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Most of B.C. under campfire ban as heat, lightning ramp up wildfire risk

5 temperature records were set Wednesday from northeastern B.C. to Vancouver Island

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Canada’s record-breaking wildfire season expected to burn hot for months

Atlantic Canada should see more normal conditions in August, the rest of the country likely will not

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Pulling Facebook ads could force Meta’s hand on news deals — if support grows

Several Canadian governments and companies pulling ads in response to platform’s news blackout

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Grocery rebate checks out as a good step, but more help needed: economist

Jim Stanford would like to see higher eligibility thresholds, more competition and windfall tax

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Feds announce $20M for drug rehab programs across Western Canada

Minister in Squamish to announce funds for community and Indigenous-based treatment

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Climate credit designed to fight climate change, not inflation: economist

British Columbians can receive as much as $447 per year under expanded climate action credit

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Kelowna man punches officer after assaulting 2 people in hospital

42-year-old Justin Ryan Robinson is scheduled to appear in court on July 10

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B.C. school studies Canada’s first zero-carbon emissions shipping corridor

‘This project will be contributing to the global discussion of where shipping is going’

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3 people die of drug poisonings within 1 week in Nelson

Paramedics responded to 10 calls for service between June 25 and July 1

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Second pipe bomb in 2 days found in same Kamloops neighbourhood

RCMP believe the incidents could be related

Jul 6, 2023 11:30 AM Read more >