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Weather aids B.C. fire fight amid evacuation order and alerts in southeast

Weather aids B.C. fire fight amid evacuation order and alerts in southeast

The BC Wildfire Service says rain, light winds and cooler temperatures are expected to decrease fire behaviour in the province this week, just as a newly discovered blaze in the East Kootenays prompts an evacuation order and alerts for more than 50 p
Always racing at the speed of a greyhound, Eby ready for election dash

Always racing at the speed of a greyhound, Eby ready for election dash

David Eby's relentless pace pushes B.C. politics into uncharted territory, but can he keep up?
More Canadians believe China has interfered in domestic elections, polling finds

More Canadians believe China has interfered in domestic elections, polling finds

With fears of foreign interference on the rise, China tops the list of suspected actors
At inquest, mother hopes to find out how her son died in an altercation while seeking hospital treatment

At inquest, mother hopes to find out how her son died in an altercation while seeking hospital treatment

Paul Richard Nathan Spencer, 43, died in 2019 after a dispute with security at Royal Jubilee Hospital, where he’d been admitted after suffering delusions
Opinion: Mothers speak about school lunches

Opinion: Mothers speak about school lunches

In Canada, where fewer than 10 per cent of kids regularly eat school-provided meals, parents, especially mothers, are left to juggle school lunches, often under major pressure.
Woman asked to be taken to hospital before she died in cell, says police watchdog

Woman asked to be taken to hospital before she died in cell, says police watchdog

VANCOUVER — British Columbia's police watchdog says a woman who died of an overdose in an RCMP jail cell had asked to go to hospital twice.
Claire Nielsen: Is coffee a friend or foe to our health?

Claire Nielsen: Is coffee a friend or foe to our health?

How coffee became essential, and why we should rethink our daily cup.
Two sent to B.C. hospital after Tim Hortons road rage incident involving baseball bat

Two sent to B.C. hospital after Tim Hortons road rage incident involving baseball bat

Police have identified the suspects and are working to locate them.
BC United sources leak 'extremism' file on B.C. Conservatives' executive Isidorou

BC United sources leak 'extremism' file on B.C. Conservatives' executive Isidorou

VICTORIA — An opposition research file on the "extremism" of the Conservative Party of British Columbia's executive director has been leaked by BC United sources, less than two weeks after the parties' leaders announced a deal to work together in the
B.C. resident wins court case after defying evacuation order

B.C. resident wins court case after defying evacuation order

The court decision follows the 2021 White Rock Lake wildfire.