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Surgeries cancelled at one of Quebec''s largest hospitals after violent storm
April 30, 2025 - 1:04 PM

MONTREAL — One of Quebec's largest hospitals cancelled surgeries on Wednesday after it lost power the night before during one of a series of violent storms that swept through the province.
Missing driver and vehicle found 47 metres deep in water, says search and rescue
April 13, 2025 - 2:57 PM

KELOWNA - A search and rescue team in Kelowna, B.C., says a missing person was found about 47 metres deep in a lake after being swept away in a "massive mudslide" earlier this month.
B.C. legislation would give cabinet sweeping powers amid U.S. tariff threats
March 13, 2025 - 4:29 PM

British Columbia's government is proposing giving cabinet broad-reaching emergency powers to respond to what Premier David Eby calls the "human-caused disaster" coming in like a freight train from the United States.
Bomb cyclone batters B.C., cutting roads and power, snapping trees 'like gunshots'
November 20, 2024 - 4:29 PM

VANCOUVER - Geoff Johnson and fellow storm watchers in Ucluelet, B.C., were concerned on Tuesday about the so-called "bomb cyclone" taking shape off Vancouver Island — not for safety reasons, but because they wondered if it would be "disappointing."
'Pacific frontal system' moving over B.C. prompts snow, rainfall warnings
November 13, 2024 - 9:45 AM

VANCOUVER - Environment Canada is warning drivers who intend to travel Highway 3 from the Paulson Summit and Kootenay Pass about hazardous conditions due to "rapidly accumulating snow."
Before fires, 'we were having a great season,' Barkerville, B.C.'s media manager says
July 31, 2024 - 4:29 PM

When Stewart Cawood returned to British Columbia's historic gold rush town of Barkerville earlier this week, he said the town looked almost like it had been "ransacked."
Work continues on six significant wildfires near B.C.'s Slocan Lake
July 29, 2024 - 3:23 PM

The smoke is so thick in New Denver, B.C., that Nicole Blacksioux can no longer see the flames from her deck that were candling up the trees in the wildfire across the lake.
B.C. man says Venable Valley locals are piecing together their losses from wildfire
July 24, 2024 - 9:07 PM

Ramanath Das said he is aware that the eco-village he and his family are building in Venables Valley, B.C., may no longer exist when they return after being evacuated due to an encroaching wildfire.
B.C. seeking outside firefighting help as heat triggers eruption of wildfire activity
July 11, 2024 - 3:51 PM

VANCOUVER - British Columbia's emergency management minister says the province is proactively working to secure extra firefighters to deal with what she called the "potential for a drastically accelerated wildfire situation."
Active wildfires tick up in central B.C., risk of lightning coming to the north
July 10, 2024 - 6:35 PM

The number of active wildfires in British Columbia has jumped by more than three dozen to about 140 amid a heat wave, which is creating prime conditions for fire.
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Surgeries cancelled at one of Quebec''s largest hospitals after violent storm

Missing driver and vehicle found 47 metres deep in water, says search and rescue

B.C. legislation would give cabinet sweeping powers amid U.S. tariff threats

Bomb cyclone batters B.C., cutting roads and power, snapping trees 'like gunshots'

'Pacific frontal system' moving over B.C. prompts snow, rainfall warnings

Before fires, 'we were having a great season,' Barkerville, B.C.'s media manager says

Work continues on six significant wildfires near B.C.'s Slocan Lake

B.C. man says Venable Valley locals are piecing together their losses from wildfire

B.C. seeking outside firefighting help as heat triggers eruption of wildfire activity

Active wildfires tick up in central B.C., risk of lightning coming to the north

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