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B.C. Wildfire Service interactive wildfire app provides timely fire data

VANCOUVER — The B.C. Wildfire Service is launching its new wildfire app, aimed at providing consistent, accurate and timely information about wildfires when they occur.
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New digital registration ensures faster, safer assistance for B.C. evacuees

New digital registration ensures faster, safer assistance for B.C. evacuees

VICTORIA — British Columbia is unveiling a digital registration system for evacuees as the province prepares for the upcoming wildfire season while coping with physical distancing restrictions to prevent the spread of COVID-19.
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VIDEO: Asian woman punched in face at B.C. bus stop in unprovoked 'stranger assault'

VIDEO: Asian woman punched in face at B.C. bus stop in unprovoked 'stranger assault'

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Vancouver could be host city for a resumed NHL season

Vancouver could be host city for a resumed NHL season

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Single car crash kills driver on Sea-to-Sky Highway near Squamish, B.C.

SQUAMISH, B.C. — One man has died in a single-vehicle crash along a section of British Columbia's Sea-to-Sky Highway just south of Squamish. RCMP say the crash happened midday Monday and involved a black BMW coupe.
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Give adequate, quality supply of personal protective gear to nurses: B.C. union

VANCOUVER — Nurses already lacking an adequate supply of personal protective equipment have sometimes been given masks with straps that don't tie or gowns that don't fully cover them, the head of the B.C. Nurses' Union says.
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COVID-19 playbook to reopen B.C. amid pandemic coming Wednesday, says Dr. Henry

COVID-19 playbook to reopen B.C. amid pandemic coming Wednesday, says Dr. Henry

VICTORIA — Safe ways to increase social and economic contacts in British Columbia will form the basics of a plan to start relaxing provincial pandemic restrictions that have kept people close to their homes since mid-March, says provincial health off
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B.C. nurses demand better access to personal protective equipment

B.C. nurses demand better access to personal protective equipment

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No more free ride as TransLink to resume fare collection in Metro Vancouver

NEW WESTMINSTER, B.C. — Transit users in Metro Vancouver will have to start paying bus fares again starting June 1.
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No charges to be laid in B.C.'s 2017 Elephant Hill wildfire: Wildfire Service

No charges to be laid in B.C.'s 2017 Elephant Hill wildfire: Wildfire Service

VANCOUVER — The British Columbia Wildfire Service has officially released the cause of a 2017 blaze that eventually charred a huge area of trees and bush in the southern Interior and forced thousands to evacuate.
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