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• Curious swan thinks Global News camera is for the birds

  21-05-2018 22:04 via globalnews.ca
  While reporter Paul Johnson was covering the rising Fraser River on Sunday, he came across a rather curious swan.
  
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• B.C. Wildfires Updates: Bonnie Henry, officials to hold news conference today | About 150 structures damaged or destroyed near Summerland | More residents allowed home

  18-08-2026 16:37 via vancouversun.com
  
  B.C. is in a state of emergency as crews battle a number of wildfires around the province, including the massive Bald Range fire in the Okanagan. The B.C. Wildfire Service said the fire danger remains elevated in many areas of the province. Read More
  
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• B.C. Wildfires Updates: About 150 structures damaged or destroyed near Summerland | Free masks for B.C. Interior residents

  18-08-2026 16:37 via vancouversun.com
  
  B.C. is in a state of emergency as crews battle a number of wildfires around the province, including the massive Bald Range fire in the Okanagan. The B.C. Wildfire Service said the fire danger remains elevated in many areas of the province. Read More
  
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• What could a modern treaty for five Vancouver Island First Nations mean for Royal Roads and Victoria?

  18-08-2026 15:00 via vancouversun.com
  
  A proposed modern treaty among the province and five First Nations on Vancouver Island is drawing concerns around the transfer of lands — housing a university, two public parks and prime Victoria real estate — to Indigenous ownership. Read More
  
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• The Guess Who reclaims its title as Canadian rock royalty

  18-08-2026 15:00 via vancouversun.com
  
  Burton Cummings doesn't mince words talking about what the Takin' It Back Tour means for the musical legacy of The Guess Who. Read More
  
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• Opinion: B.C.'s wildfires and fossil fuels: We need to connect the dots

  18-08-2026 15:00 via vancouversun.com
  
  Regional wildfires have triggered a state of emergency in B.C. for the fifth time in 10 years. The premier likened the Summerland wildfire to “a bomb going off in the region.” At the same time, the province is doubling down on the root cause: fossil fuels. Read More
  
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• Fast-moving wildfires reshaping B.C.’s forests, new study finds

  18-08-2026 15:00 via vancouversun.com
  
  New research suggests that fast-moving wildfires, such as the Bald Ridge blaze near Summerland that forced recent evacuations, are burning bigger and leaving forests less able to grow back to their pre-burn state. Read More
  
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• Take a bough: Climbing takes relationship with B.C.’s trees to the next level

  18-08-2026 14:26 via globalnews.ca
  
  Tom Zadorsky is part of a movement that aims to awaken a climbers' inner child and give a new perspective on British Columbia's forests.
  
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• B.C.’s provincial health officer to hold news conference amid wildfire smoke warnings

  18-08-2026 14:20 via globalnews.ca
  
  B.C. provincial health officer Dr. Bonnie Henry is set to hold a news conference Tuesday as much of the southern half of the province remains blanketed in wildfire smoke.
  
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• Man bitten by black bear in second recent Metro Vancouver attack

  18-08-2026 04:05 via vancouversun.com
  
  A man was bitten by a black bear outside his apartment complex in Port Coquitlam on Sunday, according to the B.C. Conservation Officer Service. Read More
  
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• Summerland residents begin returning home as roughly 1,200 properties cleared for re-entry

  18-08-2026 03:47 via globalnews.ca
  
  After more than a week, some Summerland residents are finally walking back through their front doors as parts of the community begin to reopen following the Bald Range wildfire
  
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• ‘Shocking’ video captures orcas close to shore in Washington State

  18-08-2026 03:43 via globalnews.ca
  
  Video posted to social media shows a pair of orcas giving a group in Washington State, off the coast of Tacoma, an up-close-and-personal view.
  
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• B.C. plywood manufacturer says it cannot absorb 50% tariff cost as deadline looms

  18-08-2026 03:38 via globalnews.ca
  
  So far, the premier is reluctant to make any concessions such as returning U.S. alcohol to B.C. shelves without tariff relief for key industries such as forestry.
  
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• Sooke man in prison for shooting neighbour ordered to pay him, wife, $1 million in damages

  18-08-2026 02:23 via vancouversun.com
  
  One B.C. judge sent a man to prison for seven years for shooting and seriously wounding his neighbour. Now a second judge has ordered him to pay the victim and the victim's wife more than $1 million. Read More
  
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• B.C. man in prison for shooting neighbour ordered to pay him, wife, $1 million in damages

  18-08-2026 02:23 via vancouversun.com
  
  One B.C. judge sent a man to prison for seven years for shooting and seriously wounding his neighbour. Now a second judge has ordered him to pay the victim and the victim's wife more than $1 million. Read More
  
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• Three shootings in three weeks in Fort St. John has B.C. RCMP worried

  18-08-2026 02:12 via vancouversun.com
  
  Three people have been shot and injured in Fort St. John's latest of targeted gun violence. Read More
  
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• Rare grizzly bear sighting in Lions Bay prompts warning from search and rescue

  18-08-2026 02:01 via globalnews.ca
  
  In an online post, the organization said the bear has been spotted near Deeks Lake and is believed to be a young male, about six to eight years old.
  
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• Demolition of Tumbler Ridge Secondary School is now underway

  18-08-2026 02:01 via globalnews.ca
  
  The school district said the demolition is expected to take weeks. Once the structure is removed, work will continue through the fall to restore the site to grass.
  
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• Confused by all the changes in the sports media world? Jim Hughson wonders about it, too

  18-08-2026 01:12 via theprovince.com
  
  If you are wondering how we are going to be served up our hockey game coverage in the next few years, you’re in good company, since Hall of Fame broadcaster Jim Hughson ponders the possibilities, too. Read More
  
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• Cost to taxpayers growing as Granville SRO remains open for 1 resident

  18-08-2026 00:45 via globalnews.ca
  
  It is now past mid-August, so the inferred cost, since July 1, of running the 110-unit Luugat SRO hotel on Granville Street is in excess of $150,000.
  
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• WATCH: Global Okanagan News at 5:30 p.m. – August 17

  18-08-2026 00:00 via globalnews.ca
  
  Watch the online news edition of Global Okanagan at 5:30 p.m.
  
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• WATCH: Global News Hour at 6 BC: Aug. 17

  18-08-2026 00:00 via globalnews.ca
  
  Watch the online edition of Global News Hour at 6 BC.
  
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• Burnaby RCMP steps up e-scooter enforcement to curb accidents, injuries

  17-08-2026 23:49 via globalnews.ca
  
  This follows an incident on May 2, when an 11-year-old boy and a nine-year-old girl were riding e-scooters and collided with a vehicle on Hastings Street near Delta Avenue.
  
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• Historic Cumberland building goes up in flames

  17-08-2026 23:48 via globalnews.ca
  
  Chief Michael Williamson said they were alerted to the fire when people heard the alarms ringing and called in Courtenay firefighters to help.
  
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• 'We overshot': SFU Pipe Band wins world championship in Glasgow

  17-08-2026 23:40 via vancouversun.com
  
  The Simon Fraser University Pipe Band has taken top prize at a prestigious international competition in Glasgow, Scotland, beating 12 of the world’s best crews to win the World Pipe Band championship. Read More
  
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• ‘We overshot’: SFU Pipe Band wins world championship in Glasgow

  17-08-2026 23:40 via vancouversun.com
  
  The Simon Fraser University Pipe Band has taken top prize at a prestigious international competition in Glasgow, Scotland, beating 12 of the world’s best crews to win the World Pipe Band championship. Read More
  
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• WestJet boosts sun city service from Western Canada — but chops Vancouver flights to U.S.

  17-08-2026 23:33 via vancouversun.com
  
  As WestJet announced a robust winter schedule focused on flights to international sun destinations, the other side of the story went unsaid: The Calgary-based airline is also quietly dropping some U.S. routes, half of them out of Vancouver. Read More
  
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• Alberta government misses treaty anniversary event

  17-08-2026 23:19 via globalnews.ca
  
  An Alberta chief called for more respect from the provincial government on Monday, after its Indigenous relations minister missed a marquee event commemorating the 150th anniversary of the signing of Treaty 6.
  
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• Summerland farmer was 12 hours away from harvesting crop when wildfire sparked

  17-08-2026 21:06 via globalnews.ca
  
  Crops in the Okanagan have been hit consecutively, first by a heat dome in 2021, then a cold snap in 2024 that led to the closure of B.C. Tree Fruits Cooperative.
  
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• Saskatchewan marshals seek snipers, special gear

  17-08-2026 20:52 via globalnews.ca
  
  Saskatchewan is looking to buy some high-tech weaponry for its marshals police service, including sniper rifles, sound cannons and a thermal camera.
  
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