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Rain and cooler temperatures in northeastern British Columbia will help suppression efforts for two out-of-control wildfires, but high temperatures forecast for later this week may pose a new threat, says a BC Wildfire Service spokesman.

VICTORIA — The British Columbia government is restricting new funding to a major non-profit housing providerand reviewing its finances afteran independent report found mismanagement by a former top executive atthe province's housing corporation.

The coffee company will be helping restore 3,750 hectares of spruce beetle affected forests

Sunshine Coast RCMP were on the scene but the incident was anything but nefarious.

Jeffery Scott Van Dyke is charged with manslaughter in connection with Scott Alan Carver's death.

A new long range facilities plan adopted by the Burnaby school board is “raising the urgency” about the need for new schools to accommodate immigration-driven enrolment growth.

The victim was only in his 40s.

Anyone who captured dash-camera footage is asked to contact police.

One of the biggest challenges facing the wine industry, and particularly the Okanagan, is adapting to a changing climate. 

The company says it can’t reveal the amount of the increase because the work is subject to a competitive bidding process.