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Wildfires in British Columbia and Alberta, Canada, force thousands to evacuate.
2024-05-12

A helicopter carrying seven people crashes in Terrace, British Columbia, Canada, leaving 3 dead and 4 others injured.
2024-01-22

A Piper PA-34 Seneca training plane crashes in Chilliwack, British Columbia, Canada, killing all three on board.
2023-10-6

Merritt, British Columbia, Canada is evacuated after severe flooding inundated the city of about 7,000. Several highways throughout southern British Columbia were also washed out by heavy rain, leaving at least 10 people stranded.
2021-11-15

British Columbia reports its first three cases of Lineage P.1 variant first detected in Brazil.
2021-03-9

British Columbia reports a record 1,130 new cases in the last two days. This number includes 536 on Wednesday and 594 on Thursday. In addition, there are a record 155 people that have been hospitalized because of the virus.
2020-11-12

The most recent U.S. government statistics show a marked increase in the yearly number of deaths by drug overdose. The number for end May 2017 is 66,324, up 17% when compared to the previous 12-month period.
2017-12-15

Tens of thousands of people are being evacuated from western Canada as firefighters continue to battle wildfires in Saskatchewan, Alberta and British Columbia. [http:--www.startribune.com-some-progress-in-quelling-wildfires-raging-in-canada-312734511- (AP via "Star Tribune")]date=August 2019
2015-07-8

More than 60 wildfires start in the Canadian province of British Columbia over the weekend leading to several communities declaring a state of emergency.
2015-07-5

An Indonesian court rejects Andrew Chan's and Myuran Sukumaran's appeal against the President of Indonesia Joko Widodo's refusal to grant them clemency against the death penalty as organisers of the Bali Nine plot to smuggle heroin to Australia in 2005.
2015-04-6