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Without systemic change, expect more record-breaking wildfire seasons: report

Without systemic change, expect more record-breaking wildfire seasons: report

'If the people of B.C. want to co-exist with fire, there is an urgent need to act now at a pace and scale that will achieve landscape resilience.'
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Charity drive, binder art and more: Burnaby back-to-school shopping underway

Charity drive, binder art and more: Burnaby back-to-school shopping underway

Unique art installations at Metrotown in Burnaby, including a binder arch, are helping students and families gear up for the fall bell.
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Editorial: Disaster planning helps ease burden when unthinkable strikes

Editorial: Disaster planning helps ease burden when unthinkable strikes

We are lucky to have good disaster planning teams on the North Shore. But we also need to take individual action to play our part.
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‘Still very active’: Wildfires burning in Fraser Canyon triggering evacuation orders, alerts

‘Still very active’: Wildfires burning in Fraser Canyon triggering evacuation orders, alerts

Evacuees are asked to head to Merritt Civic Centre.
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Squamish cat owner loses pet to poisoning

Squamish cat owner loses pet to poisoning

Owner wants to remind residents that second-generation anticoagulant rodenticide is permanently banned in B.C.
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Brother shown autopsy photo of slain sister at Burnaby murder trial

Brother shown autopsy photo of slain sister at Burnaby murder trial

The brother of a 13-year-old girl found dead in a Burnaby park in 2017 was visibly shaken when he was shown an autopsy photo of his sister at the murder trial of Ibrahim Ali Wednesday.
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Here’s your chance to tell Burnaby what you want the city's future to look like

Here’s your chance to tell Burnaby what you want the city's future to look like

Did you miss out on one of Burnaby’s Official Community Plan visioning events? There’s now two more opportunities for the public to share feedback.
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Firefighters help feed Poomba the pig that survived West Kelowna wildfire

Firefighters help feed Poomba the pig that survived West Kelowna wildfire

Pilots at Valhalla helicopters dropped granola bars for the pig and firefighters managed to feed them to the pig.
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'Waterboys' stay behind to fight fire in B.C.'s Shuswap

'Waterboys' stay behind to fight fire in B.C.'s Shuswap

An MLA in B.C.'s Shuswap region says the men and women who chose to stay are 'highly skilled' individuals.
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At least eight humpback whales struck by boats off B.C. coast in less than a month

At least eight humpback whales struck by boats off B.C. coast in less than a month

Some of the humpback collisions involved a B.C. Ferries vessel, a large catamaran ferry and a cruise ship, according to the Marine Education and Research Society.
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