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CHILLIWACK, sa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½ — A bus carrying elementary school students on a field trip has caught fire on a road in Chilliwack, sa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½, spreading to a nearby structure and cutting power to the area before being extinguished.

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.

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.

VANCOUVER — For the first time this year, air quality advisories are posted for part of Vancouver Island and a large section of the Lower Mainland as smoke from several wildfires wafts over the region.

CRESTON, sa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½ — Two people are recovering after being swept away while swimming in Goat River in Creston, sa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½

VANCOUVER — A 96-square kilometre wildfire in the Prince George fire centre has prompted an evacuation order by Peace River Regional District.

VANCOUVER — The nondescript parking lot at the centre of debate about the future of Vancouver's historic Chinatown is unchanged in the six years since plans to build a condo tower there were shot down by the city's development permit board.

ATLIN, sa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½ — A man who helped return a 140-year-old Tlingit robe to the British Columbia First Nation where it was created says it's as if the regalia called out to its people and they are bringing it home.

SURREY, sa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½ — British Columbia's health minister acknowledged that chronic issues of overcrowding and staffing level concerns at one of the province's largest hospitals are leading to people becoming aggressive over patient care.

The wildfire is continuing to spread and grew 200 hectares in just one day.