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VICTORIA — Testing for COVID-19 is being stepped up as the number of new cases increases in British Columbia. Health Minister Adrian Dix and deputy provincial health officer Dr.

OKANAGAN FALLS, B.C. — The sky turned orange before filling with heavy white smoke above John Green's home in British Columbia's Okanagan region Tuesday afternoon.

VICTORIA — The British Columbia government has extended its provincial state of emergency that gives it extraordinary powers during the COVID-19 pandemic.

ENDERBY, B.C. — The RCMP say a homicide investigation into the death of a 46-year-old man from Enderby, B.C., has been taken over by the southeast district major crime unit. Police say they were notified by hospital officials shortly before 5 p.m.

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.