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Evacuation orders affecting thousands have been called and 566 wildfires were burning across the province on Tuesday – enough for Ottawa to send Armed Forces to fight the blazes and for the B.C. government to declare a state of emergency.

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A fire that started Aug. 8 in the Whyte Lake area above Horseshoe Bay was 100 per cent contained as of Monday, but the terrain was still so dangerous that crews hadn’t been able assess the damage.

Affordable housing, the new employer health tax, wild salmon in B.C. and proportional representation will be among the topics discussed by two Green Party MLAs and the local NDP MLA at an upcoming Sechelt and District Chamber of Commerce luncheon.

Gibsons and District Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors recently elected Ted McNicol to helm the organization.

Seniors who live in private and non-profit care facilities versus public ones are 54 per cent more likely to die in hospital, according to a report by BC Seniors Advocate Isobel Mackenzie. The report, released Aug.

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