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Canstar Restorations has been handed a hefty fine for unsafe asbestos removal at Walnut Grove Secondary School in Langley, sa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½

VERNON, sa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½ — A restaurant, boutique, salon and costume shop are among the businesses believed to have been destroyed in an early morning fire in downtown Vernon, sa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½ Flames broke out in the commercial building at about 2:30 a.m.

KELOWNA, sa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½ — Evacuation alerts and a state of local emergency caused by a wildfire on Knox Mountain in Kelowna, sa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½, have ended. A statement from the Central Okanagan Emergency Operations Centre says the fire is now under control at 6.

One man is dead after a shooting Coquitlam Sunday evening. RCMP were called to the Foster Avenue and North Road area shortly before 9:30 p.m. for reports of a shooting.

“My only comment would be what happens on the racetrack should stay on the racetrack and not on the public highways."

KELOWNA — A wildfire on Knox Mountain in Kelowna, sa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½ that spurred the evacuation of more than 400 properties Saturday afternoon is now being held.

PORT CLEMENTS, sa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½ — A minor earthquake has been recorded off the coast of Graham Island in Haida Gwaii, sa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½ Earthquakes sa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½ reports a 4.1 magnitude quake struck just before 3:00 a.m. PST. The tremor was recorded 78 km west of Port Clements, B.

Southern resident killer whales are increasingly suffering from skin diseases that leave large blotches on their distinctive black-and-white colouration, new research says.

The union for more than 1,000 employees of Metro Vancouver's SkyTrain service says it has reached a tentative five-year deal with the BC Rapid Transit Co.

MAPLE RIDGE, sa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½ — A teenage hiker who emerged safe from a forest more than two days after going missing in a Metro Vancouver provincial park is being praised for her preparedness.