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VICTORIA — Staff and students at middle and secondary schools in British Columbia will be required to wear masks on buses and in common areas when classes resume.

KELOWNA, B.C. — A Calgary woman has died after slipping into a river and being swept away in B.C.'s Kootenay National Park. The RCMP say in a statement they were called Sunday and told a water rescue was underway in Marble Canyon.

FORT ST. JOHN, B.C. — The health authority in northern British Columbia has issued an alert after more than a dozen people tested positive for COVID-19. The alert says the outbreak is linked to a religious gathering held between July 30 and Aug.

VANCOUVER — Environment Canada is forcasting another day of sizzling heat through much of British Columbia's southern Interior, Okanagan and Fraser Canyon. The weather office says 13 temperature records were broken or tied across southern B.C.

VANCOUVER — Staff at two more long-term care homes in Metro Vancouver have tested positive for COVID-19.

VANCOUVER — An air quality advisory is in effect for the eastern parts of Metro Vancouver and the Fraser Valley.

ABBOTSFORD, B.C. — Police are seeking witnesses or people who may have dashcam footage of an alleged sexual assault in Abbotsford early Saturday morning. They say they're investigating the incident that occurred at 1:15 a.m.

VICTORIA — British Columbia's health minister and provincial health officer are urging people to follow physical distancing guidelines amid a rise in COVID-19 cases across the province. Adrian Dix and Dr.