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Dr. Jeff Eppler, an emergency room physician at Kelowna General Hospital, is getting ready for a hectic summer.

The BC Wildfire Service says the Pocket Knife Creek wildfire in the province's northeast has merged with another blaze, increasing its size "substantially.

A photo shows a heavily damaged pickup wedged underneath the boat's galley ramp.

Wildland firefighters battling a blaze in northeastern B.C. were preparing for a challenging weekend as strong winds could push flames closer to the small community of Kelly Lake, about 80 kilometres south of Dawson Creek.

Environment Canada has warned of an "early season heat event" across much of southern British Columbia starting Saturday and persisting into early next week.

Sarah Paquin, mother of three young children, said the medication mixup could have been catastrophic for her son

The Peace River Regional District says residents who are subject to evacuation orders in the Kelly Lake area of northeastern B.C. should leave immediately, as an advancing wildfire "cannot be contained.

Douwe van Hees has been charged with two counts of prohibited insider trading for allegedly using inside information obtained from a man already facing tipping charges.

B.C.'s Racism Incident Helpline got more than twice as many calls as California, a state seven times larger, in one year.

VICTORIA — British Columbia ministers are set to travel to Europe in a bid to diversify and strengthen markets for the province's tech industries, even as Premier David Eby continues an Asian trade mission.