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A helicopter was used on Thursday morning to lower the car after contractors climbed the rock on Thursday to place the car into a large net.

While recycling thousands of tires is good, the UBC study found that the fill leaches into storm-water a chemical called 6PPD-quinone, which is known to kill coho.

The new program will train more people to safely plan and carry out prescribed burns, create national training standards and provide hands-on experience in the field.

The Okanagan woman said her son David, who was 37 and a UBC student at the time, struggled with mental health and used substances to self-medicate.

Along the Sea to Sky Highway, hanging from the rockface of The Papoose near Shannon Falls, a hollowed-out red Volkswagen Beetle is hanging on the cliff face.

Dallas Brodie was attempting to speak outside the Indian Residential School History and Dialogue Centre, but was shouted down by the crowd.

Many waterways across the United States and Canada are already infested, including the Great Lakes and Lake Winnipeg, according to reports.

California sea lions have taken over the beach at Vancouver Island's Deep Bay. A marine biologist says they're at the end of their northern fishing tour and awaiting a herring run.

Vancouver is poised to close out its first official snow-free winter in 43 years, in what environmental researchers say may become a new norm for southwestern British Columbia.

On Monday, David Eby announced that this weekend will be the last time the province will spring forward, making daylight saving time permanent.

'In Cuba, the people who are in leadership positions are not elected by the U.S. government,' Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel said.

Ken Sim said at a press conference last week that he was misled by a picture he had seen, reportedly showing Orr distributing drugs on Christmas Day.

A consumer spending tracker by RBC found that Canadian spending on gasoline rose 9.1 per cent in March, as the conflict in the Middle East continues to drive oil prices higher.

Global News has learned that UFC president Dana White will be covering the costs of Maya Gebala's treatment while in an L.A. hospital. .

Events are planned across British Columbia Tuesday to mark 10 years since the province declared a public health emergency related to the overdose crisis.

More than 18,000 people have died from toxic illicit drugs in British Columbia since a public health emergency was declared on April 14, 2016. 

Western parts of the Cariboo Fire Centre (Chilcotin) and the Kamloops Fire Centre are also experiencing moderate drought conditions and could see more fires.

The report notes that B.C. has taken steps by implementing its Gender-Based Violence Action Plan among other initiatives,  but "gaps remain."

Eby made the announcement at Farming Karma Fruit Company, which produces sparkling fruit soda.

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