5+ hour, 48+ min ago  (1611+ words) In late autumn of 1988, Richard Hebda, then head of botany at the Royal B.C. Museum, stepped into the living room of a Courtenay man named Mike Trask, following up on a report of an interesting fossil find on the Puntledge River....

7+ mon, 3+ week ago  (157+ words) A rockslide on that sent boulders tumbling onto the Trans-Canada Highway west of Kamloops, forcing an hours-long closure on Thursday, came down in an area known to be prone to slides. The slide was first reported at about 1 p.m. on Thursday....

8+ mon, 7+ hour ago  (337+ words) Former Kamloops MLA Todd Stone is getting into the mining game, having been named the new president and CEO of the Association of Mineral Exploration, an organization that advocates on behalf of B.C. mineral producers. First elected in 2013, Stone served as…...

8+ mon, 2+ week ago  (666+ words) Faced with capacity problems and slow progress on new school builds, the Kamloops-Thompson school district is looking at using prefabricated additions to ease overcrowding. Art McDonald, SD73 director of facilities, said geotechnical investigations will be underway this summer at Pacific Way…...

9+ mon, 1+ week ago  (162+ words) Northbound traffic on the Coquihalla is still being diverted due to a sink hole. The Ministry of Transportation said in a statement posted to Drive B.C. Friday afternoon that they were hoping to allow traffic through by midday, "but due to…...

9+ mon, 3+ week ago  (583+ words) Before British Columbia fossil hunter Mike Trask died last week, he knew that recognition of his biggest discovery would live on. Before British Columbia fossil hunter Mike Trask died last week, he knew that recognition of his biggest discovery would…...

9+ mon, 3+ week ago  (483+ words) A project exploring geothermal heat and energy sources from Kootenay Lake is moving from theory to actual drilling for infrastructure after receiving a grant for surveying locations. A project exploring geothermal heat and energy sources from Kootenay Lake is moving…...

10+ mon, 1+ week ago  (1778+ words) The B.C. government said it is tendering a sweeping set of calls to build new energy projects'including wind, geothermal, hydro and battery storage facilities'in a call to power poised to vastly expand the province's capacity to generate electricity. The B.C. government said…...

10+ mon, 3+ week ago  (243+ words) Nine days after a major rockslide tumbled down and blocked Highway 3A at Yellow Lake, Aim Roads has shared that it will reopen to two-way traffic by the end of the day on Thursday April 24. The ... Nine days after a major…...

11+ mon, 3+ day ago  (172+ words) A landslide has occurred in the Trout Creek area near the Summerland Golf and Country Club. A landslide has occurred in the Trout Creek area near the Summerland Golf and Country Club. In a brief press release, the Penticton Indian…...