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B.C. REPLAY 2023
B.C. man fired from job after saving moose calf on the highway
July 14: A Fort Nelson, B.C., man found himself the unexpected companion of a moose calf, who he says willingly hopped into the passenger seat of his truck to escape the jaws of a waiting black bear.
Candles sparked Mount Pleasant blaze that evicted dozens, fire department says
Vancouver Fire Rescue Services says the fire at 414 East 10th Ave has been deemed accidental — although the department has submitted fire bylaw offences for prosecution against the building owners.
After port strike, business groups call for more protection from effects of labour disputes
Canada’s labour ministry is launching a review into the “structural issues” underlying the weeks-long B.C. port dispute, minister Seamus O’Regan said Wednesday.
B.C. principal banned from teaching after explicit messages to person posing as a teenager
Mark Louis Pierotti made plans to meet with the person he'd been messaging through Grindr even after being told they were 15 years old, according to a consent resolution agreement posted by the B.C. Teacher Regulation Branch.
Marine heat wave off Pacific coast could prove dangerous for wildlife
The Category IV heat wave has hit most of the B.C. coastline and the waters of the northwest United States.
Wash your imported produce to avoid cyclospora infection amid spike, says BCCDC
B.C. is seeing an increase in gastrointestinal illness caused by the cyclospora parasite, says the B.C. Centre for Disease Control (BCCDC), which mostly comes from imported produce.
VPD officer won't be charged in 2021 death of woman in jail cell
An IIO report found the officer should have called nurses to medically assess the woman, who was intoxicated — but said the failure didn't meet the bar for criminal charges.
'Everyone just started running': evacuee describes rapid spread of B.C. wildfire
A B.C. man affected by the Downton Lake wildfire northwest of Whistler says he and a few of his neighbours dodged the fast-moving flames in the nick of time on Tuesday.
B.C. purchases Chinatown seniors affordable housing complex at risk of being sold
The B.C. government has purchased a 33-unit building with affordable housing geared to seniors in Vancouver's Chinatown neighbourhood that was at risk of being sold privately.
Multiple heat records broken in July in northern B.C. and Yukon
While the province didn't see extreme heat events in the same way that we did in 2021 and 2022, Environment Canada data shows that sustained warm weather pushed average temperatures up.