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Careful forest management can have important role in climate change fight, experts say

VANCOUVER — Relentless rain has caused mud and rock slides in several locations in southern B.C., displacing some residents and prompting highway closures.

Opposition critic John Rustad says BC Wildfire Service needs to be less resistant to new technology and be more willing to change its firefighting practices

KAMLOOPS, B.C. — Members of the Tk̓emlúps te Secwépemc First Nation near Kamloops, B.C., have re-elected Rosanne Casimir to another three-year term as chief.

Drivers beware!

VANCOUVER — Police are investigating after a 59-year-old man was struck and killed in East Vancouver Saturday night. It is the city's ninth pedestrian death and the 18th collision-related fatality of the year.

Vancouver Police are investigating the city’s 18th pedestrian fatality of the year. They say a 59-year-old man was hit by a car in East Vancouver Saturday evening and was later pronounced dead in hospital.

VICTORIA — British Columbia has reported 992 new cases of COVID-19 diagnosed over the last two days and 23 more deaths, raising the death toll in the province to 2,257. The Health Ministry says 4,265 infections are active across B.C.

ABBOTSFORD, B.C. — The British Columbia Milk Marketing Board says it has reinstated the dairy licence of a Fraser Valley farm with mandatory conditions after an investigation found violations of the code for the care and handling of dairy cattle.

In some cases, severe illness may occur from a salmonella infection and hospitalization may be required.