Washington State

• 2nd person found dead in eastern Washington wildfires, 250-plus structures burned

  Washington state governor Jay Inslee visited the burned areas on Sunday and declared a statewide emergency.

  U.S. News

  Aug 22
  
• B.C. cross-border shoppers slow to return to Washington state businesses

  Cross-border shoppers can account for 30-50 per cent of traffic for some Bellingham businesses, according to a local commerce group.

  Economy

  Jun 12
  
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• Columbia River Treaty talks continue between Canada, U.S.

  In Kelowna this week during Columbia River Treaty talks, the two sides discussed, among other things, flood management and ecosystems with input from First Nations and U.S. Tribes.

  Environment

  May 19
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• Police: Woman called 911 after letting killer in Washington state borrow phone

  The Yakima woman overheard the conversation, which included statements such as “I killed those people,” as well as the man’s threats to kill himself.

  Crime

  Jan 25
• No ‘murder hornets’ found in Washington state for 1st year since 2019

  The Invasive Species Council of B.C. told Global News it received some false reports in the last two years, but that none of the insects were confirmed in B.C. in 2021 or 2022. 

  Environment

  Dec 7, 2022
• Washington won’t renew leases for Puget Sound fish farms

  Investigators found as many as 263,000 of the Cypress Island farm’s fish escaped in a 2017 incident, not the 160,000 Cooke Aquaculture told the public.

  Canada

  Nov 15, 2022
• Two large wildfires burning out of control in southern B.C. near Highway 3

  The Heather Creek wildfire, burning in the southeast side of E.C. Manning Park adjacent to Highway 3, is around 14,970 hectares and considered out of control.

  Fire

  Oct 16, 2022
• B.C. signs new climate agreement with California, Oregon and Washington

  The four jurisdictions have differing climate agendas, but share the goal of reducing greenhouse gas emissions at least 80 per cent by 2050.

  Environment

  Oct 6, 2022
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• 5 more bodies recovered from Puget Sound floatplane crash

  Officials have also been investigating whether human remains that washed ashore at Dungeness Spit near Sequim, Wash., nearly two weeks after the crash is the seventh victim.

  World

  Sep 30, 2022
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• Surrey, B.C. climber falls to his death on Washington’s Mount Rainier

  Chun Hui Zhang, 52, was reportedly on a private summit climb with friends when witnesses reported seeing him take a "substantial fall" on the Disappointment Cleaver route.

  Canada

  Aug 26, 2022