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Fireworks dazzle crowds

Fireworks dazzle crowds

Vancouver Aug 3, 2015 / 9:01 am

More than 400,000 people lined the shores of Vancouver's English Bay to watch Canada take first place in the annual Celebration of Light fireworks...

Wildfire forces out campers

Wildfire forces out campers

Harrison Lake Aug 2, 2015 / 5:29 pm

A human-caused wildfire is burning near Harrison Lake, forcing campers out of the area. Fire information officer Donna MacPherson says the blaze was discovered...

Fentanyl overdoses

Fentanyl overdoses

Lower Mainland Aug 2, 2015 / 5:17 pm

A Lower Mainland teen is on life support after a suspected fentanyl overdose. Two boys, aged 16 and 17, are believed to have purchased and consumed fake...

Athletes bring home medals

Athletes bring home medals

Special Olympians Aug 2, 2015 / 3:43 pm

Special Olympians from across Canada travelled to Los Angeles for the 2015 Special Olympics World Summer Games. Some 7,000 athletes and 3,000 coaches from more...

Five-year-old lifesaver

Five-year-old lifesaver

Prince George Aug 2, 2015 / 2:08 pm

She's only five years old, but Lexi is being hailed as a hero. The B.C. girl helped save the lives of her mother and baby brother following a car accident...

B&E couple caught on tape

B&E couple caught on tape

Revelstoke Aug 2, 2015 / 12:08 pm

Revelstoke RCMP is currently investigating two break and enters that occurred at the same time on July 31 – by what appears to be a young male and female...

Crash sends 6 to hospital

Crash sends 6 to hospital

Nanaimo Aug 2, 2015 / 7:19 am

A single-vehicle crash in Nanaimo sent six people to hospital, Saturday. About 2 p.m., Nanaimo RCMP received a report of a rollover accident on Quesnel Road....

Highway upgrade 'critical'

Highway upgrade 'critical'

Chase Aug 2, 2015 / 6:20 am

British Columbia's transportation ministry says it has moved aggressively to widen a dangerous stretch of highway where a tour bus crash killed one man and...

New rainbow crosswalk

New rainbow crosswalk

Princeton Aug 2, 2015 / 5:00 am

Princeton residents recently woke up to find a new rainbow crosswalk in their town. According to resident Spencer Coyne, the idea for such a crosswalk to...

Species at risk exhibit

Species at risk exhibit

Oliver Aug 2, 2015 / 5:00 am

The Oliver & District Heritage Society is inviting the public to view a travelling exhibit about some of the province’s lesser-known natural wonders-...

Naramata grass fire

Naramata grass fire

Naramata Aug 1, 2015 / 7:35 pm

UPDATE: 7:04 a.m. Fire Chief Tony Trovao says the fire was caused by people in the backyard shooting pellets at some sort of metals target. This caused some...

Highway 1 to be expanded

Highway 1 to be expanded

Near Revelstoke Aug 1, 2015 / 4:02 pm

The provincial government announced today that Highway 1, east of Revelstoke will be upgraded and expanded. The $35 million project will widen 2.5 kilometres of...

Bus crash victims released

Bus crash victims released

Near Chase Aug 1, 2015 / 2:10 pm

All 57 people who were rushed to hospital after a tour bus crash in British Columbia's Interior have been released. Interior Health spokesman Karl Hardt...

Drones disrupt fire efforts

Drones disrupt fire efforts

Shelter Cove Aug 1, 2015 / 1:51 pm

Crews have been forced to halt air operations on a wildfire burning near West Kelowna, B.C., due to multiple drones flying overhead. The B.C. Wildfire Service...

Coal train derails

Coal train derails

Sparwood Aug 1, 2015 / 12:39 pm

A Canadian Pacific Railway freight train carrying coal has derailed near the southeastern British Columbia community of Sparwood. Eighteen cars went off the...

Cardboard boat race is back

Cardboard boat race is back

Naramata Aug 1, 2015 / 12:09 pm

People will test their skills in boats made from cardboard and duct tape at Manitou Park on Sunday. It's all part of the Cardboard Boat Race returning for a...

Man attacked outside mall

Man attacked outside mall

Burnaby Aug 1, 2015 / 11:34 am

Burnaby Mounties are investigating after a man in his thirties was jumped by a group of men outside Metrotown shopping centre early Saturday morning. The victim...

One dead in bus crash

One dead in bus crash

Near Chase Aug 1, 2015 / 6:47 am

UPDATE: 6 a.m. One man was killed in a collision between a tour bus carrying dozens of people and a car on a notorious stretch of Highway 1 south of Chase, say...

Stop Abbotsford

Stop Abbotsford

Homeless rights Jul 31, 2015 / 8:55 pm

A judge may not be able to solve homelessness, but he could use his powers to bar officials in Abbotsford, from prohibiting camps that provide the necessities...

Mill deaths accidental

Mill deaths accidental

Burns Lake Jul 31, 2015 / 8:30 pm

A coroner's jury has ruled the deaths of two mill workers caught in a fiery explosion in Burns Lake, more than three years ago were accidental. Robert...

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