B.C. News

Mohamed Daud Omar, 30, is charged with attempted murder, aggravated assault, and break-and-enter.

The Thompson-Nicola Regional District has declared a local state of emergency for the Blue Sky Country region, and two evacuation orders have been issued due to an encroaching out-of-control wildfire near Lytton, B.C.

SURREY — Metro Vancouver Transit Police say there were no injuries after a TransLink Bus attempted to avoid colliding with a vehicle and instead crashed into a traffic pole in Surrey, B.C.

CHASE — The Village of Chase in British Columbia's Interior has activated its emergency operations centre as a wildfire burns in the area.

Imperial Metals says it did everything the provincial government asked it to do — to raise its tailings dam — and asserts it has the support of at least one local First Nation, just not all of them.

Last year, lawyer James Heller said he observed what he describes as a factual inaccuracy in the coursework language related to the former Kamloops Indian Residential School grounds; after calling for changes, Heller claims the Law Society of BC echoed views that he is racist.

Sulsulxumaat Cindy Daniels says the Tribes want to take back the railway corridor lands that run through their Koksilah and Somenos reserves, to build housing

Reports of cougar conflicts can be made at 1-877-952-7277

Signage for properties in the Yalakom Valley, Texas Creek Road, Seton Portage and Highway 12 areas will be installed at no cost to residents later this year

Highway 4 between Tofino and Port Alberni will be getting three major construction projects from July to December — all requiring 24-hour single-lane alternating traffic.