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British Columbia has already spent about $387 million battling fires so far this year, as crews brace for more lightning-caused starts in the coming days, the director of provincial operations for the province's wildfire service said Tuesday.

VICTORIA — British Columbia's Opposition is promising the largest income tax cut in the province's history if elected this fall, prompting Premier David Eby to call the pledge "extreme" and "radical" and a recipe for service cuts.

RICHMOND, B.C. — A report from the Transportation Safety Board says an investigation couldn't determine a specific cause of a fatal small plane crash in southeastern B.C. last year, but it has prompted some reminders for operators.

Safety blitz by Delta police nabs six drivers in three-plus hours

Thousands of dead pumpkinseed fish, an invasive species, were found belly-up at the lake.

Several hundred residents of the Village of Slocan and the surrounding area of British Columbia's Kootenay region are allowed to return home as officials downgrade an evacuation order prompted by a complex of wildfires.

HMCS Edmonton and HMCS Yellowknife will be part of efforts led by the United States Coast Guard to track and intercept vessels of interest in order to disrupt the flow of illicit drugs and goods.

SAVONA, B.C. — Police in British Columbia's southern Interior say a single-vehicle crash on the Trans-Canada Highway east of Savona has killed one person.

Witnesses told police that a car travelling south crossed the median and hit a northbound SUV.

NANAIMO, B.C. — Police on Vancouver Island are investigating a two-vehicle highway crash that killed one person over the weekend.