Category Archives: British Columbia

WEST KELOWNA, B.C. - Thousands of people have been ordered to evacuate from West Kelowna and the Westbank First Nation due to the nearby MacDougall Creek wildfire, which has destroyed a significant nu...

PRINCE GEORGE - A pilot project to control invasive plant species hasn't employed any pieces of heavy equipment or chemicals. The alternative? Goats.Enbridge is teaming up with goats, yes goats, to he...

WEST KELOWNA - Thousands have been evacuated from their homes and an unspecified number of properties lost as flames from the McDougall Creek wildfire continue to spread.Evacuation alerts and orders w...

VANDERHOOF - BC Conservative Party Leader John Rustad is calling on the province to declare a state of emergency to save homes and businesses from wildfires in Kelowna and West Kelowna. The Nechako La...

KELOWNA, B.C. - A state of emergency has been declared in Kelowna, a city with a population of about 150,000, as threatening wildfires prompt officials to issue evacuation orders in parts of British C...

UPDATE (9:30 p.m.): DriveBC says Highway 1 between Hope and Lytton will remain closed until at least 9 a.m. Friday (Aug. 18).Additionally, the TNRD issued an evacuation order for nearly 29 properties ...

WEST KELOWNA, B.C. - A fast-burning wildfire threatening West Kelowna, B.C., is challenging fire crews as they brace for what the operations director with BC Wildfire Service has predicted will be the...

VICTORIA - The run of pink salmon in British Columbia's Fraser River is exceeding expectations this summer. The Pacific Salmon Commission is increasing its projections of pink salmon returns to possib...

KAMLOOPS, B.C. - The British Columbia Wildfire Service says hot and dry weather is contributing to "extreme fire behaviour" in the southern Interior as a ridge of high pressure settled over the provin...

SURREY, B.C. - A band councillor with a Metro Vancouver First Nation has been found dead. Sgt. Timothy Pierotti of the Integrated Homicide Investigation Team says officers are investigating the death ...