Category Archives: British Columbia
Local swimmer reaching for Tokyo Olympic berth
NANAIMO - Tayden De Pol won't see the finish line coming as he looks to earn a trip to Tokyo in July.The Nanaimo swimmer, a former member of the Riptides swim team and current UBC Thunderbird, will ta...
Jun 18, 2021
Pair charged in murder of two brothers in Naramata, B.C.
NARAMATA, B.C. - RCMP say two men have been charged in the double murder of two brothers in British Columbia's Okanagan region. The bodies of Erick and Carlos Fryer were found in a remote location nea...
Jun 18, 2021
Two men charged in Naramata homicides
NARAMATA, B.C. - RCMP have arrested one man, and have a warrant out for a second person, in the double murder of Kamloops brothers Carlos and Erick Fryer whose bodies were discovered in Naramata in Ma...
Jun 18, 2021
COVID update Friday: 109 new cases, vaccine rate up to 75%
British Columbia is ending the work week with 109 new COVID-19 cases, down slightly from the 120 on Thursday.Of the new cases, 26 are in Interior Health with 13 in Vancouver Coastal Health, 65 in Fras...
Jun 18, 2021
Lower Post postpones school demolition ceremony after animal remains found
LOWER POST, B.C. - A ceremony to mark the demolition of a former residential school building in a British Columbia First Nation community has been postponed after animal remains were found by construc...
Jun 18, 2021
Reconciliation agreement reached between British Columbia and Heiltsuk Nation
BELLA BELLA, B.C. - The B.C. government has signed a reconciliation agreement with the Heiltsuk Nation aimed at offering support for housing, language and economic development. The $22.3-million agree...
Jun 18, 2021
No sign of weather relief for fire crews near Lytton
KAMLOOPS - A hot and dry weekend weather forecast is adding to concern for a wildfire burning approximately seven kilometres south of Lytton.The B.C. Wildfire Service says the East of Skuppah wildfire...
Jun 18, 2021
'It's really sad:' Whiskey Creek service station flattened in non-suspicious fire
WHISKEY CREEK - Fire officials believe a damaging blaze which destroyed the Whiskey Creek Co-op service station was accidental.Lt. Theresa Benoit with Coombs-Hillers Volunteer fire department said the...
Jun 18, 2021
Updated tailings code after Mount Polley an improvement: B.C. mines auditor
VICTORIA - A new report says changes to British Columbia's requirements for tailings storage after the Mount Polley disaster have generally improved the management of mining waste. The mines chief aud...
Jun 18, 2021
Deer attack in southeastern B.C. leaves woman cut, battered and bruised
KIMBERLEY, B.C. - A British Columbia woman says she needed hospital treatment for injuries including gashes and deep bruises after being attacked by a deer defending its fawn. Liz Royer says she was o...
Jun 18, 2021
