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Ministry of Transportation working to fix Hwy. 1 north of Hope
BOSTON BAR - The BC Ministry of Transportation and Infrastructure says Highway 1 remains closed between Boston Bar and Lytton due to impacts from the Kookipi Creek wildfire.According to a brief update...
Mike VandenBosch Aug 22, 2023

American busted at Abbotsford border crossing for bringing prohibited guns into Canada
ABBOTSFORD - An American with an affinity for guns may live to regret his ill-advised attempt to cross into Canada with a cache of prohibited firearms in his vehicle earlier this year. In a news relea...
Mike VandenBosch Aug 22, 2023

City of Mission to close its municipal forest due to extreme wildfire risk
MISSION - The Mission Municipal Forest will close this Thursday, August 24 due to extreme wildfire risk as ordered by its municipal fire chief. In a statement Tuesday morning (Aug. 22), the city says ...
Aug 22, 2023

New marine-themed murals in pediatric wing of Chilliwack Hospital emergency dept.
CHILLIWACK - Visits to a hospital can be unsettling for any child, especially when they face the uncertainty of medical procedures. But a new marine-themed mural in the pediatric area of the emergency...
Mike VandenBosch Aug 22, 2023

Former restaurant explodes in Prince George, injures 3 Tuesday morning
PRINCE GEORGE - Update: RCMP say three people were injured in this morning's blast, one of whom had serious injuries though they say it's still too early to pinpoint a cause."We have been informed tha...
Mike VandenBosch Aug 22, 2023

Adventist church camp west of Hope hosting, feeding nearly 50 evacuees from BC fire
CAMP HOPE - A BC Adventist church camp west of Hope has accepted approximately 50 evacuees from the Kookipi Creek wildfire.According to a social media post from Camp Hope, located at 61855 Lougheed Hi...
Mike VandenBosch Aug 22, 2023

Fire near Boston Bar grows by more than 3,000 hectares, incident managers to oversee fire starting today
BOSTON BAR - The Kookipi Creek fire originally located approximately 16 kilometres northwest of Boston Bar continues to grow in leaps and bounds. According to an update on the BC Wildfire Service webs...
Mike VandenBosch Aug 22, 2023

RCMP release photos of suspect vehicle in hit-and-run that killed a Merritt city councillor
VALEMOUNT, BC - Valemount RCMP released surveillance photos of a vehicle suspected to be involved in a crash that killed a Merritt city councillor.In a news release issued Monday (Aug. 21), RCMP say t...
Mike VandenBosch Aug 22, 2023

Police deployed to Hope for high-risk incident Monday night
HOPE - Heavily armed police, presumably from the RCMP Emergency Response Team (ERT), surrounded a home near Yale Street and Thacker Avenue in Hope Monday night in what some residents characterized as ...
Mike VandenBosch Aug 21, 2023

Excavator reportedly hits gas line near Commercial Court in Chilliwack
CHILLIWACK - FortisBC and Chilliwack Fire Department personnel have been dispatched to Commercial Court near Eagle Landing Monday afternoon after an excavator reportedly hit a gas line at, or near, a ...
Mike VandenBosch Aug 21, 2023