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LYTTON — A fiery head-on crash on Highway 1 in the British Columbia Interior has left two people dead. Lytton RCMP say the crash happened on Aug. 14 just before 5 p.m., when police began receiving calls from the collision site near Spences Bridge.

PORT RENFREW — A minor earthquake was recorded on Monday evening near Port Renfrew, about 110 kilometres northwest of Victoria. Earthquakes Canada reports a 3.6 magnitude quake struck at 7:17 p.m.

VERNON — The number of wildfires in British Columbia has dropped sharply after a weekend that included heavy rain that doused some fires.

NANAIMO — Police on Vancouver Island say a sailor who was reported missing last week has been located and is safe. Nanaimo RCMP say an "outpouring of tips" helped find both the 30-year-old man and the 33-year-old woman he was travelling with.

SURREY — Métis Nation British Columbia says it has suspended its president over allegations of behaviour "inconsistent" with the group's policies.

The allegations, which have not been tested in court, include burning the child with boiling water.

LANGLEY — A construction project in the City of Langley, B.C., has been destroyed by a fire that began early Sunday morning and continued into the afternoon. Police say they were called to the multi-storey construction site at 4:13 a.m.

NANAIMO — The last group of wildfire evacuees forced from their Vancouver Island homes by a blaze north of Nanaimo were allowed to return over the weekend after crews got the fire under control.

NANAIMO — A woman who was reported missing last week has been found along with the vessel she was on but Mounties in British Columbia say they are still looking for her partner.

HARRISON HOT SPRINGS — RCMP say they've recovered the remains of a man who was presumed to have drowned in a lagoon at the village of Harrison Hot Springs, about 130 kilometres east of Vancouver. Mounties in Agassiz, B.C.