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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.

VICTORIA — One of 126 urban deer culled in southeastern British Columbia to determine if they were sick has tested positive for chronic wasting disease.

RICHMOND, B.C. — British Columbia's Highway Patrol says another commercial truck has hit an overpass in Metro Vancouver, causing no visible damage, but snarling traffic on Wednesday.

LANGLEY, B.C. — Mounties in Langley, B.C., say the body of an 82-year-old woman has been found several months after she went missing. Jane Whitehouse was reported missing on Oct. 25 last year.

YELLOWKNIFE — RCMP say charges have been laid in a shooting that killed one person and injured two others in the Northwest Territories.

SURREY, B.C. — A 24-year-old Vancouver man faces several charges after investigators dismantled what they say was a "sophisticated" gun importation operation.

The decision was for "the safety of attendees, exhibitors, and staff."

FORT ST. JOHN, B.C. — The Forest Practices Board says the British Columbia government "did not follow the law" when it approved range use plans that near the Halfway River First Nation's watershed and at its culturally significant sites.