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Weather and luck help B.C. wildfire situation, but drought and risks persist
VANCOUVER – Though the wildfire season in B.C. this year has been less intense than…
Fears for traffic if rail stoppage halts B.C.’s West Coast Express
MAPLE RIDGE, B.C. – A city councillor in Maple Ridge, B.C., worries about the potential…
Grizzly bear cubs seen on Vancouver Island for first time could have big impact
COURTENAY, B.C. – When Catherine Babault captured images of a female grizzly bear with two…
Removal underway for huge crane blocking Vancouver, B.C., street
VANCOUVER – Crews have begun removing a huge collapsed crane that has blocked a major…
Two Vancouver police officers charged with assault after alleged off-duty incident
VANCOUVER – Two Vancouver police officers have been charged with assault related to an off-duty…
B.C. wildfires holding under 370 with 30 per cent classified as ‘out of control’
The Calcite Creek fire in British Columbia’s southern Interior is no longer considered a “wildfire…
Homicide investigators called in after woman, child die in B.C. balcony fall
VANCOUVER – Police in North Vancouver, B.C., say homicide investigators have been called in after…
B.C. landslide ‘dramatically’ impacts salmon spawn but conditions improve: task force
WILLIAMS LAKE, B.C. – The Tsilhqot’in National Government says river conditions are “slowly improving” after…
Eby pledges $300M towards 1,508-bed, $560M student housing project at UBC
VANCOUVER – The British Columbia government and the University of B.C. will partner to create…
Interfor curtails production indefinitely at two U.S. sawmills due to weak market
BURNABY, B.C. – Interfor Corp. says it will indefinitely curtail operations at its sawmills in…
‘Missing part of its soul’: Jasper residents take stock of wildfire destruction
JASPER, ALTA. – When Alice Foubert entered her home in Jasper, Alta., for the first…
Helicopter evacuations underway as wildfire threatens Yukon wilderness lodge
Brian Dack says wildfires have come close to the Kluane Wilderness Lodge in southwestern Yukon…
B.C. film company fined for flying drone too close to killer whales
PORT HARDY, B.C. – A Vancouver-based film company and its drone operator have been fined…
Former Saudi official alleges Prince Mohammed forged king’s signature on Yemen war decree
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — A former Saudi official on Monday alleged that Saudi…
Keith Urban plays free pop-up concert outside a Buc-ee’s store in Alabama
ATHENS, Ala. (AP) — Country singer Keith Urban gave just a few hours’ notice before…
Pro-Palestinian encampment dismantled at Vancouver Island University
NANAIMO, B.C. – A months-long pro-Palestinian encampment at Vancouver Island University has been dismantled following…
B.C.’s Shetland Creek wildfire, which destroyed multiple homes, now considered ‘held’
The large wildfire that destroyed multiple homes in British Columbia’s southern Interior last month is…
B.C. woman arrested after ‘racially offensive’ social media content: RCMP
CHILLIWACK, B.C. – A Chilliwack, B.C., woman has been arrested over what police are describing…
Low water levels affecting salmon migration in B.C. streams: DFO
KAMLOOPS, B.C. – Low water levels brought on by years of severe drought, paired with…
Man changed with murder a year after Sicamous, B.C., death: police
SICAMOUS, B.C. – Mounties say a man has been charged more than a year after…
‘Welcome back’: Jasper residents return to homes following devastating wildfire
JASPER, ALBERTA, CANADA – More than three weeks after everyone in Jasper had to flee…
Injured B.C. bear put down after being fed watermelon: RCMP
COQUITLAM, B.C. – RCMP in Coquitlam, B.C., say an injured bear had to be put…
‘Downturn’ in weather expected to dampen wildfire activity in southeastern B.C.
British Columbia’s wildfire service says thunderstorms carry the possibility of dry lightning strikes in some…
B.C. man sentenced to four years for manslaughter in girlfriend’s shooting death
VANCOUVER – A man who told police he was “joking around” with his girlfriend when…