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Highway 3 reopened

Highway 3 reopened

Creston Nov 16, 2017 / 8:50 pm

UPDATE: 8:50 p.m. Highway 3 has reopened west of Creston, after a vehicle crash closed it in both directions earlier in the evening. ORIGINAL: 7:55 p.m. A...

'No room for justice'

'No room for justice'

Nelson Nov 16, 2017 / 11:35 am

A father whose conviction was upheld for failing to provide the necessaries of life to his son has posted a Facebook response critical of the judges and...

Show me the money

Show me the money

Kimberley Nov 15, 2017 / 10:56 am

The board of directors of the Kimberley Dynamiters posted a statement Monday on Facebook thanking fans for their support and explaining that it had yet to...

Fernie tribute to 3 dead

Fernie tribute to 3 dead

Fernie Nov 13, 2017 / 7:27 am

Hundreds of people gathered in Fernie Sunday to pay tribute to three men who lost their lives during an ammonia leak at the local hockey arena last month. The...

Highway 3 reopened

Highway 3 reopened

Christina Lake Nov 6, 2017 / 2:15 pm

UPDATE 2:15 p.m. DriveBC is reporting the incident has been cleared and highway reopened in both directions. ORIGINAL 12:45 p.m. Highway 3 is closed in both...

Polygamy case back in court

Polygamy case back in court

Cranbrook Nov 6, 2017 / 12:43 pm

The latest round in a decades-long constitutional debate over Canada's polygamy law is scheduled to begin in a British Columbia Supreme Court on Tuesday....

Vees come up short in Trail

Vees come up short in Trail

Trail Oct 28, 2017 / 10:25 pm

The Penticton Vees couldn't build off momentum from Friday night's home win, dropping a 4-1 score to the Trail Smoke Eaters on Saturday in the first...

Answers could take months

Answers could take months

Fernie Oct 23, 2017 / 1:47 pm

A WorkSafeBC spokeswoman says it could take months to complete the investigation into an ammonia leak that killed three men last week at the ice arena in...

Allowed to return home

Allowed to return home

Fernie Oct 22, 2017 / 9:46 am

Residents who were forced from their homes because of a deadly ammonia leak at an ice rink in Fernie, B.C., are being allowed back home. The City of Fernie says...

Fernie evac order rescinded

Fernie evac order rescinded

Fernie Oct 22, 2017 / 9:44 am

An evacuation order around the Fernie Memorial Arena has been lifted six days after three people died from an ammonia leak at the rink. Residents of...

Ice rink remains closed

Ice rink remains closed

Fernie Oct 21, 2017 / 5:00 pm

Residents who were forced from their homes because of a deadly ammonia leak at an ice rink in Fernie, B.C., still don't know when an evacuation order will...

City shuts down to mourn

City shuts down to mourn

Fernie Oct 20, 2017 / 11:21 am

The City of Fernie shut down its operations Friday to give staff time to grieve the deaths of co-workers following an ammonia leak at the local ice rink. The BC...

Fernie victims identified

Fernie victims identified

Fernie Oct 20, 2017 / 9:38 am

The BC Coroners Service has confirmed the identities of three men who died after a workplace incident at Fernie Memorial Arena on Tuesday. They were Wayne Allan...

Bodies removed from arena

Bodies removed from arena

Fernie Oct 19, 2017 / 11:45 am

The bodies of three men have been removed from an ice arena after a deadly ammonia leak on Tuesday set off a local state of emergency in Fernie. Fire Chief Ted...

Shaken by arena tragedy

Shaken by arena tragedy

Fernie Oct 19, 2017 / 6:54 am

A lifelong resident of a picturesque Rocky Mountain community says people have been shaken by the deaths of three workers following an ammonia leak at the local...

Fernie deaths probe

Fernie deaths probe

Fernie Oct 18, 2017 / 7:38 pm

UPDATE: 7:38 p.m. Emergency crews gained access to part of an arena in Fernie, B.C., on Wednesday more than 24 hours after three workers died following an...

Three dead in ammonia leak

Three dead in ammonia leak

Fernie Oct 18, 2017 / 6:40 am

UPDATE: Wednesday 6:38 a.m. Three people are dead after a possible ammonia leak at an arena in Fernie on Tuesday night that also forced an evacuation of homes,...

Huge boost for hockey club

Huge boost for hockey club

Kimberley Oct 16, 2017 / 2:10 pm

Mike Gould's love of family and hockey was behind the Alberta man's decision to make a multimillion-dollar donation to a hockey club in southeastern...

Grizzly tussles with hunter

Grizzly tussles with hunter

Cranbrook Oct 4, 2017 / 11:05 am

The BC Conservation Service says a grizzly bear that attacked a hunter in southeastern B.C. was defending her cub and her food. Insp. Joe Caravetta says the...

Truck deer out of town

Truck deer out of town

Kimberley Oct 2, 2017 / 1:39 pm

The mayor of Kimberley says killing urban deer is no longer an option in the Kootenay city and council will instead consider relocating the animals. Don...