News Items tag as: BC Highway Patrol

Traffic cops will be on high alert in B.C. this Victoria Day long weekend
May 17, 2025 - 6:00 AM
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BC Highway Patrol is going to make a push to keep roads safe this Victoria Day long weekend.
BC man's car impounded after doing 218 km/h during ‘engine test’
May 06, 2025 - 3:30 PM
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A man driving on Vancouver Island had his car impounded after speeding to test some new modifications to his car.
Police dogs help find drugs and illegal tobacco in Okanagan
April 02, 2025 - 1:27 PM

BC Highway Patrol cracked down on impaired driving, drugs and illegal tobacco in the Okanagan in an operation two weeks ago.
BC Highway Patrol hands out tickets in South Okanagan to protect tow truck drivers
February 25, 2025 - 9:40 AM
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BC Highway Patrol set up a one-day campaign to crackdown on drivers who don’t safely pass tow truck drivers, emergency personnel, and other official vehicles working on the road near Keremeos.
Highway Patrol officer channels ‘Dukes of Hazzard’ to get out of damaged cruiser in Shuswap
January 24, 2025 - 11:15 AM

A BC Highway Patrol officer remembered lessons learned from the American hit TV show "Dukes of Hazzard" when his police vehicle's door got damaged while he was working in Salmon Arm.
RCMP catch 12 impaired drivers over two days in South Okanagan
November 26, 2024 - 11:57 AM
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RCMP officers checked more than 300 vehicles during a weekend drunk driving crackdown in the South Okanagan.
Woman killed in car crash on Highway 5 north of Kamloops
October 08, 2024 - 1:56 PM
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A woman died in a single-vehicle crash on Highway 5 north of Kamloops Tuesday.
Multiple people seriously injured in crash on Trans-Canada near Field
August 07, 2024 - 1:57 PM

A serious two-vehicle crash has closed the Trans-Canada Highway near Field this afternoon.
RCMP looking for witnesses to fatal head-on crash in South Okanagan
August 06, 2024 - 3:44 PM
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One person was killed in a head-on crash on Highway 97 in Oliver last week.
Car going almost twice speed limit flips on Bennett bridge in West Kelowna
July 12, 2024 - 9:44 AM
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A driver rolled their car going nearly double the speed limit on the William Bennett Bridge in West Kelowna earlier this week.
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A look back at the glory days of celery production in the Okanagan
Celery isn’t grown commercially locally these days, but once upon a time there were acres of it growing in the Okanagan. Kelowna resident Domenic Rampone’s family immigrated from northern Italy to Kelowna in 1893 where they grew

North Thompson woman refused home insurance over cannabis plants loses human rights case
A North Thompson woman has lost a legal battle against more than a dozen insurance companies after she was refused coverage because she grew medical cannabis on her property. According to a May 2 BC Human Rights Tribunal decision, form

Dispute between Vernon neighbours over tree pruning ends with legal challenge
A neighbourly dispute about overhanging tree branches has left a Vernon senior housing society in the red after it failed in its legal challenge to get its neighbour to pay for pruning. According to a May 27 BC Civil Resolution Tribunal dec

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