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Once again, cold and snow

Humans played a substantial role in making B.C. wildfires in 2017 bigger and more likely, says a new study by UVic and the federal government.

The city's registry of heritage buildings and homes has grown by three. City council approved the additions of the Professional Building at 1705 3rd Ave., the Hilliard Clare Masonic Temple at 480 Vancouver St.

The bulletin is in effect until further notice

An air quality advisory was ended Wednesday morning less than a day after it was issued due to high concentrations of fine particulate in the city's air. The advisory had been issued late Tuesday afternooon.

The city's heritage register is growing

Team aiming to build off shootout thriller against Kelowna

Highway 97 has been cleared just west of Racing Road in Quesnel after a transport truck went off the road and knocked down a powerline. It was reopened to traffic at about 2:30 p.m., two hours after police were alerted to the incident.

Contracts for removal-expert services up for renewal in 24 of 33 regions of the province

A mixture of inexperience and bravado appeared to have been the reasons behind the death last year of a 33-year-old man in a snowmobile crash near Vanderhoof.