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Thousands of people were left without power in Chilliwack, Hope, Abbotsford and Mission after powerful winds swept through the region, bringing down power lines and trees.

Two days after a windstorm swept across the Maritimes, sporadic power outages are still being reported in all three provinces.

The affected areas include the Lower Mainland, Sunshine Coast, Vancouver Island and the Gulf Islands and BC Hydro says more outages are expected as strong winds continue.

The issue is back in the spotlight after a recent windstorm washed at least four watercraft ashore along Vancouver's Sunset Beach.

British Columbia's worker protection agency says a planned burn by the province's wildfire service during the devastating 2023 fire season could have killed or injured multiple firefighters who became "trapped by extreme fire behaviour" that cut off their escape.

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BC Ferries confirmed Wednesday that sailings between the island and Horseshoe Bay would be cancelled on Thursday, following service outages on Tuesday and Wednesday.

It's day two of the search for a pair of men who went missing on Okanagan and Kalamalka lakes Monday night when severe windstorm that swept through the region.

Vancouver saw wind gusts hit a peak of 78 km/h Friday during the windstorm, with sustained winds between 40 and 60 km/h for eight straight hours.

Fourteen-year-old son Isaac has been under heavy sedation at Powell River General Hospital since Sunday.

More than 20,000 residents are without power in Surrey after a massive power failure.

<p>Around 6,500 BC Hydro customers are still without power this morning in Metro Vancouver after last night's wind and rainstorm.</p>

It was a blustery fall day across most of B.C. on Tuesday.

BC Ferries said even a small number of crew who are unavailable to sail due to various reasons could have a "significant impact on service if replacements are challenging to find.

It was an unimaginable ordeal and just plain disgusting: a Calgary woman was trapped inside a port-a-potty after it tipped over in last weekend's sudden windstorm.

'In a market-driven economy you don’t see significant environmental reform until we put a price tag on pollution.'

An 11-year-old boy is dead after two trees fell on a hut that he was in and crushed him.

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North Oyster Elementary, Ecole Hammond Bay, Gabriola Elementary and Qwam Qwum Stuwixwhul School remain closed due to power outages from the storm.

The horrific images of Los Angeles communities ravaged by wildfire are bringing back painful memories in West Kelowna, which experienced a similar threat in 2023.