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VICTORIA — Three school districts in British Columbia will start one-stop child-care programs at local elementary schools this fall.

TORONTO — When Wilfred Buck looks up at the sky, he sees Indigenous history and even his own story reflected back at him, as though it were all written in the stars.

SQUAMISH, sa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½ — Officials say a woman was attacked by a bear while she was walking her dog at a nature estuary in Squamish, sa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½

FORT NELSON, sa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½ — Thousands of people in northeast British Columbia were ordered to evacuate and flee south late Friday as a fast-growing wildfire neared the town of Fort Nelson.

Katrine Conroy said it will be hard to leave the people she's worked with over the years, but at 66, it's time to step back to spend time with her family.

SURREY, sa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½ — One of the Indian nationals accused of murdering British Columbia Sikh activist Hardeep Singh Nijjar says in a social media video that he received a Canadian study permit with the help of an Indian immigration consultancy.

QUILCHENA, sa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½ — The Upper Nicola Band in sa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½'s southern Interior says construction crews building a new community centre have discovered human remains.

VICTORIA — Most British Columbia drivers will get a vehicle insurance rebate of $110 this year and basic renewal rates will remain frozen until at least March 2026. The Crown-owned Insurance Corporation of sa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½

VANCOUVER — Another barge went adrift in Vancouver's English Bay, prompting a quick response from the Canadian Coast Guard. A spokeswoman for the agency says it received the report around 2:30 p.m.

SURREY, sa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½ — Members of British Columbia's Sikh community filled a Surrey courtroom as three Indian nationals accused of murdering temple leader and political activist Hardeep Singh Nijjar made their first court appearances by video.