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Forecasted winds pose biggest wildfire threat amid heat wave

BC Wildfire Service expects the worst impact of heat to be felt later this week

Aug 15, 2023 5:00 PM Read more >

4.7 magnitude earthquake shakes B.C. village; possible aftershock of 2012 quake

Epicentre located 70 kilometres south of Daajing Giids, 222 kilometres southwest of Prince Rupert

Aug 15, 2023 5:00 PM Read more >

UPDATE: RCMP enforcement resumes at B.C. logging protest with more arrests

Police report numerous incidents of people impeding workers in recent weeks near Fairy Creek

Aug 15, 2023 4:36 PM Read more >

Wildfires burning near Keremeos prompt evacuation alert

The two wildfires have continued to grow since July

Aug 15, 2023 4:30 PM Read more >

‘Raining ashes’: N.W.T. evacuees recall long drives, flight from wildfires

‘Being evacuated two times in 24 hours is nothing like I have ever experienced’

Aug 15, 2023 4:30 PM Read more >

Derelict boats, Part 2: ‘A persistent source of pollution’ in B.C. and beyond

Contaminants shed by abandoned vessels causing concern about ocean health

Aug 15, 2023 4:00 PM Read more >

Deedee Brown’s murder near Chemainus remains unsolved 8 years later

Penelakut Island teen’s body was found near Norway Island on Aug. 19, 2015

Aug 15, 2023 3:55 PM Read more >

Teenage hikers find and save girl crying for help in Vancouver Island woods

The teens received a certificate of appreciation from the West Shore RCMP

Aug 15, 2023 3:50 PM Read more >

BC Hydro breaks record for hourly electricity demand in August

Spokesperson says it was just 200 megawatts less than all-time record during 2021 heat dome

Aug 15, 2023 3:49 PM Read more >

Island officials plead with Google to stop sending traffic down ‘cow trail’

Narrow, rural road Finlayson Arm Road is increasingly used as a way to avoid Malahat traffic snarls

Aug 15, 2023 3:20 PM Read more >