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'Highest priority': Fire fight shifts focus to smaller wildfire near Harrison Lake

'Highest priority': Fire fight shifts focus to smaller wildfire near Harrison Lake

Humans have caused 240 wildfires this year, according to the BC Wildfire Service.
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Owner of Audi filmed driving wrong way on Pat Bay Highway charged

Owner of Audi filmed driving wrong way on Pat Bay Highway charged

Police identified the owner using dash-cam footage provided by the public.
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B.C. Interior First Nations to receive revenue from Columbia River Treaty

B.C. Interior First Nations to receive revenue from Columbia River Treaty

The proposed interim agreements will share the revenue over four years.
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Fire on bus carrying school children cuts road and power in Chilliwack, B.C.

Fire on bus carrying school children cuts road and power in Chilliwack, B.C.

CHILLIWACK, B.C. — A bus carrying elementary school students on a field trip has caught fire on a road in Chilliwack, B.C., spreading to a nearby structure and cutting power to the area before being extinguished.
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Working alarm in just 45% of B.C. home fires, as deaths triple since 2019: report

Working alarm in just 45% of B.C. home fires, as deaths triple since 2019: report

VICTORIA — British Columbia's fire commissioner has highlighted the importance of functioning smoke alarms, saying too many people were needlessly dying, as he released a report showing that fire fatalities have tripled since 2019.
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Research shows crops not only grow, but thrive amid solar panel installations

Research shows crops not only grow, but thrive amid solar panel installations

New research hopes to address land-use conflict
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1,200-kilometre Race to Alaska is off and running — with no engines

1,200-kilometre Race to Alaska is off and running — with no engines

Competitors made the traditional sprint from Government Street to their vessels in the Inner Harbour on Thursday and set out to complete the 1,200-kilometre journey.
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Squamish Nation to celebrate centennial Amalgamation Day anniversary

Squamish Nation to celebrate centennial Amalgamation Day anniversary

Four weeks of events and one Amalgamation Day festival will celebrate 100 years since the Squamish Nation was formed
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B.C. government taps veteran mediator to resolve Fraser Valley bus strike

B.C. government taps veteran mediator to resolve Fraser Valley bus strike

VICTORIA — The British Columbia government has appointed veteran mediator Vince Ready to help resolve what it says is an "incredibly challenging" bus strike in the Fraser Valley.
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Four First Nations artists to collaborate on Invictus Games 2025 visual design

Four First Nations artists to collaborate on Invictus Games 2025 visual design

Artists from the Tsleil-Waututh, Squamish, Lil’wat and Musqueam Nations have been selected to create the design for the competition coming to Vancouver and Whistler in 2025
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