2 small fires burning ‘out-of-control’ near Harrison Lake

Wildfire number V10588 is small and burning ‘out-of-control’ as of noon on Sunday, June 4 near Harrison Hot Springs. (BC Wildfire Service)
Biggest fire is now listed at 6 hectares according to BC Wildfire Service
Tickets are now on sale for Charcuterie on the Pier, hosted by Sheila’s Catering owners Brant Darling, left, and Wes Levesque. The fundraising event, scheduled for Sept. 2, 2023, will also attempt to break the Guinness World Record for longest charcuterie board. (contributed photo)

Tickets now on sale for Charcuterie on the Pier event
Brad Merritt of 54-40. (54-40 photo)

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Cannabis price ‘race to the bottom’ hurts market’s future: OCS CEO

Cannabis price ‘race to the bottom’ hurts market’s future: OCS CEO
Visiting Mount St. Helens is inspiring and alarming all at once

Visiting Mount St. Helens is inspiring and alarming all at once

B.C. attractions like the Butchart Gardens (above), along with museums, amusement parks, other visitor landmarks and tour bus companies, can apply for new government grants to help them prepare for the loosening of travel restrictions. (Jennifer Blyth photo)

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Calgary police say a father and his son have been arrested and charged after multiple teenage girls were sexually exploited, assaulted and extorted for several months. A Calgary Police Service officer is seen in Calgary on April 14, 2020. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jeff McIntosh

Father and son charged with sexual exploitation, assault of teenage girls in Calgary
Regina Pats centre Connor Bedard poses for photographs with the trophies he received at the Canadian Hockey League awards ceremony, in Kamloops, B.C., on Saturday, June 3, 2023. Bedard, the presumed No. 1 pick of this year’s NHL draft won the CHL Top Prospect, Top Scorer, and David Branch Player of the Year awards. It’s the first time since the Top Scorer award was introduced in 1994 that a player has won all three in a single season. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck

Regina Pats phenom Connor Bedard makes history at CHL Awards
Firefighters arrive at a command centre within the evacuated zone while taking a break from battling the wildfire burning in Tantallon, N.S. outside of Halifax on Wednesday, May 31, 2023. Fighting wildfires in forested areas is a different exercise than battling blazes in urban dwellings, although experts say more places are seeing a crossover as people build houses on the fringes of wooded zones. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darren Calabrese

Urban sprawl on wooded lands presents unique challenges when fires spread: experts
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Canada is a leader in co-operative education, a learning model that alternates between academic and paid work terms. It's a form of so-called work integrated learning, an umbrella term that also includes other approaches to experiential learning like apprenticeships, internships and clinical placements. A worker welds oil pipe at the Global Petroleum Show in Calgary, Tuesday, June 12, 2018. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jeff McIntosh

‘Earn while you learn:’ Co-op programs gain appeal amid rising cost of living

FILE — This March 28, 2017 photo, provided by the New York State Sex Offender Registry, shows Jeffrey Epstein. Nearly four years after Epstein died in jail in New York, the AP has obtained more than 4,000 pages of documents related to his death from the Bureau of Prisons under the Freedom of Information Law. (New York State Sex Offender Registry via AP, File)

New details of Jeffrey Epstein’s death and the frantic aftermath revealed in records obtained by AP

FILE - Ernie Field pushes the doorbell on his Ring doorbell camera, July 16, 2019, at his home in Wolcott, Conn. In a vote Wednesday, May 31, 2023, the Federal Trade Commission is ordering Amazon to pay more than $30 million in fines over privacy violations involving its voice assistant Alexa and its doorbell camera Ring. (AP Photo/Jessica Hill, File)

Amazon to pay $31 million in privacy violation penalties for Alexa voice assistant and Ring camera

Police are investigating after someone threw black paint on the front entrance and a window of Ladner United Church in the early morning of Wednesday, May 31, 2023. Police are treating the incident as a hate crime as the locations are where Pride flags were hanging inside the building. (Ladner United Church/Facebook photos)

Vandal again targets Pride flags at B.C. church

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A person holds up an intrauterine device, IUD, outside of the B.C. legislature. B.C. made several types of contraception free to residents with Medical Services Plans April 1, and healthcare workers are seeing an increase in requests for IUDs or information about them. (AccessBC)

Healthcare workers see rise in IUD interest 2 months into B.C. making contraception free

Waits for IUD insertion double since April 1; still calls for better access in rural B.C.

ICBC is implementing a new discount for vehicles driven less than 10,000 kilometres in a year. (ICBC)

ICBC rolls out new discount for vehicles driven under 10,000 km a year

Insurance corporation says savings could be between 10 and 15%

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Water is sprayed on the artificial turf before Switzerland and Ecuador play a FIFA Women’s World Cup soccer match at B.C. Place stadium in Vancouver, B.C., on Friday June 12, 2015. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck

Vancouver Whitecaps make pitch towards families as inflation, expenses hit fans

The Vancouver Whitecaps have the fourth lowest attendance in Major League Soccer

Vancouver FC celebrates their first goal in their game against Victoria on Friday, June 2, at Willoughby Stadium in Langley. (Beau Chevalier/Vancouver FC/Special to Langley Advance Times)

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T.J. Tahid scores first professional goal

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The Duck Divas have been hiding tiny resin ducks across B.C. to bring a smile to people's faces. (The Duck Divas/Facebook)

The sneaky Duck Divas have been hiding tiny fowl across B.C.’s Interior

Tiny, colourful ducks have been found in Abbotsford, Merritt and Kamloops

Armstrong’s Marty Eckert was handed the keys to his new Volkswagen Taos Wednesday, May 31, 2023. Eckert won the car through Tim Hortons’ Roll Up the Rim to Win contest. (Brendan Shykora - Morning Star)

North Okanagan man Rolls Up new Volkswagen with Tim Hortons coffee

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A scene from the annual Yarrow Days Parade in 2015. (Jenna Hauck/ Chilliwack Progress file)

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Jessica is running more than 900 kilometres from Nelson to Victoria as part of “Aubrey’s Run Across B.C. to End Toxic Drug Death,” passing through the Okanagan and stopping in communities for events along the way. She is running in memory of her son Aubrey, who died from toxic drug poisoning on Aug. 30, 2022. (Bill Metcalfe photo)

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The Sea to Sky Swinger ride at Playland. (Photo: facebook.com/PNE.Playland)

Playland opens for summer June 3 with the wooden roller coaster still not rolling

Refurbishment work continues on the iconic ride, with a new ‘launch coaster’ a year away

Danny Masterson and his wife Bijou Phillips arrive for closing arguments in his second trial, Tuesday, May 16, 2023, in Los Angeles. Masterson is charged with raping three women at his Los Angeles home between 2001 and 2003. (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello)

Danny Masterson convicted of 2 counts of rape; ‘That ’70s Show’ actor faces 30 years to life

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A sheriff at the Chilliwack Law Courts shows a Rosedale Traditional Community School Grade 4/5 class the van used to transport accused people from Surrey Pretrial Centre to the courthouse on May 26, 2023. (Paul Henderson/ Chilliwack Progress)

OPINION: Week of education in downtown Chilliwack an amazing experience for kids

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