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The Regional District of Bulkley-Nechako and the Regional District of Cariboo have issued evacuation orders this weekend due to wildfires in British Columbia.

SURREY, sa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½ — British Columbia's police watchdog is investigating after a man died in Surrey Friday night while in custody.

For the past nine months, an order has prevented commercial poultry flocks from being outside, including organic and free-range birds, to prevent the spread of avian influenza.

SMITHERS, sa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½ — The Regional District of Bulkley-Nechako in central sa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½ has issued an evacuation order for all properties west of the Telkwa River, accessed off of Tatlow Road, including all local roads, as the Powers Creek wildfire rages nearby.

COQUITLAM, sa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½ — A warrant of committal has been issued for a patient of Coquitlam's Forensic Psychiatric Hospital, whom RCMP say is unlawfully at large. Gabriel Gibson was reported overdue on a day pass at 5:00 p.m. on July 7.

NEW WESTMINSTER, sa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½ — The man who committed a deadly mass stabbing at a library in North Vancouver, sa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½

NORTH SAANICH, sa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½ — Island Health says a lack of staff has forced it to begin overnight closures of the emergency room at a small Victoria-area hospital.

PRINCE GEORGE, sa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½ — A tree planter has been attacked by a bear in northeastern British Columbia. Few details have been released, but a statement from the Conservation Officer Service says it happened Thursday near Tumbler Ridge.

He was last seen wearing a red muscle shirt and black cut-off shorts.

Vancouver housing activist Rohana Rezel has had a beef with Airbnb and the City of Vancouver for years, and a sa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½ Supreme Court ruling this week means there's no end in sight.