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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.

VICTORIA — Buffet meals on BC Ferries, put on hold during the COVID-19 pandemic, will no longer be available on voyages between the mainland and Vancouver Island.

CRANBROOK, sa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½ — Mounties in Cranbrook, sa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½, say a mechanical failure of a loaded logging truck set off a crash east of the community that killed three people in an oncoming vehicle.

The dead shark was as long as her paddleboard.