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In response to the deadly wildfires in Hawaii, local businesses are stepping up to support relief efforts.

A growing number of B.C. nurses are leaving traditional hospitals, in favour of medi spas, cosmetic clinics and other private medical practices.

Canada's minister responsible for forests said he is reflecting on hard lessons from this year's record wildfire season, including the possible need for standardizing firefighter training across provincial borders and beyond.

With 130,000 people in Canada waiting in a backlog for an orthopedic operation, hospitals throughout the country have been playing catch-up since the early days of the pandemic. The long wait times have led to poorer surgical outcomes, more patients seeking expensive pain management drugs, and pushed some patients to seek treatment outside of the country.

Volleyball players used a pair of signs to express their displeasure with trash left behind at English Bay Beach after major events like fireworks Friday.

BC Hydro wants to raise rates at public electric vehicle charging stations by 15 per cent from Sept. 1, which the company says would allow it to recover the costs of providing them over 10 years.

Dogs trained to find bodies sniffed through piles of rubble and ash as stunned survivors of deadly wildfires that claimed at least 80 lives on the Hawaiian island of Maui took stock of their shattered lives and tried to imagine rebuilding from nothing.

Vancouver and Montreal will be hosting NBA pre-season games come October in the ninth NBA Canada Series.

Taylor Swift is finally booking an Eras Tour stop in Toronto and making amends with a six-show stint in the city.

The operations director at the BC Wildfire Service says firefighters are bracing for a “challenging week” as hot and dry conditions are expected to persist.

Reducing clear-cut logging and paying more attention to where trees are removed will help reduce the flood risk in British Columbia, a researcher says.

It’s all hands on deck at BC Ferries as staff brace for the busiest long weekend of the year.