Barbara Roden

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One of the few places where pumpkin spice is accceptable. (Photo credit: Wallpaper Flare)

Editor’s Desk: Fall is the most wonderful time of the year

The only bad thing to say about fall is that we’ve now reached pumpkin spice overload

One of the few places where pumpkin spice is accceptable. (Photo credit: Wallpaper Flare)
The Kookipi Creek wildfire has prompted evacuation orders for properties in the Fraser Valley and Thompson-Nicola Regional Districts, and an evacuation alert for the Village of Lytton. (BC Wildfire Service/Facebook)

UPDATE: More evacuation orders and alerts for Kookipi Creek wildfire

Kookipi Creek wildfire near Boston Bar estimated at 8,791 hectares

The Kookipi Creek wildfire has prompted evacuation orders for properties in the Fraser Valley and Thompson-Nicola Regional Districts, and an evacuation alert for the Village of Lytton. (BC Wildfire Service/Facebook)
The Kookipi Creek wildfire as seen from Canyon Alpine Motel north of Boston Bar in the Fraser Canyon on the evening of Aug. 17. The fire has prompted evacuation orders for properties in the Fraser Valley and Thompson-Nicola Regional Districts, and an evacuation alert for the Village of Lytton. (Photo credit: Debbie Harper/Facebook)

Kookipi Creek wildfire at 2,000 hectares; evacuation orders and alerts remain for Fraser Canyon

Highway 1 closed from Hope to Lytton; Village of Lytton on evacuation alert

The Kookipi Creek wildfire as seen from Canyon Alpine Motel north of Boston Bar in the Fraser Canyon on the evening of Aug. 17. The fire has prompted evacuation orders for properties in the Fraser Valley and Thompson-Nicola Regional Districts, and an evacuation alert for the Village of Lytton. (Photo credit: Debbie Harper/Facebook)
Wild horses near a highway in the South Okanagan. Police are still seeking information from the public regarding the killing of 17 wild horses west of Kamloops earlier this year. (Photo credit: Black Press file photo)

RCMP still seeking information about killing of wild horses in Southern Interior

17 Skeetchestn traditional horses were found dead west of Kamloops in early March

Wild horses near a highway in the South Okanagan. Police are still seeking information from the public regarding the killing of 17 wild horses west of Kamloops earlier this year. (Photo credit: Black Press file photo)
Three of the four members of the patrol sent to search for any sign of the missing Fitzgerald party in February 1911. (from l) Ex-Constable F. Turner; Corporal William Dempster; Constable J.F. Fyfe.

The Lost Patrol 2: Police patrol turns to tragedy in the Arctic

The search for a missing Royal North-West Mounted Police patrol uncovers shocking scenes

Three of the four members of the patrol sent to search for any sign of the missing Fitzgerald party in February 1911. (from l) Ex-Constable F. Turner; Corporal William Dempster; Constable J.F. Fyfe.
Inspector Francis J. Fitzgerald of the Royal North-West Mounted Police, date unknown.

The Lost Patrol 1: In 1910, a routine police patrol in the Arctic goes wrong

In the winter of 1910/11, a Royal North-West Mounted Police dog sled patrol goes missing

Inspector Francis J. Fitzgerald of the Royal North-West Mounted Police, date unknown.
Flooding in Cache Creek Park on May 10. Water levels are receding, but the park remains closed to prevent damage. (Photo credit: Tim Gross)

Some evacuation orders rescinded as flood threat recedes in Cache Creek

Bonaparte River water levels dropping but Sage and Sands Trailer Park still on evacuation order

Flooding in Cache Creek Park on May 10. Water levels are receding, but the park remains closed to prevent damage. (Photo credit: Tim Gross)
A child’s toy, presumably washed down by floodwater, sits atop a pile of unused Hesco baskets outside the Cache Creek fire hall. (Photo credit: Barbara Roden)

Dozens of Cache Creek properties on evacuation order as Bonaparte River rises

Flood-ravaged community braces for more flooding as temperatures set to rise

A child’s toy, presumably washed down by floodwater, sits atop a pile of unused Hesco baskets outside the Cache Creek fire hall. (Photo credit: Barbara Roden)
Highway 97 in Cache Creek at the junction with Highway 1 on May 2. Highways 1 and 97 have both reopened to single-lane-alternating traffic with a pilot car. (Photo credit: Sheila Olson)

Highways 1 and 97 in Cache Creek reopen to single-lane traffic

Both highways have been closed to all traffic due to heavy flooding

Highway 97 in Cache Creek at the junction with Highway 1 on May 2. Highways 1 and 97 have both reopened to single-lane-alternating traffic with a pilot car. (Photo credit: Sheila Olson)
Cache Creek overflows the culvert at Quartz Road on the evening of April 29. (Photo credit: Sheila Olson)

Flooding prompts state of local emergency in Cache Creek

One property has been placed on evacuation order

Cache Creek overflows the culvert at Quartz Road on the evening of April 29. (Photo credit: Sheila Olson)
Cache Creek overflowed the culvert at Quartz Road on the evening of April 29, prompting the village to declare a State of Local Emergency and place one property east of the site on evacuation order. (Photo credit: Barbara Roden)

Flooding prompts state of local emergency in Cache Creek

One property has been placed on evacuation order

Cache Creek overflowed the culvert at Quartz Road on the evening of April 29, prompting the village to declare a State of Local Emergency and place one property east of the site on evacuation order. (Photo credit: Barbara Roden)
A temporary one-lane bridge being built across the Nicola River at IR7 near Osprey Ranch. The highway used to follow the base of the cliff, before the atmospheric river of November 2021. (Photo credit: Geoff Bannoff)

Ranch sign swept away in B.C.’s 2021 floods found after 350 km journey

Sign lost near Spences Bridge recovered on Sunshine Coast 14 months later

A temporary one-lane bridge being built across the Nicola River at IR7 near Osprey Ranch. The highway used to follow the base of the cliff, before the atmospheric river of November 2021. (Photo credit: Geoff Bannoff)
A travel advisory is in effect for 36.2km of Highway 97 between Hills Frontage Road and Big Bar Road north of Cache Creek. (Photo credit: Google Maps)

Travel advisory on Highway 97 between Cache Creek and Clinton area

Drivers advised to avoid area due to compact ice and extremely slippery conditions

A travel advisory is in effect for 36.2km of Highway 97 between Hills Frontage Road and Big Bar Road north of Cache Creek. (Photo credit: Google Maps)
If only all highways looked like this, all the time, all summer long Photo: Pixabay

Summer road trip sanity

Summer road trips will provide you with lots of happy memories. You just have to survive them first.

If only all highways looked like this, all the time, all summer long Photo: Pixabay
A second Ashcroft resident in severe medical distress living within half-a-block of the ambulance station has had to wait nearly 30 minutes for an ambulance to arrive, and has not survived. (Photo credit: Ashcroft <em>Journal</em> file photo)

B.C. man dies within sight of ambulance station with no paramedics available

Second time in less than a month no ambulance available in Ashcroft for person in medical distress

A second Ashcroft resident in severe medical distress living within half-a-block of the ambulance station has had to wait nearly 30 minutes for an ambulance to arrive, and has not survived. (Photo credit: Ashcroft <em>Journal</em> file photo)
The long-gone Sumallo Lodge on Highway 3 east of Hope, which played a role in the Hope Slide tragedy in January 1965, as seen in a photolog from July 21, 1966. (Photo credit: Ministry of Transportation)

Vintage video logs of B.C.’s highways a vivid trip back in time

‘Photologs’ were created in 1966, and are a window on a long-vanished world

The long-gone Sumallo Lodge on Highway 3 east of Hope, which played a role in the Hope Slide tragedy in January 1965, as seen in a photolog from July 21, 1966. (Photo credit: Ministry of Transportation)
Fire near Hat Creek Road south of Ashcroft near Highway 1. (Photo credit: Brandi Lynn Zirk)

Firefighters respond to two grass fires west of Highway 1 near Ashcroft

The fires, near Hat Creek Road started after thunderstorm rolled through

  • Jul 28, 2022
Fire near Hat Creek Road south of Ashcroft near Highway 1. (Photo credit: Brandi Lynn Zirk)
Joel Anstett, with his dog Apollo, shows some of the injuries he suffered while fighting off a bobcat that was attacking Apollo in the back yard of their Ashcroft home on July 20. (Photo credit: Submitted)

B.C. man injured protecting dog from backyard bobcat attack

‘I think anyone else would have done the same thing’ says Joel Anstett after frightening encounter

Joel Anstett, with his dog Apollo, shows some of the injuries he suffered while fighting off a bobcat that was attacking Apollo in the back yard of their Ashcroft home on July 20. (Photo credit: Submitted)
Chad Goldney (l) and Olivia Hughes with Sunshine and her new puppies on June 23, 2022. (Photo credit: Submitted)

Puppy love: Lytton wildfire crew gets paws-itively delightful surprise

Puppies with a powerful connection to Lytton firefighters make special appearance at base camp

Chad Goldney (l) and Olivia Hughes with Sunshine and her new puppies on June 23, 2022. (Photo credit: Submitted)
The fire viewed from the north up the Fraser River. (BC Wildfire Service photo)

Crews move to protect heritage park as wildfire near Lytton grows to over 2,000 hectares

Fire is burning through difficult terrain and threatening Stein Valley Nlaka’pamux Heritage Park

The fire viewed from the north up the Fraser River. (BC Wildfire Service photo)