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Alaska hit with 8.0 magnitude earthquake; no tsunami threat for coastal B.C.
UPDATED: Alaska tsunami warning downgraded to advisory. An 8.0 earthquake off the Aleutian Islands triggered a tsunami warning for parts of Alaska this afternoon The U.S.’s National Weather Service...
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No tsunami warning for B.C. following earthquake in Japan
A 6.8 magnitude Earthquake off the east coast of Honshu, Japan has triggered a tsunami advisory for Japan but not for coastal British Columbia. The quake wa recorded at 12:22 p.m. PT, about 130...
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Forest fire burning on Vedder Mountain near Chilliwack
The B.C. Forestry Service is responding to a forest fire burning near the top of Vedder Mountain in Yarrow (12 kilometres southwest of Chilliwack). The Fraser Valley Regional District has classified it...
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Storm watch: High tide passes with no major breaches in Metro Vancouver
Metro Vancouver has yet to be hit by the 90 km/h gusts that Environment Canada called for in a wind warning issued this morning. Vancouver Sun reporter Jeff Lee, who is at Locarno Beach along English...
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Standing up for Nepal, women and children in fun ‘Traffick’ rush with super...
Country star Alan Jackson, in his monster post-911 hit Where Were You (When the World Stopped Turning) croons: “… I’m not a real political man, I watch CNN but I’m not sure I can tell you the...
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Port Alberni chooses didgeridoo for tsunami warning system
Port Alberni city council has approved the groaning drone of a didgeridoo as the new sound of its tsunami warning system. The Australian wind instrument was chosen by Grade 11 students at Alberni...
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Tales from behind the lines at the Rock Creek Fire (with video)
ROCK CREEK – People who live in rural British Columbia have learned how to be independent. It’s the way the province was settled. When you need a part for a machine or food or fuel, you can’t exactly...
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Death and life in the wildfire zone – a Rock Creek fire photo gallery
I am back from a week on the fire line, covering the savage Rock Creek fire. It was a welcome change from covering the city, and it got me out into the country, even if it seems like half of the...
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Owning our Health: Rebuilding mental health after forest fires
This year has not just been the hottest and driest on record in many parts of North America, it has included the most devastating and dangerous summer for forest fires. Every day the media gives more...
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Powerful earthquake recorded off coast of Japan
An earthquake with a magnitude of 7.0 has occurred in the Pacific Ocean, 160 kilometres southwest of the city of Makurazaki, Japan. The Pacific Tsunami Warning Center based in Hawaii says there is no...
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Heavy rains cause floods in northeastern B.C., damaging roads, bridges
Flooding has forced some residents out of their homes while leaving thousands of others in the dark as heavy rain washed out major roads and bridges, and damaged powerlines in northeastern B.C. In...
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Emergency declared as receding flood waters reveal damage in Dawson Creek
DAWSON CREEK — A local state of emergency has been declared in Dawson Creek, in northeastern B.C., as receding flood waters reveal the extent of damage from two days of record-setting rain. Mayor Dale...
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Explosives used in target practice banned in Kamloops due to wildfire risk
Explosive used in firearms practice have been banned in the Kamloops Fire Centre region after growing concerns about their contribution to wildfires. Binary exploding targets are homemade or...
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Radio amateurs make history in B.C. disaster drill, play key role: minister
COBBLE HILL, B.C. — When every way of communicating was cut off during an earthquake exercise on the West Coast of Vancouver Island, amateur radio operators were the first to step in with a call for...
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Rock Creek slow to rebuild after last summer's devastating wildfire
ROCK CREEK — Every time Peri Best turns west from her new home in Grand Forks towards Rock Creek, she gets a little catch in her throat and her anxiety starts to rise again. It’s been nearly a year...
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Volunteers rebuild a family's home in fire-ravaged Westbridge
ROCK CREEK — An unusual partnership between two charitable organizations has made it possible for a young family who lost their home in the Rock Creek fire to rebuild. Now, nearly a year after the...
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Things you need to know about Burns Bog fire
8:48 a.m. update: Delta Mayor Lois Jackson says the Burns Bog fire is a “major emergency,” and the community is under provincial emergency status. She says Metro Vancouver is monitoring air quality as...
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Investigation begins after fatal crash between dump truck and vehicle in Delta
DELTA — One person has been killed in a crash involving a dump truck in Delta. Police have confirmed the fatality but have released few other details of the collision, which appears to involve at least...
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Crews stand down in Burns Bog fire, cause still being investigated
DELTA — Crews working for the fire department in Delta, are withdrawing from an ecologically sensitive bog more than a week after it caught fire. Delta Fire says the fire in Burns Bog is fully...
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B.C. wildfire costs, numbers down over last year thanks to wet weather
KAMLOOPS — A provincial fire official says rain has dampened wildfire conditions across B.C. this summer. Hot, dry conditions fuelled a number of blazes early in May, especially in the northeast of the...
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