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LYTTON, B.C. — British Columbia's Wildfire Service says a blaze in the Fraser Canyon has been renamed and is now classified as out-of-control after charring 2.5 square kilometres south of Lytton, B.C.

VICTORIA — British Columbia's premier says he's received a second dose of the Oxford-AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine. John Horgan shared a photo of himself to social media on Friday afternoon holding a completed vaccination card.

NARAMATA, B.C. — RCMP say two men have been charged in the double murder of two brothers in British Columbia's Okanagan region. The bodies of Erick and Carlos Fryer were found in a remote location near the town of Naramata.

LOWER POST, B.C. — A ceremony to mark the demolition of a former residential school building in a British Columbia First Nation community has been postponed after animal remains were found by construction workers.

VICTORIA — British Columbia's chief auditor of mines has found changes to the province's requirements for tailings storage facilities made after the Mount Polley disaster have generally improved the management of mining waste.

Vancouver is top large city while Surrey is eighth best mid-size city.

BELLA BELLA, B.C. — The B.C. government has signed a reconciliation agreement with the Heiltsuk Nation aimed at offering support for housing, language and economic development. The $22.

The Katzie First Nation is accusing the City of Maple Ridge of 'bad faith' negotiations on a controversial riverfront development.

Plan to assist modest- and low-income family law cases through courts

KIMBERLEY, B.C. — A British Columbia woman says she needed hospital treatment for injuries including gashes and deep bruises after being attacked by a deer defending its fawn.