eby tells BC Wildfire Service to act on failures that led to firefighter's death
LANGLEY, B.C. - B.C. Premier David Eby says he wants the BC Wildfire Service to enact reforms after a workplace report identified safety failures that led up to the death of a young wildland firefight...
Aug 14, 2024

Indigenous nation closes B.C.'s Chilcotin River bridge, citing riverbank cracks
WILLIAMS LAKE, B.C. - A bridge over British Columbia's Chilcotin River was closed to traffic Friday after new cracks were discovered along the hillside near a massive landslide that had blocked the ri...
Aug 14, 2024

WestJet says flight cancellations post-hailstorm to continue for 'foreseeable future'
CALGARY - WestJet says it will be issuing flight cancellations ``for the foreseeable future'' after planes were damaged by a Calgary hailstorm last week, upending travel plans for thousands of passeng...
Aug 14, 2024

Both vessels made mistakes in Vancouver harbour before capsize, TSB report says
RICHMOND, B.C. - The Transportation Safety Board says mistakes by both the operators of a cargo ship and a pleasure craft resulted in the smaller boat being overturned in Vancouver's harbour. A report...
Aug 14, 2024

Gold mining company faces multiple legal challenges after Yukon ore slide
WHITEHORSE - The company that owns a Yukon gold mine that was the site of what the nearby First Nation has called an "environmental catastrophe" is facing a litany of legal challenges in Yukon, Ontari...
Aug 14, 2024