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Vancouver has long been known as the epicentre for drug overdoses and deaths in B.C., but its drug users were not solely responsible for the record number of overdose calls – 2,706 – responded to by paramedics in July.

On Wednesday, August 5th, 2020 at 5:58 PM Fort St John RCMP received a report of a collision on Prespatou Road by the 260 Road in Murdale, BC.

In a year or two from now, when B.C. releases its greenhouse gas emissions inventory for 2020, it will almost certainly show a sharp dip, due to drastic contraction in the economy from the COVID-19 pandemic.

As of Aug. 12, masks will be mandatory for customers of all Walmart locations across Canada.

The South Okanagan Real Estate Board (SOREB) reports that single-family residential MLS sales in the South Okanagan increased by 30% to 134 units sold in July compared to 103 units sold during the same time in 2019.

BC Hydro is looking to extend its transmission infrastructure in the North Montney to electrify industrial development in the region.

Completion date of multi-billion-dollar dam unknown

BC Transit says all passengers will be mandated to wear masks as of Aug. 24 because of the coronavirus pandemic. It says the policy will be "implemented as an educational step without enforcement.

BC Hydro says a two-kilometre section of the Halfway River will be closed to boaters starting Sept. 1. BC Hydro says the river is being closed to clear the Site C reservoir, and the closure will last until April 30, 2021.

Tracy Paquette will never forget her 48th birthday. It was April 22 and the same day she woke from a nearly three week coma while her body was fighting a pneumonia caused by the coronavirus disease COVID-19.