Mounties have released few details about the incident in the East Newton neighbourhood (on 64th Avenue) not far from the Serpentine River.
On Monday, 52 Australian firefighters are scheduled to arrive into B.C. to help with fire relief efforts, while another contingent of Down Under personnel will soon show up to assist in other Western Canadian provinces.
Port Alberni RCMP say they launched their police craft around 4:30 p.m. on Saturday in response to reports of an on-the-water incident on Sproat Lake (in the Alberni Valley).
VANCOUVER — Good news in the ongoing battle to contain an aggressive, 70-square-kilometre blaze raging in the Cariboo Region of Central British Columbia.
OTTAWA — All but overlooked in the past week of troubling economic news was federal Finance Minister Joe Oliver's unexpected nod to government stimulus spending.
VANCOUVER — A northern British Columbia man who has been charged with terrorism-related offences had no links to the community, the town's mayor said Saturday.