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B.C. minister says he expects many Lytton houses destroyed by wildfire to be rebuilt by this time next year
The remains of houses and businesses that were destroyed by the 2021 wildfire are seen in Lytton, B.C., on Wednesday, June 15, 2022. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck
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High-flying Lions look to stay undefeated against rested Redblacks
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Two suspects dead, six police wounded in B.C. bank robbery shootout
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Two suspects dead, six officers shot after B.C. bank shooting
Saanich Police joined by Victoria Police and RCMP respond to reports of gunfire involving multiple people and injuries reported during an active situation in Saanich, B.C., on Tuesday, June 28, 2022 THE CANADIAN PRESS/Chad Hipolito
economy
B.C. considers cap on rent increases as inflation-fighting tool
Construction cranes tower above condos under construction near southeast False Creek in Vancouver, on February 9, 2020. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck
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Environment Canada issues upgraded heat warnings for Metro Vancouver, Fraser Valley
A man plays a guitar in the shade at Oppenheimer Park in the Downtown Eastside of Vancouver, British Columbia, on June 28, 2021, during the heat dome event that set temperature records across the province. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck
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Lions QB Nathan Rourke throws record-setting 436 yards as B.C. dominates Toronto Argonauts in 44-3 win
BC Lions quarterback Nathan Rourke throws a pass during first half of CFL football action against the Toronto Argonauts in Vancouver, B.C., Saturday, June 25, 2022. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Rich Lam
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Cornerback Breaux ready to roar in B.C. Lions debut
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To reach affordability, 3.5 million more homes need to be built by 2030: CMHC
Houses are seen on Squamish Nation land in North Vancouver, on Tuesday, February 22, 2022. Minister of Housing and Diversity and Inclusion Ahmed Hussen announced funding for two Squamish Nation housing projects on Tuesday. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck **DO NOT USE WITH GENERIC REAL ESTATE STORIES. THESE ARE RESERVE HOMES AND NOT PART OF THE GENERAL HOUSING MARKET**
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Western Canada: Rempel Garner gets green light to run for UCP leader as roster fills up
Conservative MP Michelle Rempel Garner rises during question period in the House of Commons on Parliament Hill in Ottawa on Friday, June 18, 2021. THE CANADIAN PRESS/ Patrick Doyle
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Experts explain why the federal government is being asked to decriminalize small amounts of drugs
Federal Minister of Mental Health and Addictions and Associate Minister of Health Carolyn Bennett, back left, speaks as B.C. Minister of Mental Health and Addictions Sheila Malcolmson listens during a news conference after British Columbia was granted an exemption to decriminalize possession of some illegal drugs for personal use, in Vancouver, on Tuesday, May 31, 2022. As drug users in British Columbia will not be arrested or charged for carrying up to 2.5 grams of illicit drugs starting next year, experts explain why the federal government is being asked to decriminalize drugs in order to stem deaths linked to the drug toxicity crisis in Canada, and what decriminalization means. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck
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B.C. releases long-awaited climate adaptation plan following catastrophic flooding, wild fires, severe heat last year
Floodwaters are seen from the air in Abbotsford, B.C., on Nov. 23, 2021. November's floods in British Columbia that swamped homes and farms, swept away roads and bridges and killed five people are now the mostly costly weather event in provincial history. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jonathan Hayward
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Western Canada: Flood warnings and evacuation alerts in parts of B.C. as dissolving snowpacks fill rivers
A train passes the destruction in Lytton B.C. in early June seen from Highway 12 across the Fraser River. Nearly one year after a fire destroyed most of the village and one of the Lytton First Nation Reserves. June 6. 2022 (Melissa Tait / The Globe and Mail)
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Flood stage in B.C. could remain for weeks with prolonged snowmelt or rain: expert
A property affected by November flooding of the Nicola River in southern B.C. is seen along Highway 8 on the Shackan Indian Band, northwest of Merritt, B.C., on Thursday, March 24, 2022. A high streamflow advisory and flood warning the River Forecast Centre issued earlier this week for northern British Columbia are being continued. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck
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B.C.’s police watchdog says guard’s treatment of prisoner in jail could be seen as criminal
Red and blue lights of police car in night time, crime scene. Night patrolling the city. Abstract blurry image.
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Flood of atmospheric rivers in B.C. cost $675-million in insured damage
Floodwaters are seen from the air in Abbotsford, B.C., on Nov. 23, 2021. November's floods in British Columbia that swamped homes and farms, swept away roads and bridges and killed five people are now the mostly costly weather event in provincial history. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jonathan Hayward
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Thunder showers, rain could mean flooding for part of B.C. southern Interior
Members of BC Wildfire Service carry sandbags to help with flooding mitigation efforts near Mission Creek in Kelowna, B.C., on June 14. (Aaron Hemens/Globe and Mail)
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Western Canada: Torrential rain prompts flood fears in Calgary, nine years after disaster
City workers begin work constructing a flood berm across Memorial Drive in the Sunnyside district in Calgary on 14 June 2022. Calgary Mayor Jyoti Gondek declared a state of emergency as a precautionary measure in the city in response to heavy rainfall.
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Who’s in charge of fixing B.C.’s flood defences? In communities near ‘orphan dikes,’ no one’s really sure
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U.S. government joins calls for Canada to participate in probe of cross-border pollution from B.C. coal mines
A coal mining operation in Sparwood, B.C., is shown on Wednesday, Nov. 30, 2016. Critics say the federal government is bowing to provincial and industry lobbying by weakening proposed standards for coal mining effluent. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jeff McIntosh
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How does the human body respond to rising temperatures? This one-of-a-kind lab in Ottawa is trying to find out
Research patient Lise Cloutier sits in a climate research chair of Dr. Glen Kenny, Full Professor of Physiology and Research Chair in Human Environmental Physiology at uOttawa in Ottawa, Ont. on Thursday, May 5, 2022. Spencer Colby/The Globe and Mail
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Former judge’s report into B.C. money laundering to be released Wednesday
Commissioner Austin Cullen listens to introductions before opening statements at the Cullen Commission of Inquiry into Money Laundering in British Columbia, in Vancouver, B.C., Monday, Feb. 24, 2020. The commission's final report and recommendations will be released Wednesday. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck
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Rebuild of Lytton, B.C., after devastating wildfire to begin by September: minister
Vehicles travel on Main Street as the burned-out remains of businesses and properties destroyed by last year's devastating wildfire are seen in Lytton, B.C., Saturday, May 21, 2022. Rebuilding in the fire-ravaged village of Lytton, B.C., is likely to begin in September, according to the province's minister of public safety. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck
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More females, older drug users dying due to unregulated drug market, B.C. coroner says
Moms Stop the Harm advocates and supporters march from Centennial Square to the Ministry of Health building where pictures of loved ones hang on display during the sixth anniversary of the public health emergency of the overdose crisis in B.C., Thursday, April 14, 2022. The coroners service in British Columbia says more females are dying from illicit drug use.THE CANADIAN PRESS/Chad Hipolito
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Residents of flood-prone areas in B.C. urged to be ready to leave at short notice
A swollen Otter Lake is pictured in Tulameen, B.C., Friday, Dec. 3, 2021. Officials in British Columbia are urging residents of communities at elevated risk of flooding to be prepared if water levels rise due to rapidly melting snow following too much rain. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jonathan Hayward
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‘Anger’ at meeting after marchers allegedly hit by truck, RCMP investigating
People take part in a march in Mission, B.C., Saturday, June 4, 2022 in a handout photo. Indigenous leaders have called a meeting with RCMP in Chilliwack, B.C., to discuss how police intend to proceed after a pickup truck driver allegedly hit four members of a memorial march on Saturday. THE CANADIAN PRESS/HO-Robert Jago **MANDATORY CREDIT**
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Western Canada: B.C. coroner’s report finds 619 died in heat wave of last summer
A welcoming sign is seen on the door of the Hillcrest Community Centre where they can cool off during the extreme hot weather in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, June 30, 2021. - Inside one of Vancouver's 25 air-conditioned cooling centres on Wednesday, visitors quietly read books or worked on laptops as the death toll in Canada's British Columbia province rose into the hundreds from a record-smashing heat wave. "We've had heat waves before, but not to this extent," said Lou, who provided only her first name. "I'm shocked by how many deaths there have been." (Photo by Don MacKinnon / AFP) (Photo by DON MACKINNON/AFP via Getty Images)
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B.C. coroner’s report calls for co-ordinated heat-alert system following more than 600 deaths last year
A woman enters a cooling centre during the scorching weather of a heatwave in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada June 27, 2021. REUTERS/Jennifer Gauthier
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B.C. launches alert system ahead of summer to warn of extreme heat
Paramedics and firefighters place a man in an ambulance after responding to an SRO in the Downtown Eastside during a heat wave in Vancouver, on Tuesday, June 29, 2021. Darryl Dyck/The Globe and Mail
technology
Canadian tech community braces for possible downturn as stocks fall, inflation rises
Jack Newton, CEO and co-founder of Clio, poses for a photograph at the company's headquarters in Burnaby, B.C., on Friday, March 6, 2020
opinion
Decriminalization on its own is insufficient. We need to change the whole system of addiction response
Nishan Duraiappah and Dale McFee
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Instead of lurching from one catastrophe to the next, B.C. needs to understand how its crises are linked
Thomas Homer-Dixon and Robin Cox
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Flood watches for B.C. downgraded in eastern Okanagan, Boundary; upgraded near Fort Nelson
British Columbia's provincial flag flies  in Ottawa, Friday July 3, 2020. The risk of flooding has dropped in British Columbia's southern Interior while rising in the province's north, thanks to changing weather conditions. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld
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Communities across B.C. brace for potential flooding this weekend and next week
Highway 1 is pictured during a fly over the flood damage in Abbotsford, B.C., November 23, 2021. Another patch in British Columbia's damaged highway system has been completed as the province reopened Highway 1 through the Fraser Canyon on Monday. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jonathan Hayward
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Western Canada: Decolonization first item on agenda for Calgary’s Glenbow Museum
The Glenbow Museum is in the midst of a $120-million renovation.