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LANGLEY, sa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½ — The British Columbia government is providing another $2.

KELOWNA, sa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½ — A former leadership rival to BC United Leader Kevin Falcon is joining John Rustad's British Columbia Conservatives to run in Kelowna in the fall election. Gavin Dew was a candidate in the sa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½

SURREY, sa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½ — Mounties in Metro Vancouver say five men have been charged following an investigation that resulted in the dismantling of a large and sophisticated synthetic drug lab.

VANCOUVER — Thirteen people have been charged with mischief over accusations they blocked the Vancouver Canadian National Railway line for hours during what police said was an unlawful protest last May.

British Columbia has already spent about $387 million battling fires so far this year, as crews brace for more lightning-caused starts in the coming days, the director of provincial operations for the province's wildfire service said Tuesday.

VICTORIA — British Columbia's Opposition is promising the largest income tax cut in the province's history if elected this fall, prompting Premier David Eby to call the pledge "extreme" and "radical" and a recipe for service cuts.

RICHMOND, sa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½ — A report from the Transportation Safety Board says an investigation couldn't determine a specific cause of a fatal small plane crash in southeastern sa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½ last year, but it has prompted some reminders for operators.

BURNABY, sa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½ — A British Columbia man is facing almost two dozen charges over allegations of online sexual extortion that police say stem from reports by several victims in Nova Scotia, Quebec and Ontario. A statement from RCMP in Burnaby, sa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½

A man who was investigated but never charged discovered the unproven allegations are still attached to his name in a police database.

Several hundred residents of the Village of Slocan and the surrounding area of British Columbia's Kootenay region are allowed to return home as officials downgrade an evacuation order prompted by a complex of wildfires.