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As warm weather beckons and staycations kick into high gear this long weekend, officials are warning about potential drownings due to risky behaviour such as cliff jumping and swimmer inexperience on the province’s rivers and lakes. The B.C.

Provincial minister of finance Carole James has released the following statement on the extension of Canada’s Emergency Commercial Rent Assistance program: “The BC government welcomes the federal government’s decision to extend the Canada Emergency C

British Columbia among five provinces warned to avoid U.S.-sourced red onions in all its forms.

Associated Engineering chosen to provide oversight services for liquid waste treatment plant

Regulations set phased-in annual requirements for automakers

B.C.’s Health Ministry is under fire for its plans to reinstate a 90-day waiting period for medical coverage and to cut off some temporary foreign workers as of Saturday.

British Columbia Utilities Commission (BCUC) has added a new page at GasPricesBC.ca that features fuel pricing data for select cities in BC, including Powell River.

Vancouver Coastal Health (VCH) director Gerry Latham said she is trying to get as many staff on vacation before more cases of COVID-19 hit the Sunshine Coast. She had expected to have two months of reprieve from the virus but isn’t so sure anymore.

Drivers are being warned this long weekend to avoid drinking and driving, with police CounterAttack road checks out in force. On average, four people are killed and 620 people injured in 2,200 crashes across the province over the B.C. long weekend.

The return of hot temperatures this week has led to the BC Wildfire Service to warn everyone once more about the tinder dry conditions in our forests.