Category Archives: British Columbia
Man died in Christmas Day tent fire in downtown Vancouver
VANCOUVER - A man has died in a Christmas Day tent blaze in downtown Vancouver, with the fire service saying a crew arrived to find the man still on fire. Vancouver Fire Rescue Services say they respo...
Dec 27, 2023
High wind warnings along B.C.'s coast as gusts predicted to reach 120 km/h
VANCOUVER - Environment Canada has issued wind warnings for British Columbia's central coast, Sunshine Coast and Greater Victoria regions, forecasting gusts of up to 120 kilometres an hour in some par...
Dec 27, 2023
Christmas rockslide hits Highway 4
Highway 4 re-opened at 2:30 yesterday afternoon following a rockslide shortly after 6pm on Christmas Day. According to the Ministry of Transportation, two large rocks dislodged from the side of the bl...
Dec 27, 2023
Environment Canada is forecasting significant waves for two regions in B.C.
VANCOUVER - Environment Canada has issued weather alerts for two Vancouver Island regions, warning of potential ocean waves reaching up to seven metres on Wednesday. The national weather agency says e...
Dec 26, 2023
Christmas Day windstorm leaves some 28,000 customers without power in in B.C.
VANCOUVER - Heavy rains and strong winds in parts of British Columbia late Monday left thousands of households without power on Boxing Day, as Environment Canada warned more strong winds would hit the...
Dec 26, 2023
The lights are back on for almost all N.B. customers after wind storm Monday
FREDERICTON - Christmas Day began for more than 500 customers in New Brunswick without power and by the night that number was down to just under 80 customers affected. The outages are mainly in the so...
Dec 25, 2023
Multiple Christmas Day sailings cancelled as stormy weather set to hit B.C. coast
VANCOUVER - BC Ferries says it has cancelled several Christmas Day sailings on multiple routes and many more are at risk as stormy weather whips up high winds on the province's coast. The ferry corpor...
Dec 25, 2023
BC Ferries cancels northern sailings over mechanical issue, 'hurricane-force winds'
PRINCE RUPERT, B.C. - BC Ferries says it's cancelling sailings to and from Prince Rupert until Dec. 28 due an engine issue coupled with forecasted "hurricane-force winds." The company says it had to c...
Dec 24, 2023
University researchers confirm fire-generated tornado over B.C. lake in viral video
LONDON, Ont. - Researchers at Western University say they've confirmed that a fire-generated tornado occurred in British Columbia this summer after a video of the "rarely observed" event went viral ba...
Dec 23, 2023
Social housing wait-list grows 27 per cent in Metro Vancouver
VANCOUVER - Data from Metro Vancouver show the queue for social housing in the region has spiked in the past year, with 18,865 households on the wait-list, mostly seniors and families. Metro Vancouver...
Dec 22, 2023