Columbia Valley

• ‘Stay safe’: Message from Columbia Valley Search and Rescue after busy start to March

  The organization, which services the Invermere area, has been called out to an avalanche that killed three people, an ice climber who fell 30 feet and two snowmobile rescues.

  Canada

  Mar 18, 2023
  
• Contaminated compost piles dumped in field has B.C. residents worried

  Neighbours of a farm said that truckloads of what was supposed to be 'Class A' compost were left in a field, but taht the material smells and looks 'a lot like garbage.'

  Environment

  Jan 26, 2023
  
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• Revelstoke snowboarders take on 140 km paddle in record cold temperatures

  "It was about 90 km or 100 km an hour winds, so the windchill made it even colder than -35 C. So it was freezing cold," one participant said.

  Lifestyle

  Mar 26, 2022
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• Invermere pelted by hail despite raging wildfires, smoky skies in other regions of B.C.

  'It pretty much came out of nowhere, and it was quite strange as several different places in the valley had different experiences,' said Pete Bourke of the Chamber of Commerce.

  Weather

  Jul 3, 2021
• Missing Chilliwack man found dead, criminality not suspected: police

  Investigators said David McCullum, 39, last spoke with his family Thursday morning.

  Crime

  Apr 25, 2020
• Chilliwack police incident now a missing person investigation

  Investigators say David McCullum, 39, last spoke with his family Thursday morning.

  Crime

  Apr 23, 2020
• ‘I knew it was just a matter of time’: Couple rescued from B.C. backcountry share survival story

  The couple were rescued after nearly a week when a RCMP plane spotted the word "HELP" scrawled in the snow next to their frozen vehicle.

  Canada

  Nov 1, 2019
• RCMP locate man, woman missing for a week in southeast B.C. backcountry

  RCMP say Damon Brodeur and Catherine Gibbons were last heard from on Oct. 24, and are believed to be in the Columbia Valley area.

  Canada

  Oct 31, 2019
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• Missing hiker from Cranbrook found in good health: RCMP

  Police in the Kootenays say a missing hiker from Cranbrook has been safely found.

  Canada

  Aug 16, 2018
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• Cranbrook woman goes missing while hiking in Kootenays

  A woman from Cranbrook is missing and the search is now in its third day.

  Canada

  Aug 15, 2018