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The murder trial of Nicholas Bellemare heard detailed ballistic evidence about the shootout between the accused and police on Thursday. Bellemare is accused of fatally shooting Ridge Meadows RCMP Const. Rick O’Brien, on Sept. 22, 2023. His trial began in Supreme Court in New Westminster on Monday, Nov. 3. On Dec. 4, the court heard […]

The B.C. transportation ministry says it is changing project managers for the new Kootenay Lake ferry, which will be four years late and at least $54 million over budget by the time it begins operations in 2027. Western Pacific Marine, which operates two ferries on Kootenay Lake, was awarded the new ferry’s contract in 2021.

Water-contaminated fuel was the cause of 2023 plane crash that the Transportation Safety Board of Canada says “substantially damaged” the the aircraft. On Dec. 18, 2023, a Wilderness Seaplanes Ltd. Grumman G-21A Goose amphibious aircraft left Bella Bella to Port Hardy with one pilot and four passengers. Before departure, the plane was refuelled from a

Four additional grizzly bears have been captured by B.C. Conservation Officer Service (COS) officers as part of the ongoing investigation into a recent attack in Bella Coola. According to a social media post, the bears are being examined for any evidence that could connect them to the incident that happened on Nov. 20 in Bella

BC Hydro is taking a Vanderhoof ranching family to court, claiming the family is impeding construction of the $6-billion North Coast Transmission Line (NCTL), one of the federal government’s “nation-building” projects that’s billed as way to power new gas and mining projects in the so-called “golden triangle” in northern B.C. A petition filed in B.C.