Category Archives: British Columbia
VIDEO: Cedar residents evacuated as rains, rising tide contribute to area flooding
UPDATE: 2:11 p.m. State of local emergency and evacuation orders issued for areas near the Nanaimo River, with the Little Qualicum River and Englishman River in Oceanside also affected.A map of the im...
Nov 15, 2021
UPDATE: Multiple highway closures in B.C.
UPDATE: 9:45 a.m. BC HIGHWAY CLOSURES AS OF 9 a.m. MONDAY #BCHwy1 - #AgassizBC to #SpencesBridgeBC. #BCHwy1 - #Sicamous to #Revelstoke #BCHwy1A - In #CowichanBay #BCHwy3 at #SunshineValleyBC & Eas...
Nov 15, 2021
Coldwater River breaches banks, City of Merritt issues flooding evacuation orders
MERRITT - The City of Merritt has issued evacuation orders for multiple properties, due to flooding from the Coldwater River. In a noticed posted to the municipality's website earlier this morning (No...
Nov 15, 2021
Rocks and mudslides close B.C. highways during heavy rain
VANCOUVER - Heavy rain across British Columbia has led to several closures on major highways connecting the Lower Mainland and the Interior region of the province. DriveBC says Highway 5 is closed bot...
Nov 14, 2021
Rosanne Casimir re-elected as chief of Tk̓emlúps te Secwépemc
KAMLOOPS, B.C. - Members of the Tkemlps te Secwpemc First Nation near Kamloops, B.C., have re-elected Rosanne Casimir to another three-year term as chief. Casimir ran for the first time three years ag...
Nov 14, 2021
Vancouver police investigating after 9th pedestrian struck and killed this year
VANCOUVER - Police are investigating after a 59-year-old man was struck and killed in East Vancouver Saturday night. It is the city's ninth pedestrian death and the 18th collision-related fatality of ...
Nov 14, 2021
Up to 90 millimetres of rain expected for Coquihalla between Hope and Merritt
Environment Canada issued a rainfall warning for the Coquihalla Highway from Hope to Merritt due to an atmospheric river event.Around 60 to 90 millimetres of rain is expected as heavy rain will enter ...
Nov 14, 2021
Review of street check policies arises out of B.C. police commissioner's report
VANCOUVER - A man's complaint about being stopped and asked if he was "Abdul" by two officers in New Westminster, B.C., has prompted a call for provincewide consistency on street checks from the city'...
Nov 13, 2021
B.C. reports 23 more deaths, 992 cases of COVID-19 over two days
VICTORIA - British Columbia has reported 992 new cases of COVID-19 diagnosed over the last two days and 23 more deaths, raising the death toll in the province to 2,257. The Health Ministry says 4,265 ...
Nov 12, 2021
B.C. milk board conditionally reinstates dairy farm licence after investigation
ABBOTSFORD, B.C. - The British Columbia Milk Marketing Board says it has reinstated the dairy licence of a Fraser Valley farm with mandatory conditions after an investigation found violations of the c...
Nov 12, 2021
