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Environmentalists dispute application, say it misses key issue of sediments binding with, sinking oil

A trust fund and a remodelled website have been set up for four-year-old cancer patient Hannah Day of Langford, following allegations a volunteer might have mishandled funds.

ABBOTSFORD — Councillors in Abbotsford have voted to repeal a bylaw that banned needle exchanges, methadone clinics and other harm reduction techniques in the Fraser Valley community.

Earthquakes may be an increasingly common reality in the Peace Region, but only one person came forward to a joint review panel to tell explain how it affected her. Esther Pedersen was at home when a magnitude 4.

WorkSafeBC says it will have to re-examine its nearly two-decade-old investigative process in light of Crown counsel’s rejection of charges in the deadly explosion of a Burns Lake sawmill two years ago.

VALEMOUNT — No vehicles were caught under a large avalanche that rolled over Highway 16 and blocked off traffic for most of Monday near Mount Robson on the Alberta-B.C. boundary, said RCMP.

VALEMOUNT — An avalanche has triggered a large landslide, which has blocked Highway 16 near Mount Robson, on the Alberta-B.C. boundary, RCMP say. Const. Lesley Smith said the 400-metre-wide slide came down over the route at about 9:30 Monday morning.

VANCOUVER — Evidence shows the often-reclusive wolverine has taken up residence for the first time on an island off British Columbia’s Central Coast and the animal’s eating habits have changed along with its relocation.

Peace River, Alta., is a town that’s literally divided, which despite its name made it a fitting for the “war” that recently took place there.

The new collective agreement between the city and their unionized staff is one of lowest municipal settlements in B.C., according to a national advocacy group.