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Southern B.C. set to bake under 'early season heat event'

Southern B.C. set to bake under 'early season heat event'

Environment Canada has warned of an "early season heat event" across much of southern British Columbia starting Saturday and persisting into early next week.
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‘Close call': Pharmacy hands Comox mom opioid instead of ADHD drugs for child, 9

‘Close call': Pharmacy hands Comox mom opioid instead of ADHD drugs for child, 9

Sarah Paquin, mother of three young children, said the medication mixup could have been catastrophic for her son
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B.C. district tells residents under evacuation orders to leave as wildfire grows

B.C. district tells residents under evacuation orders to leave as wildfire grows

The Peace River Regional District says residents who are subject to evacuation orders in the Kelly Lake area of northeastern B.C. should leave immediately, as an advancing wildfire "cannot be contained.
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Rare criminal insider trading charge approved in B.C.

Rare criminal insider trading charge approved in B.C.

Douwe van Hees has been charged with two counts of prohibited insider trading for allegedly using inside information obtained from a man already facing tipping charges.
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Richmond Conservative MLA claims B.C. racism hotline underpromoted

Richmond Conservative MLA claims B.C. racism hotline underpromoted

B.C.'s Racism Incident Helpline got more than twice as many calls as California, a state seven times larger, in one year.
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B.C. ministers to make tech pitch in Europe as Eby eyes Asia

B.C. ministers to make tech pitch in Europe as Eby eyes Asia

VICTORIA — British Columbia ministers are set to travel to Europe in a bid to diversify and strengthen markets for the province's tech industries, even as Premier David Eby continues an Asian trade mission.
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B.C. mill worker drowns after being trapped in machine that fell into ocean

B.C. mill worker drowns after being trapped in machine that fell into ocean

DUNCAN — Mounties in British Columbia say a mill worker on Vancouver Island has drowned after being trapped in a piece of heavy equipment that plunged into the ocean.
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B.C. First Nation builds small island, fisheries officials check for habitat damage

B.C. First Nation builds small island, fisheries officials check for habitat damage

VICTORIA — A British Columbia First Nation has built up a small artificial island in the tidal shallows of Coles Bay off Vancouver Island, triggering an investigation by fisheries officials into whether it involved habitat destruction and if authoriz
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Saanich seeks 30 km/h default limit for B.C. roads with no centre line

Saanich seeks 30 km/h default limit for B.C. roads with no centre line

While municipalities can set their own limits, a provincial default would reduce the need for signs on every block, says Coun. Zac De Vries
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Winds expected to drive wildfire towards Kelly Lake, B.C., in 'high-risk' situation

Winds expected to drive wildfire towards Kelly Lake, B.C., in 'high-risk' situation

The British Columbia Wildfire Service warned Wednesday that incoming winds were expected to drive an out-of-control wildfire towards the community of Kelly Lake, about 80 kilometres south of Dawson Creek in the province's northeast.
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