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The BC Highway Patrol said the stop happened on Oct. 8 during a joint roadblock with local RCMP on Highway 1 between Sicamous and Revelstoke.

The early season snowfall is creating conditions that are way ahead of schedule for some Okanagan ski resorts like Big White, where the base is 111 centimetres.

The Crimestoppers Society purchased 200 Trauma Bears for Vernon, Armstrong, Enderby, Lumby, Falkland, Salmon Arm, Sicamous, and Revelstoke.

The Kelowna Rockets came close to eliminating the Wenatchee Wild but didn’t land the knockout blow, while the Penticton Vees opened their playoffs on a winning note.

An Alberta man was killed in an avalanche while travelling with a group of four friends in the backcountry near Revelstoke over the weekend.

After responding to false emergency calls, Revelstoke Search and Rescue said 'the subjects were either completely unaware of this feature on their iPhone' or didn't hear it go off.

Police say a high-risk takedown was needed to arrest the man after his pickup truck was spotted at a gas station in the Salmon Arm area.

Kelowna and Kamloops will play back-to-back games this weekend, while Chilliwack rode hot goaltending to defeat Penticton on Friday night.

The Transportation Safety Board deployed investigators to the Revelstoke area to learn more about what caused a fatal helicopter crash. 

The deceased is said to have been the only occupant of the helicopter and was reportedly travelling from Calgary to Sicamous.

B.C.’s Joint Rescue Coordination Centre said it was alerted Friday evening by an emergency locator transmitter sounding in the Revelstoke area.

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There are few details available other than the incident happened at a location between Beaver Valley Road and Glacier National Park's east boundary.

Revelstoke Search and Rescue started a search and later located the man in serious medical distress, in a remote and steep area called “Toilet Bowl”.

The Sinixt Confederacy has been seeking to influence the management of natural resources and make claims to government funds in B.C. but there's a rift in those plans already.

On Monday, the Independent Investigations Office said it was looking into the incident on Nov. 5, in which both pedestrians were seriously injured.

The four British Columbia firefighters who died in a highway crash this week all worked for a Kamloops-based contractor, whose owner said they were 'our family.'

RCMP said due to erratic driving, and concerns for public safety, they opted not to follow and an RCMP Air Services unit was called in to track the vehicle.

“Emergency Health Services attended and transported the man to hospital. He was later pronounced deceased,” said police.

Temperatures are expected to return to more seasonal values by Friday. Heat warnings may be issued if the nighttime temperatures are forecast to be 18 C or above.