Category Archives: British Columbia

Okanagan wildfire prompts evacuation orders, expands alerts
SHUSWAP, B.C. - Evacuation orders and alerts have been issued in British Columbia's North Okanagan as a nearby wildfire burns out of control, nearly doubling in size since Tuesday. Tracy Hughes, commu...
Aug 07, 2024

B.C. provides $20M to expand travel, accommodation funding for cancer patients
VICTORIA - The British Columbia government is providing $20 million over two years to support travel and lodging for cancer patients in the province. A statement from the Ministry of Health says the f...
Aug 07, 2024

Woman, child dead in Tuesday's B.C. highway crash involving six vehicles
CHILLIWACK, B.C. - Police in British Columbia's Fraser Valley say the people who died in Tuesday's multi-vehicle crash on Highway 1 were a local woman and a child. A statement from RCMP Highway Patrol...
Aug 07, 2024

Boeing will spend $61M in B.C. as part of Canada's military planes contract
RICHMOND, B.C. - Boeing Canada plans to invest $61 million in British Columbia for an aerospace manufacturing training facility as well as research and development. The announcement is the latest from...
Aug 07, 2024

Fraser River's landslide waters to reach Hope, B.C., and Lower Mainland today.
VANCOUVER - High waters that flowed over top of a massive landslide in British Columbia's Chilcotin River are churning in the Fraser River towards British Columbia's Lower Mainland today. Emergency Ma...
Aug 07, 2024

Crane collapses in Vancouver as fire crews battle multiple blazes
VANCOUVER - Vancouver Fire and Rescue Services say a crane has collapsed on a construction site as crews battle multiple blazes that broke out Tuesday in the city's west side. Firefighters are working...
Aug 06, 2024

Multi-vehicle crash on Highway 1 in B.C. results in fatalities, injuries: RCMP
CHILLIWACK, B.C. - British Columbia's Highway Patrol says people have died and "multiple others" have been injured in a multi-vehicle crash on Highway 1 in Chilliwack. It says the crash happened aroun...
Aug 06, 2024

B.C. to see a return to seasonable temperatures, but wildfire risk remains
VANCOUVER - The director of provincial operations for the BC Wildfire Service says the province has seen about 10,000 lightning strikes over the last seven days, primarily in the Kamloops Fire Centre ...
Aug 06, 2024

Audit of BC Timber Sales program finds issues with road and bridge maintenance
VICTORIA - The Forest Practices Board says an audit of the BC Timber Sales program and timber sales license holders in the Boundary region found "significant issues" with road and bridge maintenance. ...
Aug 06, 2024

Four-year-old girl drowns in pond at Chilliwack, B.C., leisure centre
CHILLIWACK, B.C. - Mounties in Chilliwack, B.C., say a four-year-old girl has drowned in a pond at a leisure centre. Police say they received a report of the drowning at the water park of the Chilliwa...
Aug 06, 2024