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The sight of the 136-foot Uchuck III’s split cranes and rounded wheelhouse is a signal to the lonely corners of the northIsland that the outside world has arrived.

VICTORIA — Residents affected by a tactical evacuation issued for the Okanagan's Joe Rich area due to an out-of-control fire are now allowed to return home, a local emergency group says.

We're talking about the Canadian one.

VICTORIA — BC Wildfire Service said an out-of-control wildfire burning on Vancouver Island near Cameron Lake could generate smoke for the "coming weeks, and potentially the coming months.

The man was spotted Aug. 8 in a remote area north of McLeese Lake — nine days after he was first reported missing to RCMP.

VICTORIA — Expected temperatures of up to 37 C for the coming days have prompted heat warnings for parts of southern B.C. and Vancouver Islands.

VICTORIA — Police in Abbotsford, B.C., say a business owner sustained "life-threatening injuries" while at work during a stabbing first reported Saturday morning.

VICTORIA — An out-of-control wildfire on Vancouver Island has grown "minimally" in size, but is expected to generate more smoke.

ABBOTSFORD — A 17-year-old has been arrested in a series of pellet or airsoft gun attacks targeting pedestrians in the Fraser Valley. Police in Abbotsford, B.C., say the attacks happened on Wednesday evening, when they received five separate calls.

The building is an “unacceptable risk,” the director of planning says.