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BC Wildfire Service hiring window for new recruits closes March 31

The City of Dawson Creek will move to stage two water conservation measures on Feb. 5, following a cold snap which froze the Kiskatinaw River, near their intake.

George Sun, 64, purchased a decrepit double-wide mobile home in West Kelowna's Shady Acres Mobile Home Park in 2012 for $1,000 cash.

"It certainly has gotten worse with the closure of the walk-in clinics and the fact that there really isn't a provision of primary care for people..."

The man worked at a local church for many years until allegations surfaced in 2020.

VANCOUVER — The B.C. Centre for Disease Control is reporting another influenza-related death of a child under 10. In its latest weekly update, the centre says the death was reported during the week of Jan. 14 to 20.

VICTORIA — The number of incarcerated young offenders in British Columbia has fallen so dramatically that the province needs to come up with a plan to reallocate resources to avoid waste, a report released Thursday says.

VANCOUVER — B.C. Premier David Eby has rebuffed the province's retiring chief coroner's swansong pleas for non-prescription safe supply of drugs, calling it a "fundamental issue" of disagreement on how to curb the toxic drug crisis.

Ken Sim: "I do want to be very clear here — this change is bigger than any one person or political party."

FIELD, B.C. — Police in eastern British Columbia are warning backcountry users to be ready for emergencies after a snowmobiler was killed and two skiers had to be rescued this week in separate incidents.