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The BC Wildfire Service says rain, light winds and cooler temperatures are expected to decrease fire behaviour in the province this week, just as a newly discovered blaze in the East Kootenays prompts an evacuation order and alerts for more than 50 p

VANCOUVER — British Columbia's police watchdog says a woman who died of an overdose in an RCMP jail cell had asked to go to hospital twice.

Police have identified the suspects and are working to locate them.

The court decision follows the 2021 White Rock Lake wildfire.

VICTORIA — British Columbia's Public Safety Ministry says it has filed an unexplained wealth order application in court following a 2023 shooting at a Vancouver home.

BAYNES LAKE, ÎÚÑ»´«Ã½ — A wildfire has triggered a "tactical evacuation" in the community of Baynes Lake in southeast British Columbia.

KELOWNA, ÎÚÑ»´«Ã½ — A 24-year-old woman faces a charge for what RCMP in Kelowna, ÎÚÑ»´«Ã½, say was a home invasion where another woman was repeatedly stabbed.

Most services for Metro Vancouver's specialized HandyDART transit system remain cancelled for a second week, with the operator saying it will respond to a new proposal from the union representing striking workers on Thursday.

The victim is recovering after being treated in hospital for minor wounds.

VANCOUVER — The union representing HandyDART workers in Metro Vancouver says it won't be getting a counterproposal to end the strike until at least Thursday.