Southeast BC

• 3 dead in southeast B.C. single-vehicle crash

  B.C. RCMP say first responders found a vehicle down an embankment along Westside Road in Wilmer Tuesday night. Three of the four occupants were pronounced dead at the scene.

  Canada

  Jul 10, 2024
  
• 3-legged dog, 3 people rescued from fast-moving wildfire near Cranbrook, B.C.

  Police say the dog – named Three Leg – had been left behind during the evacuation.

  Canada

  Jul 27, 2023
  
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• ‘Increased fire activity’: Wildfire near Cranbrook grows to 3,300 hectares

  The BC Wildfire Service mapped the St. Mary’s River wildfire Saturday morning, which is now an estimated 3,342 hectares, up from 2,600 hectares on Friday.

  Fire

  Jul 22, 2023
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• Sixty wildfires still burning in southeast B.C.

  Thanks to recent dry weather, the BC Wildfire Service sayd existing fires in the Kootenay Lake zone have become more visible to surrounding communities.

  Canada

  Sep 28, 2022
• B.C. announces campfire ban for Southeast Fire Centre

  The ban will take effect at noon on Thursday, Aug. 4, and will remain in effect until further notice.

  Canada

  Aug 2, 2022
• Cranbrook RCMP have man in custody after woman injured in shooting

  Cranbrook police responding to a report of gunfire found a woman bleeding from a gunshot wound, with friends attempting to help. They locked down the area to search for a suspect.

  Crime

  Jul 15, 2022
• Outdoor enthusiast from U.S. missing in southeast B.C.

  Police say Peter Jolles, 46, of Virginia, set out on Sunday, June 19, on a solo kayaking trip and that he failed to appear at his designated pickup location.

  Canada

  Jun 21, 2022
• Fatal train derailment near B.C.-Alta. border was caused by brake failure and weather says TSB

  Three Canadian Pacific Railway employees were killed in February 2019 when 99 grain cars and two locomotives plummeted off a bridge near Field, B.C.

  Canada

  Mar 31, 2022
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• Transportation Safety Board to release report this week on fatal B.C. train derailment

  In the 2019 derailment, 99 grain cars and two locomotives plummet off a bridge near Field, B.C., killing three CPR employees.

  Canada

  Mar 29, 2022
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• Highway crash south of Golden, B.C., claims life of 21-year-old Alberta woman

  RCMP say a northbound Saturn collided head-on with a semi-truck on Highway 95 on Thursday night, approximately 60 kilometres south of Golden.

  Canada

  Jun 12, 2021