Barkerville is 800 kilometres from Vancouver by car. It’s a long drive — nine to 10 hours, depending on how many stops you make — but well worth it, because it takes you through some breathtaking ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Flames from the Shetland Creek wildfire are seen from Highway 1 outside Ashcroft, B.C., where 2,000 people are on evacuation alert ...

The Cariboo Regional District Emergency Operations Centre (EOC) issued an evacuation order Sunday afternoon citing the rapid growth over the weekend of the Antler Creek wildfire in B.C.'s central ...

2:22 B.C. wildfires: Evacuees from across the Cariboo on pins and needles Communities in the Cariboo are on edge Monday due to the Antler Creek wildfire burning in the region. “The Antler Creek ...

Ever pick up hitchhikers? That decision usually depends on appearances and circumstances. A thumber’s chances of a ride are far better on country roads, where the sense of distance between towns plays ...

1:49 B.C. wildfires: Antler fire growing away from community of Barkerville and Wells The British Columbia gold rush town of Barkerville is drenched, both from overnight rains and sprinklers dousing ...

It was in Yale that miners bound for the Cariboo gold fields stepped off the river steamers and began their overland trek, by Barnard’s Express coach if they had the money, on foot if they did not. It ...