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B.C. Wildfire Service interactive wildfire app provides timely fire data

B.C. Wildfire Service interactive wildfire app provides timely fire data

VANCOUVER — The B.C. Wildfire Service is launching its new wildfire app, aimed at providing consistent, accurate and timely information about wildfires when they occur.
New digital registration ensures faster, safer assistance for B.C. evacuees

New digital registration ensures faster, safer assistance for B.C. evacuees

VICTORIA — British Columbia is unveiling a digital registration system for evacuees as the province prepares for the upcoming wildfire season while coping with physical distancing restrictions to prevent the spread of COVID-19.
Single car crash kills driver on Sea-to-Sky Highway near Squamish, B.C.

Single car crash kills driver on Sea-to-Sky Highway near Squamish, B.C.

SQUAMISH, B.C. — One man has died in a single-vehicle crash along a section of British Columbia's Sea-to-Sky Highway just south of Squamish. RCMP say the crash happened midday Monday and involved a black BMW coupe.
Give adequate, quality supply of personal protective gear to nurses: B.C. union

Give adequate, quality supply of personal protective gear to nurses: B.C. union

VANCOUVER — Nurses already lacking an adequate supply of personal protective equipment have sometimes been given masks with straps that don't tie or gowns that don't fully cover them, the head of the B.C. Nurses' Union says.
COVID-19 playbook to reopen B.C. amid pandemic coming Wednesday, says Dr. Henry

COVID-19 playbook to reopen B.C. amid pandemic coming Wednesday, says Dr. Henry

VICTORIA — Safe ways to increase social and economic contacts in British Columbia will form the basics of a plan to start relaxing provincial pandemic restrictions that have kept people close to their homes since mid-March, says provincial health off
B.C. extends temporary COVID-19 layoff period

B.C. extends temporary COVID-19 layoff period

This will delay when employees temporarily laid-off due to the COVID-19 pandemic are permanently laid off
COVID-19: What will easing restrictions in B.C. mean for City of Vancouver operations?

COVID-19: What will easing restrictions in B.C. mean for City of Vancouver operations?

Vancouver mayor: ‘I too, like everybody else, have concerns about places that are opening too quickly.’
No more free ride as TransLink to resume fare collection in Metro Vancouver

No more free ride as TransLink to resume fare collection in Metro Vancouver

NEW WESTMINSTER, B.C. — Transit users in Metro Vancouver will have to start paying bus fares again starting June 1.
B.C. stores envision phased retail reawakening

B.C. stores envision phased retail reawakening

B.C. could follow Saskatchewan’s plan to reopen sector on May 19
No charges to be laid in B.C.'s 2017 Elephant Hill wildfire: Wildfire Service

No charges to be laid in B.C.'s 2017 Elephant Hill wildfire: Wildfire Service

VANCOUVER — The British Columbia Wildfire Service has officially released the cause of a 2017 blaze that eventually charred a huge area of trees and bush in the southern Interior and forced thousands to evacuate.
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