Category Archives: British Columbia
Lightning-caused wildfires expected to persist in B.C.: Wildfire Service
The BC Wildfire Service says hot and dry weather paired with 29 consecutive days of lightning has led to the more than 400 active wildfires burning across the province. Though seasonable temperatures ...
Aug 13, 2024
B.C. fruit group files for creditor protection after crop losses, 'liquidity crisis'
A group that had provided storage and packing services for British Columbia fruit growers for almost 90 years has filed for creditor protection after receiving a bank repayment notice. A statement fro...
Aug 13, 2024
Driver dead, passenger injured in highway crash near Savona, B.C.
SAVONA, B.C. - Police in British Columbia's southern Interior say a single-vehicle crash on the Trans-Canada Highway east of Savona has killed one person. RCMP say they were called Sunday to respond t...
Aug 12, 2024
B.C. Securities Commission finds $13M in fraud by Nanaimo crypto trading platform
VANCOUVER - A panel of the British Columbia Securities Commission has found a cryptocurrency trading platform and its owner lied to customers and diverted about $13 million in assets to gambling and p...
Aug 12, 2024
Thunderstorms, lightning in forecast with more than 400 wildfires burning in B.C.
Little rain and a lot of lightning is fuelling wildfire activity in British Columbia. The BC Wildfire service says lightning has been the spark behind more than 80 per cent of nearly 260 new blazes ov...
Aug 12, 2024
Thrift store in B.C. closed after historical explosive device was dropped off
SIDNEY, BRITISH COLUMBIA - Experts from the navy were dispatched to a Vancouver Island thrift store to deal with what police are calling a "historical military explosive device." Mounties from the Sid...
Aug 11, 2024
Officials lift brief evacuation order for Valemount, B.C. ask fire risk eases
VALEMOUNT, B.C. - An evacuation order issued Saturday due to out-of-control wildfires south of Valemount, B.C., has been cancelled. Residents in the Regional District of Fraser-Fort George and the Vil...
Aug 11, 2024
For losers in bids for federal cash to protect against climate disaster, fears remain
HALL'S HARBOUR, N.S. - For communities where roads and homes are damaged in climate disasters, losing out on bids for federal help to protect against coming storms are one more blow from which to reco...
Aug 11, 2024
Canoe Road wildfire forces evacuation of south Valemount and Cedarside
VALEMOUNT, B.C. - An evacuation order has been issued for an area south of Valemount, British Columbia due to the out-of-control Canoe Road wildfire. The Regional District of Fraser-Fort George and th...
Aug 10, 2024
More than 400 lightning strikes spark eight new wildfires, BC Wildfire Services says
BRITISH COLUMBIA - The agency monitoring wildfires in British Columbia's says eight new blazes have sprung up in the southern regions of the Northwest Fire Centre after more than 400 lightning strikes...
Aug 10, 2024