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VANCOUVER — Lightning strikes have peppered British Columbia's southern Interior, raising wildfire concerns as yet another day of heat warnings blanket most of the province and the wildfire risk jumps to high or extreme.

When the fireworks finish and English Bay beachgoers head home to their beds, cleanup crews emerge to comb for remains of the Celebration of Light. But what is there to pick up? And where does it all go?

Some delays on the Coquiihalla Highway are expected.

VANCOUVER — An activist group opposed to old growth logging in sa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½ says it has been spray-painting Vancouver tourist attractions and landmarks as an act of civil disobedience.

VANCOUVER — Temperature records are melting across British Columbia as a prolonged heat spell grips the province but Emergency Management BC says it is not anticipating an extreme heat emergency.

VANCOUVER — High temperatures across much of British Columbia this week have seen communities step up measures to offer relief, in the aftermath of last year's heat dome crisis.

"We all know that dogs and children can't be left in cars in this kind of extreme heat, even with the windows cracked," says the BC Bear Alliance. "A bear in a baking tin is no different."