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Officials are pleased with the first day attendance at the Interior Provincial Exhibition in Armstrong. Wednesday saw 17,051 people come through the gates. "That was down about 1,200 from the year bef...

Mounties in the West Kootenay community of Nakusp are asking possible victims to come forward in connection to a historic sexual assault case. Police in Victoria arrested 70-year-old Harry Charles Sad...

The federal government will be hearing from the City of Armstrong over a tax break the government is planning to take away from all municipal councils. Currently, one third of a councillor's salary is...

For the second time in as many days, there were reports of possible smoke in the Silver Star Road area. The BX-Swan Lake Fire Department checked the latest one out this morning, and found it was comin...

- Judy Darcy, Minister of Mental Health and Addictions... International Overdose Awareness Day, Aug. 31, 2017: "Today we mark International Overdose Awareness Day in memory of the people taken from th...

Because of the continuing battle against the Philpott Road Wildfire the province has implemented an area restriction. That means no one can go into the restricted area without prior permission unless ...

The wildfires in BC have had a big impact on tourism in many areas of the province. Maya Lange, vice president of marketing with Destination BC, says 32 percent of operators in the Kootenay Rockies ha...

New evacuation orders have been issued due to rapid growth of a Washington state fire that has moved into BC. The Diamond Creek Fire, which grew by 64-hundred hectares overnight, is now threatening a ...

Update 12:30 pm: If you were wondering about the ash on your car this morning, officials say it came from a large fire in Washington state that has now burned its way into Canada. The Diamond Creek fi...

12 pm update: Pete McIntyre RCMP and the BC Wildfire Service are investigating the cause of Tuesday's small fire in the BX. Less than half a hectare (0.2) burned in the blaze that started on private l...