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Photograph By BRENDAN KERGIN Continuing hot weather is creating a “new normal” for the Thompson-Nicola region, says B.C.’s chief fire information officer Kevin Skrepne. “We’ve had a pretty unseasonal hot, dry period,” he told KamloopsMatters May 27.

Photo: SCREEN CAPTURE FROM VIDEO BY STEVEN TURNER The Xusum Creek fire, burning approximately 10 km northeast of D'Arcy and 35 km west of Lillooet, near Anderson Lake, now measures an estimated 500 hectares.

The 2016 death of a former BCIT international student who died in custody after being Tasered by police will be probed at a public inquest in July.

A fake grenade recovered in North Vancouver by the RCMP’s explosives disposal unit. photo supplied Police had to evacuate a North Vancouver veterans’ hall after staff discovered a hand grenade on the premises Thursday evening.

Urban Weave #2, part of KW Studios Mural Project was unveiled as part of the major renovations May 26.

Physiotherapist Ellen Newbold, right, and occupational therapist Mary Van Impe help Tim Heenan walk up some steps as he prepares for his release following day surgery for a hip replacement at St.

Ghislain Picard takes part in a press conference on Parliament Hill in Ottawa on Monday, Oct. 20, 2014. Three prominent Quebec-area Indigenous chiefs are denouncing Kinder Morgan Canada’s Trans Mountain pipeline expansion project.

Photo BC Wildfire Service Firefighters in British Columbia are preparing for more challenging conditions early this week, as windy, hot and dry weather could fuel the flames of three large wildfires.

A spill response boat secures a boom around the bulk carrier cargo ship MV Marathassa after a bunker fuel spill on Burrard Inlet in Vancouver, B.C., on April 9, 2015.

via Google Maps 3:00 In an emailed statement, Trans Mountain says the company has had to shut down its pipeline as a precaution in response to Sunday morning's spill.