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Wildfire activity in the Okanagan on Wednesday evening.

Photo Bob Kronbauer As we REPORTED yesterday, a campfire ban was being put into place for the Coastal Region. It was implemented today at noon.

Oldrich Houba has a pool and is inviting ? and her family over Earlier this week we published THIS STORY about how a family was ID'd while swimming in the pool of their own townhouse complex.

Last June a company called Filld rolled into town, and the local media ( CTV , Global , CBC ), when it was announced that they were contracted to fill up Car2Go's fleet of carshare vehicles.

Photo Shutterstock Mounties in Richmond, B.C., say it appears criminals have added Bitcoin ransom to the growing list of manoeuvres to swindle money from unsuspecting victims.

VPD Photo UPDATE -- On Thursday morning (July 19) police reported that Joseph Manitopyes was found safe and sound. Previous story: Vancouver police are searching for a missing 67-year-old man that suffers from dementia.

Photo Tomas Nevesely via Shutterstock The BC Centre on Substance Use is calling for improved addiction-recovery services that would provide equitable access to long-term, quality care regardless of someone's ability to pay for treatment.

Buntzen Lake in Coquitlam. Photo Shutterstock The RCMP dive team has been called in to help search for a missing swimmer at Buntzen Lake.

Some residents of the Forest Grove neighbourhood are asking the City of Burnaby to remove two protest camps at gates of Trans Mountain’s terminal on Burnaby Mountain.

Death Cap mushroom/Shutterstock A type of potentially deadly mushroom is making an early appearance around Victoria, prompting a warning from the local health authority.