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PORT HARDY, B.C. — A Vancouver-based film company and its drone operator have been fined a total of $30,000 for operating a drone too close to northern resident killer whales.

Wet weather is helping firefighters in British Columbia tackle some of the wildfires burning in the south of the province.

Cranes and low-bed trucks will be brought in to take down and move the stick in five pieces.

SICAMOUS, B.C. — Mounties say a man has been charged more than a year after a body was found on a rural property in south central B.C. A statement from police says the body of Wayne Sirvio was discovered at a home in Sicamous on Aug.

A decade ago, Nanaimo council voted against allowing a Hammond Bay cell tower.

The suspension of Victoria firefighter is a local-government personnel issue, mayor says.

Police say the bear had been fed watermelon and were told residents had also been giving it food for the past three days.

British Columbia's wildfire service says thunderstorms carry the possibility of dry lightning strikes in some parts of the Interior, but wildfire activity is generally expected to decrease with what's being described as a "downturn" in weather.

Trevor Brown initially told police that Anichka Loeffler had shot herself accidentally, but later admitted he "only pointed the gun at her head for a split second."

The union representing Josh Montgomery has confirmed that he "was disciplined for his opinions shared in a letter" asking Premier David Eby to prevent a social services hub on Dowler Place.