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A motorhome collided with a tree and burst into flames along Highway 97 in British Columbia's Okanagan region Tuesday night, sparking a wildfire that forced the evacuation of nearly 60 homes in Peachland, police said Wednesday.

PRINCE RUPERT — A worker has died at a summer carnival in Prince Rupert, B.C., after being found unconscious near a ride. Mounties say officers responded to a report of an injured man at the carnival at 10:40 p.m.

More seats are set to be announced in the Langley School District.

CCTV footage shared by the police shows the thieves covered in sheets as they take equipment from the building.

NORTH VANCOUVER — A home associated with a man who was arrested after a British Columbia boat crash that killed a 10-year-old boy in June has been hit by gunfire.

SHAWNIGAN LAKE — Police on Vancouver Island say a 12-year-old who was rollerblading with family members has been struck by a car and killed in a crash where speed played a role.

Lytton, B.C., is upholding its reputation as Canada's hot spot, recording the highest temperature across the country so far this year amid an ongoing heat wave that is scorching much of the province.

A series of temperature warnings and special weather statements has been expanded as a heat wave that has already broken more than 20 daily heat records settles in over British Columbia.

The Fraser Valley Regional District has issued an evacuation alert for properties near a wildfire between Yale and Spuzzum, B.C., while smoke from the blaze has spurred an air quality warning for the province's eastern Fraser Valley.

KAMLOOPS — Police in Kamloops, B.C., say human remains were found in a burned out vehicle on a road north of the city on Saturday.