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Gusty winds last night in the Cariboo Regional District has forced more wildfire evacuation orders in the areas north of Green Lake as RCMP went door to door evacuating residents from their homes. The...

BC fire officials are not expecting to get any breaks from the weather in the foreseeable future. "We are not seeing any rain in the forecast for now, certainly not for the next 7 to 10 days, across t...

The Monte Lake wildfire hasn't been growing -- and dozens more fire fighters have arrived to try and increase the containment. The blaze -- which started Wednesday -- is still 150 hectares, however ac...

Callers to KISS-FM have reported a motorcycle accident happened earlier this morning around 8 this morning on Hwy 97 near Bailey Road. Our caller said a truck was north-bound on Hwy 97 and jammed on i...

The Revelstoke Mountaineer reports that Prime Minister Justin Trudeau will visit Revelstoke today to make an announcement on BC wildfire relief. While in town he will also participate in the CP Canada...

Update 7:05 pm: Shuswapscanner on Twitter says a vehicle was on fire, a patient was extracted and that person is in the care of BC Ambulance. The fire is out and crews were dealing with a fuel spill i...

RCMP say a man died after being hit by train near Salmon Arm. It happened Tuesday afternoon on the tracks in a wooded area, about 1 km west of the Canoe Beach Boat launch. "The preliminary investigati...

The MLA for Vernon Monashee says he didn't see it coming. Eric Foster and other Liberal MLA's were told by Christy Clark this morning that she was resigning as party leader at a caucus meeting in Pent...

The Martin Mountain fire near Monte Lake is still at 150 hectares today and remains 30 per cent contained. Max Birkner with the BC Wildfire Service says there is a big boost in the number of personnel...

Witnesses continue to give evidence in a BC Supreme Court civil trial over usage of Kin Race Track in Vernon. The Okanagan Equestrian Society says it has contracts that prove it should be able to use ...