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The BC Wildfire Service says cool and rainy weather that has helped temper fire activity is expected to continue this week, though drought conditions will persist in the northeast.

The driver was arrested for both impaired driving and failing to remain at the scene.

ABBOTSFORD — The Integrated Homicide Investigation Team says a man arrested for murder in January 2023 has been given a life sentence without the chance of parole for 12 years in the death of a man in Mission, B.C.

LAKE LOUISE — The second person killed in a rockfall last week in Banff National Park has been identified as a 33-year-old man from Surrey, B.C. RCMP did not provide a name and say no more information will be provided.

Xander Hartwood ran and walked 784 kilometres in eight days, nine hours and 16 minutes, beating the previous "self-supported" record by nearly a day.

Environment Canada is warning residents of parts of British Columbia's southern Interior of possible heavy rain and thunderstorms as flood risks rise in the region.

The school has been recognized with national platinum status for its sustainability efforts

SURREY — Public Safety Minister Garry Begg says the provincial government is boosting funding for a policing program launched in 2023, claiming the initiative led to more than 2,600 criminal charges with a focus on repeat violent offenders.

A recent soaking of rain in northeastern British Columbia has helped to remove the one remaining fire out of the so-called wildfire of note category, although the Summit Lake blaze is still labelled as burning out of control.

Elected Kwakiutl First Nation chief Verna Hunt said band members voted in favour of a motion calling for four of its members living on reserve to be exiled