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A police vehicle's back end sits damaged in the ditch adjacent to the North Cowichan/Duncan RCMP detachment Friday morning, while a second vehicle associated to a police-involved shooting with front-end damage and air bags right in front of it. (Sarah Simpson/Citizen)

Patrol car rammed, officer hurt, suspect shot in B.C. RCMP parking lot

Incident closes street near North Cowichan/Duncan detachment Friday morning

A police vehicle's back end sits damaged in the ditch adjacent to the North Cowichan/Duncan RCMP detachment Friday morning, while a second vehicle associated to a police-involved shooting with front-end damage and air bags right in front of it. (Sarah Simpson/Citizen)
Powers Creek on the morning of May 11. (Brittany Webster/Capital News)

Woman dies after falling in creek in West Kelowna

Went into water in Powers Creek

Powers Creek on the morning of May 11. (Brittany Webster/Capital News)
Dr. Robert Thirsk. (NASA photo)

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Dr. Robert Thirsk. (NASA photo)
A child’s toy, presumably washed down by floodwater, sits atop a pile of unused Hesco baskets outside the Cache Creek fire hall. (Photo credit: Barbara Roden)

Dozens of Cache Creek properties on evacuation order as Bonaparte River rises

Flood-ravaged community braces for more flooding as temperatures set to rise

A child’s toy, presumably washed down by floodwater, sits atop a pile of unused Hesco baskets outside the Cache Creek fire hall. (Photo credit: Barbara Roden)
Highway 99, north of Lilooet, is single-lane with alternating traffic Tuesday morning (May 9) due to flooding at Timmions Creek.

Single-lane traffic on Highway 99, north of Lillooet, due to flooding

Transportation Ministry closed highway between Pemberton, Lilooet for potential slide risks

Highway 99, north of Lilooet, is single-lane with alternating traffic Tuesday morning (May 9) due to flooding at Timmions Creek.
Chris Wimbles, builder. (HAVAN Photo)

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Chris Wimbles, builder. (HAVAN Photo)
Carson Crimeni (file)

Carson Crimeni’s killer pleads guilty to manslaughter

Langley boy was 14 when he died in a park in Walnut Grove

Carson Crimeni (file)

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This wildfire is currently estimated to be 1,900 hectares in size. Visibility in the area is very poor; drivers are advised to avoid Highway 64. (BC Wildfire)

Evacuation orders issued as wildfire threatens community of Goodlow, near Alberta border

This wildfire is currently estimated to be 1,900 hectares in size

This wildfire is currently estimated to be 1,900 hectares in size. Visibility in the area is very poor; drivers are advised to avoid Highway 64. (BC Wildfire)
(BC Wildfire Service photo)

UPDATE: Wildfire forces evacuation for properties east of McBride

The fire is now approximately 600 hectares in size

(BC Wildfire Service photo)
Video footage captured about a dozen suspects smashing vehicles April 29 on an Abbotsford property. (Screengrab from video)

Abbotsford couple speaks out after large group smashes vehicles on their property

‘We don’t have any problems with anybody,’ say 23-year homeowners

Video footage captured about a dozen suspects smashing vehicles April 29 on an Abbotsford property. (Screengrab from video)
Video footage captured about a dozen suspects smashing vehicles April 29 on an Abbotsford property. (Screengrab from video)

VIDEO: Suspects use swords, axes and bats to smash vehicles in Abbotsford driveway

Police release footage of a dozen men vandalizing cars on April 29

Video footage captured about a dozen suspects smashing vehicles April 29 on an Abbotsford property. (Screengrab from video)
Grand Forks flooding on May 4, 2023. (Robert Linden Photography)

10 rural properties evacuated as Grand Forks flooding imminent

Granby River swelling at ranges in the two-to-five-year flow range

Grand Forks flooding on May 4, 2023. (Robert Linden Photography)
Flooding in Cache Creek taken May 3, by Kevin Scharfenberg.

‘Highway 97 unsafe’: Flood waters shut down roads in Cache Creek

Minister of Transportation and Infrastructure Rob Fleming speaks to the flooding

Flooding in Cache Creek taken May 3, by Kevin Scharfenberg.
Photo taken by the Scharfenberg Clan on May 2 evening. (Facebook)

Aerial view of destructive flooding in Cache Creek

‘Scharfenberg Clan’ shot drone footage of the village on May 3

Photo taken by the Scharfenberg Clan on May 2 evening. (Facebook)
Evacuation alert issued May 3, 2023, at 1:30 p.m. for 10 properties in Grand Forks South of 68th Avenue (RDKB handout)

FLOOD WATCH: 18 properties on evacuation alert in rural Grand Forks

Eight properties in the Gilpin Road area and 10 located south of 68th Avenue have been prepped to leave

Evacuation alert issued May 3, 2023, at 1:30 p.m. for 10 properties in Grand Forks South of 68th Avenue (RDKB handout)
Tiger dam set up by City of Grand Forks on May 2, 2023, amid increasing river levels and potential flooding. (City of Grand Forks photo)

Boundary residents urged to prepare ‘grab and go’ bag amid continued flood risks

Boundary region is under a flood watch as weather remains warm and snowmelt continues

Tiger dam set up by City of Grand Forks on May 2, 2023, amid increasing river levels and potential flooding. (City of Grand Forks photo)
Flooding is impacting travel through Cache Creek, as seen here May 2. (Sheila Olson photo)

1 home lost, fire hall underwater as Cache Creek floods

The Cache Creek post office is also closed due to a downed electricity pole

  • May 3, 2023
Flooding is impacting travel through Cache Creek, as seen here May 2. (Sheila Olson photo)
Water from Cache Creek flows between two rows of Hesco barriers after overwhelming the culvert at Quartz Road on the morning of May 2. (Photo credit: Cache Creek Volunteer Fire Department)

Highway 97 closed at Cache Creek due to flooding

Five properties are under an evacuation order

Water from Cache Creek flows between two rows of Hesco barriers after overwhelming the culvert at Quartz Road on the morning of May 2. (Photo credit: Cache Creek Volunteer Fire Department)
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B.C. Ghostbusters Jay Ross, David Laenen and Sean Jamieson from left to right, help Madden celebrate a birthday. (B.C. Ghostbusters photo)