Danger from BC wildfires has picked up, prompting several evacuation orders and alerts yesterday and early this morning. More than 300 wildfires are currently burning in the province, with many of the most threatening located in the Cariboo and Kamloops fire centres. Evacuation orders were issued for more than 1,400 properties in those regions yesterday and several dozen more were added this morning as a new fire in the Okanagan west of Peachland has scorched more than two-and-a-half square kilometres of bush in less than 12 hours. Elsewhere, the villages of 100 Mile House, Cache Creek, Ashcr

One of the experts who used a specialized radar to search the grounds of a former Indigenous residential school for signs of human graves says only a fraction of the area has been checked. Sarah Beaulieu says just under one hectare of land has been surveyed and a further 65 hectares must still be checked at the former Kamloops Indian Residential School where as many as 215 unmarked graves have already been detected. Beaulieu says the work began in the former school's apple orchard because that is where a child's rib bone and tooth were found. Former students reported they were woken at night

The Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) is committed to keeping Canada safe from the threats posed by weapons and undeclared food and animal products. Today, the CBSA announced that border services officers seized eight undeclared firearms as well as numerous food, plant and animal products in the West Coast & Yukon District. On May 25, 2021, two United States residents who were seeking entry to transit through Canada were referred for secondary examination. Border services officers conducted a search and seized firearms and firearm parts and detained food, plant and animal products outli

Hundreds of people in parts of B-C are being told to pack a to-go bag and their most precious belongings in case they must leave dueto wildfires.Residents in about one thousand properties south of 100 Mile House and 482 properties around Canim Lake have been placed onevacuation alert. The entire community of Cache Creek has also been put on notice that residents may have to leave. More than 300 wildfires are burning in the province and over two dozen of those are considered either highly visible or a threat topublic safety.

B.C. is reporting 41 new cases of COVID-19, including four epi-linked cases, for a total of 148,228 cases in the province.There are 639 active cases of COVID-19 in the province, and 145,817 people who tested positive have recovered. Of the active cases, 65 individuals are currently in hospital and 11 are in intensive care. The remaining people are recovering at home in self-isolation. In the past 24 hours, no new deaths have been reported, for an overall total of 1,760. Province has administered 5,872,611 doses of Pfizer-BioNTech, Moderna and AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccines. As of Wednesday, Jul

The Province is strengthening B.C.'s ambulance system to ensure it is faster and more responsive to British Columbians, a better place to work for paramedics and dispatchers, and able to rapidly meet changing demands and needs through focused and direct leadership."When we call for help, we need to know help is on the way, and that it will arrive quickly," said Adrian Dix, Minister of Health. "Immediate action on operations, as well as stronger leadership and increased investment at BC Emergency Health Services, will deliver a more effective ambulance service for patients and families who depe

Vancouver police say they are certain someone has information about a fatal stabbing on Easter Sunday, and they are urging those witnesses to share their details. 37 year old Robinson Russ, originally from Haida Gwaii, had lived in Vancouver for more than a decade when he was attacked as he stood on a corner in the city's Downtown Eastside. Police say dozens of people were nearby and those people can help give Russ's family, including his three young children, some closure about their father's murder. Police made the appeal for information this morning, joined by Russ's father, who travelled

The Cariboo Regional District says residents of nearly 500 properties east of 100 Mile House are now in ``an immediate danger to life safety'' from the 17-square kilometre wildfire south of Canim Lake, one of more than 300 blazes currently burning in BC. The district has issued evacuation orders for properties spread over almost 263 square kilometres of backcountry in the Cariboo region. An evacuation was also ordered this morning for more than one thousand properties on both sides of Highway 97 south of 100 Mile House as flames near Flat Lake have scored more than 10 square kilometres. The s

Investigators from the Surrey RCMP Special Victims Unit are investigating two separate incidents of sexual assault that occurred only a few days a part in Guildford. The first incident occurred on July 9, 2021, at approximately 9:50 p.m. A woman was walking in the 14200-block of 104 Avenue when she met an unknown male. The woman accompanied the man into Hawthorne Park where he then sexually assaulted her. The woman was able to fight off her attacker and fled the area. Multiple officers were deployed to search for the suspect, including the Lower Mainland Integrated Police Dog Services however;