Police say two people are dead after an amateur-built plane crashed north of the Merritt, B.C. airport, about 270 kilometres northeast of Vancouver. Merritt RCMP say emergency personnel responded to a ... Read More

Two people have died in the crash of a homemade airplane near Merritt Airport. Merritt RCMP said the crash happened at about 7 p.m. Sunday about two kilometres north of the airport, east of Highway 5A ... Read More

Two people died yesterday when the small aircraft they were flying went down outside Merritt. Merritt RCMP said when emergency crews arrived on scene, the pilot and the passenger of the two-seat plane ... Read More

Merritt RCMP said the crash happened at about 7 p.m. Sunday about two kilometres north of the airport, east of Highway 5A. Emergency crews found the pilot and a passenger dead at the crash site. Read More

Last week, Highway 97 was closed in both directions at the site of a wildfire south of Peachland. Travellers were advised to detour using Highway 97C to Highway 5A, or Highway 33 to Highway 3, which ... Read More

On July 28, 2024, at approximately 7 p.m., RCMP in Merritt, BC, responded to a report of a plane that crashed two kilometres north of the Merritt Airport, east of Highway 5A. Upon arrival, emergency ... Read More

On July 28 at approximately 7 p.m., RCMP in Merritt, BC, responded to a report of a plane that crashed two km north of the Merritt Airport, east of Hwy 5A. Upon arrival, emergency crews located the ... Read More

Two people are dead following a plane crash in B.C.'s Interior.RCMP say they responded around 7 p.m. PT Sunday to a report of a crash just north of the airport in Merritt, B.C., east of Highway 5A. Read More

Merritt RCMP said the plane crash, about two kilometres north of the Merritt Airport, east of Highway 5A, was reported at about 7 p.m. on Sunday. Read More

The Transportation Safety Board of Canada (TSB) says it is deploying a team of investigators to the Merritt area following a plane '?accident. Read More

Last week, Highway 97 was closed in both directions at the site of a wildfire south of Peachland. Travellers were advised to detour using Highway 97C to Highway 5A, or Highway 33 to Highway 3, which ... Read More

(UPDATE: July 23 at 7:23 am): The highway has now reopened, according to DriveBC. FortisBC said the power outage has also been restored. It said the outage was caused by a vehicle accident. (Original ... Read More

DriveBC says Highway 5 (Coquihalla), southbound remains closed due to a vehicle fire near Merritt. An assessment is in progress. The fire is out, but debris remains along the highway, and the vehicle ... Read More

A highway in B.C.'s Interior is closed due to a wildfire Wednesday morning.DriveBC reports Highway 97 south of Peachland, B.C., is closed in both directions for four kilometres between Brent and ... Read More

The Cook's Ferry Indian Band has issued an evacuation order north of Spences Bridge due to a pair of out-of-control wildfires burning in the B.C. Interior.In a post on the band's Facebook page, Chief ... Read More

A highway in B.C.'s Interior has been closed  all day Wednesday due to a wildfire, and the B.C. Wildfire Service says dry forests in much of the province are "very receptive to ignition."DriveBC ... Read More

Highway 5A is closed north of Princeton. DriveBC says a vehicle incident near Round Lake has brought down power lines. Highway 5A is closed 13 km south of the Gulliford Lake Rest Area. A detour is ... Read More