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ESL, adult ed made free

ESL, adult ed made free

Victoria Aug 8, 2017 / 10:49 am

B.C. is eliminating tuition fees for adult basic education and English language learning programs. Premier John Horgan says the move will allow thousands of...

Blaze guts industrial plant

Blaze guts industrial plant

Richmond Aug 8, 2017 / 6:19 am

A two-alarm blaze gutted an industrial building on Annacis Island, Monday. The 83,000-square-foot plant is likely a write-off, firefighters told CTV. Police...

The smoke won't ruin fun

The smoke won't ruin fun

Penticton Aug 8, 2017 / 5:00 am

With thick smoke blanketing the Okanagan you might expect tourists are a little upset, but that doesn't seem to be the case. Locals and tourists, from all...

Evacuation order expands

Evacuation order expands

Williams Lake, BC Aug 7, 2017 / 7:52 pm

The Cariboo Regional District has issued an expanded evacuation order for areas in the West Chilcotin which reflects the addition of Satah Mountain and the...

Fire season, no end in sight

Fire season, no end in sight

Aug 7, 2017 / 6:37 pm

Wildfires are continuing to tear through British Columbia one month after the provincial government declared a state of emergency. Chief fire information...

Two responsible thieves

Two responsible thieves

Mission, BC Aug 7, 2017 / 2:46 pm

Thieves returned a dirt bike, better off than when they stole it, after finding out it belonged to a child. Two people from Mission, B.C. returned the yellow...

Search for missing man

Search for missing man

Beaton Aug 7, 2017 / 5:00 am

Friends of a missing man last seen in the Revelstoke area have sent out a plea asking anyone with information to contact police. Jared Szabo was last seen on...

More help for fighting fires

More help for fighting fires

Aug 7, 2017 / 5:00 am

Over 400 firefighters from New Zealand, Australia, Mexico and United States will join the fight against wildfires across the province of British Columbia. An...

Bans limit new wildfires

Bans limit new wildfires

Kamloops Aug 6, 2017 / 4:01 pm

Restrictions meant to help stave off new wildfires in tinder-dry British Columbia appear to be working as people enjoy the long weekend, officials say. Kevin...

Truck wrecked in crash

Truck wrecked in crash

Coquihalla Highway Aug 6, 2017 / 3:28 pm

A collision on the Coquihalla Highway caused a tractor-trailer to drive off the road Sunday. The incident happened about 13 kilometres south of Merritt, heading...

Life lost too soon

Life lost too soon

Abbotsford Aug 6, 2017 / 3:06 pm

UPDATE: 3:05 p.m. The RCMP's Integrated Homicide Investigation Team (IHIT) has identified the young man who died after suffering gunshot wounds in...

Cattle ranchers livid

Cattle ranchers livid

Cariboo region Aug 6, 2017 / 2:45 pm

Ranchers in the Clinton area are demanding an apology and compensation after a controlled burn last week got out of control and added to the massive Elephant...

Fires by the numbers

Fires by the numbers

BC wildfires Aug 6, 2017 / 2:02 pm

As wildfires continue to burn through British Columbia, we have the latest figures on those fires. 127 fires were burning Sunday, including six new fires...

Fires char size of PEI

Fires char size of PEI

Aug 6, 2017 / 1:54 pm

Wildfires burning across the province have charred 591,000 hectares, about the size of Prince Edward Island, said a BC Wildfire Service spokesperson on Sunday....

Smoke on the highways

Smoke on the highways

Revelstoke Aug 6, 2017 / 10:54 am

UPDATE: 2:15 p.m. DriveBC has expanded its smoke advisory to other highways near the B.C.-Alberta border. An advisory has been issued for Highway 93 in both...

Another Cariboo alert

Another Cariboo alert

Quesnel Lake area Aug 6, 2017 / 9:59 am

An evacuation alert has been issued for the northwest side of Quesnel Lake, 240 km north of Clinton, in the Cariboo. The alert came Sunday, one day after...

Hit & run on Granville

Hit & run on Granville

Vancouver Aug 6, 2017 / 8:57 am

Vancouver Police are investigating a hit-and-run after a pedestrian was struck by a vehicle in the centre lanes of the Granville Street bridge early Sunday...

Fighting fire with fire

Fighting fire with fire

BC wildfires Aug 6, 2017 / 7:19 am

The use of controlled "back burns" recently came under fire after one got away from firefighters near Clinton. Here's a Q&A with the BC...

Counting on legal weed

Counting on legal weed

Cowichan Valley Aug 6, 2017 / 6:37 am

In a tree-nestled First Nation community on Vancouver Island, forestry and farming used to be the major industries that kept the economy humming and put food on...

Victim: I can't breathe

Victim: I can't breathe

Abbotsford Aug 5, 2017 / 9:11 pm

UPDATE: 9:10 p.m. An Abbotsford woman has described the terrible moments Friday after a white car smashed through her fence, stopping just feet from where she...

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