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KELOWNA, B.C. — Mounties in Kelowna, B.C., say a 61-year-old man has been charged after an explosives scare that shut down a bridge across Okanagan Lake for about 11 hours earlier this year. In a previous news release posted on Jan.

VICTORIA — BC Ferries says it has nothing to do with a medical incident that left six passengers sickened, including two who had to be taken to hospital.

COQUITLAM, B.C. — An atmospheric river weather system drenched parts of southern British Columbia over the weekend, dumping more than 100 millimetres of rain in some locations and setting off a landslide.

SURREY, B.C. — A man has been arrested after an overnight fire at a strip mall in Surrey, B.C., damaged at least one business. Police say patrolling officers detected smoke and a burning smell in the City Centre neighbourhood.

VANCOUVER — Part of southern British Columbia is facing a two-day weather system that's expected to bring heavy rain and snowmelt due to rising freezing levels, resulting in potentially messy driving conditions and localized flooding.

VANCOUVER — Heavy rain in the forecast is slated to pummel parts of British Columbia's south coast, with some areas possibly getting as much as 130 millimetres.

VANCOUVER — Vancouver has recorded its first homicide of 2025 after a man was found dead in the city's Downtown Eastside. Vancouver Police say officers were called to Crab Park at about 8:30 a.m. after someone reported a dead body found on the beach.

MISSION, BRITISH COLUMBIA, CANADA — Mounties in Mission, B.C., say a police helicopter crew spotted a five-year-old boy after he went missing during a game of hide-and-seek.

Avalanche Canada has issued a public warning for the central Rockies saying there have been several large avalanches over the last two weeks. It says two slides have been fatal and the snowpack "remains primed for human-triggering.

The B.C. Wildfire Service has received more than 1,700 applications since October, the highest number ever received.