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Sooke locals asked to ready grab-and-go bag, wildfire remains at 169 hectares

The Coastal Fire Centre is asking boats to stay off Shawnigan Lake while airtankers or helicopters are operating

Jul 25, 2024 2:16 PM Read more >

B.C. study links province’s 2021 heat dome deaths to poverty

B.C. Centre for Disease Control finds low incomes 2.4 times more prevalent in those who died

Jul 25, 2024 12:59 PM Read more >

Contractor ordered to pay $128,900 to B.C. non-profit for breach of trust

Contractor used funds for trip, restaurants, alcohol, cannabis and more

Jul 25, 2024 12:52 PM Read more >

Owner of dogs that killed B.C. boy charged with criminal negligence

Kache Grist was in Edmonton visiting his father at the time of the attack

Jul 25, 2024 12:51 PM Read more >

Deadline for multi-unit housing changes met by majority of B.C. communities

West Vancouver, the only one to fully reject requirement, ordered to make change within 30 days

Jul 25, 2024 12:31 PM Read more >

Is B.C.’s precarious resident orca population swimming a path to extinction?

Researchers say coast’s signature animal in a period of accelerating decline that presages the end

Jul 25, 2024 9:00 AM Read more >

UPDATE: Wildfire evacuation ordered for Argenta and Johnsons Landing, and new alert issued for additional properties

The evacuation order includes 191 properties on the east shore of Kootenay Lake

Jul 25, 2024 8:13 AM Read more >

Highway 95 closes south of Golden, more evacuation orders

An evacuation centre is set up at the Golden Senior Centre

Jul 25, 2024 12:47 AM Read more >

UPDATE: Wildfire evacuation order issued for Silverton and Wilson Creek

Many rural properties also added to an earlier order

Jul 24, 2024 10:21 PM Read more >

Two simultaneous fires in Nelson put out

Fires ignited in Gyro Park and beside the rail tracks near the Chahko Mika Mall

Jul 24, 2024 9:58 PM Read more >