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VANCOUVER — The BC Wildfire Service says crews have made good progress containing a fire near Squamish, B.C. The service says in a statement Sunday that the fire is now considered as being held.

VANCOUVER — Fourteen people who entered an East Vancouver elementary school Saturday evening in a protest action aimed at securing emergency housing for homeless people during the COVID-19 pandemic were arrested.

VANCOUVER — A BC Ferries ship hit the dock at Tsawwassen ferry terminal, resulting in two cancelled departures and a four-hour disembarkment delay for some passengers.

VANCOUVER — B.C. police and enforcement officers will start issuing $2,000 tickets for price gouging and reselling essential supplies during the COVID-19 state of emergency.

VANCOUVER — The BC Wildfire Service says a fire near Squamish, B.C., is 50 per cent contained and has not grown. The service says in a statement Saturday that the fire, first discovered Thursday, is about two square kilometres in size.

VANCOUVER — British Columbians could see a "gradual...

VICTORIA — British Columbia's responses to fighting COVID-19 have flattened the curve and slowed the spread of the virus to the point where some restrictions could be eased in the coming weeks, health officials said Friday.

VANCOUVER — Residents in several British Columbia communities are being warned to prepare the sandbags and to remember social distancing measures if they're helping their neighbours protect property from potential flooding.

SQUAMISH, B.C. — The first major blaze of British Columbia's 2020 fire season has doubled in size near Squamish, but the BC Wildfire Service says that is due to better mapping, not further spread of the flames.